Glass is an easy way to customize your kitchen - or other room in your home or office. Painted glass can make your decor truly unique. You were sitting in your kitchen this morning making out a shopping list for your next trip to the Modesto Farmers Market. Of course, that started you wishing your…
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In-Home Spa
Glass can easily turn your bathroom into a luxurious room that gives you that spa feeling. New mirrors and glass shower doors work wonders. Here you go again. Another day. Another eight hours of work drudgery and perhaps a fantasy of winning this weekend’s $90 million Powerball lottery jackpot. But you know that’s not going…
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Glass Dynamics
Commercial glass can be used to construct entire buildings of any shape or size. Over the past couple of decades, glass has become more and more popular as a material used in building design, whether it’s in commercial or residential glass structures. That’s in part because, as the Glass Association of North America says, “glass is…
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Floating Decor
When you want an uncluttered, sleek look, try glass shelves. One of the oldest magic tricks in the book is making something – or someone – levitate. The audience gasps and ooohs and aaaahs as the magician makes his (or her) assistant, or ball, or dogs, or something seemingly float in mid-air with no visible…
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Shower Me with Glass
A glass shower can add pizazz to any bathroom, large or small. The bathroom is one of the most frequented rooms in a home, yet it’s sometimes the last to get a do-over. That could be, in part, because the idea of gutting the thing, choosing tile, flooring and fixtures starts to sound overwhelming. If…
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Mirror This
A backsplash made of mirrors can add a unique pop of glitz to an otherwise boring kitchen. It’s Monday, the dreaded start to the workweek. You got up this morning as usual, made your coffee and stood there staring at your kitchen. Maybe it’s just because everything looks gloomy on a Monday morning or maybe…
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Open to the Sky
When you want to add light to a room, a skylight is the way to go. Many of us humans have a love-hate relationship with the sun. We want light in our homes and offices (who wants to dwell in the dark?) but we don’t want the extreme heat that the sun can bring (think…
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A Blend of Glass and Light
The interplay of light with glass can make your home, office, or other business spectacular. UK resident Andrew Moor has been a pivotal figure in the world of architectural glass design for the past 30 years. His website describes him as “a glass artist, a glass art consultant, and a project manager assisting other artists…
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Color With Glass
Use glass instead of paint to add color to your room. Choosing color is perhaps one of the most important, and difficult, aspects of interior design. HGTV has entire television shows and webpages devoted to color and color choice. Homeowners agonize over the “right” color and color combinations when painting their house and walls. Apartment…
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The Great Divide
A glass divider can break up open space while preserving a spacious, open feeling. As inviting and stunning as open spaces can be in a home, sometimes you just want a way to help break up all that space. One way to do that in a large (or small) space is to use a room…
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