Sunday, May 31, 2009

Glass Shelf Transforms Interior Design

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You would have surely experienced that over the last few decades packaging of any item or even an event has taken precedence over the contents. Be it a book or a personal gift, its packaging has to be very attractive to attract the attention of the receiver. The same idea in its extended form applies to our personal dwellings too. That's why people find it necessary to maintain a living room.

Your living room reflects your personality, taste and life style. And so it becomes your duty to give it a nice pleasant look by suitably maintaining it in an appropriate manner. That's easier said than done, as it is huge task in itself. Apart from furniture and other essentials of any living room, you are expected to take care of a lot of accessories including stationery and decorative items. The first important and worthwhile step in that direction is to get rid of all the unnecessary items. You may dump those items in your store or a garage. Rest of the selected items can neatly be arranged in plastic, wood or glass shelves.

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As most of the furniture for seating or dining arrangements is made of wood, the first choice of any householder will be to have wooden shelves to continue to maintain uniformity. However, while searching for an enhanced sense of unconventional beauty and designs we find that that glass furniture is giving a new dimension to better designed homes. Glass furniture is being increasing used these days, as it has been observed to make the living room experience exceptionally good. Let us find out how glass shelf became so popular.

One very obvious reason is that glass just looks beautiful. Though, for generations we have been having wooden furniture, an amalgamation of glass and wood is a pointer to creativity that is more appealing to human mind and eye. To gauge the popularity of glass as a medium for interior décor, just turn the pages of any magazine on the subject of interior decoration. Differently designed glass shelves have given a new dimension to present day designing of interiors.

All around technological developments have facilitated the manufacturing of a variety of glass that is used as an aid to furnishing. This glass needs to be stronger and better looking than the glass that finds so may applications in our daily lives. Over and above the technicalities, it has to look beautiful and designed for being pleasing to the eye.



Invariably, tempered glass is used for interiors, particularly for shelving. Tempering of glass may easily be compared to annealing of metals. The technique and process employed for tempering softens it, thus making it less brittle and more suitable for wider applications. If such glass gets broken, you won't find too minute pieces, which are cumbersome to get rid of. Instead, it breaks into fewer large pieces that remain in contact without releasing scattered small pieces that may harm you on getting mixed with food or drinks. The availability of this glass in varying thickness enables it to bear heavy load of say, your thick books or decorative display items that are often there in most of the living rooms.

Advanced architectural and structural developments coupled with manufacturing techniques and processes have enabled developments of glass shelves capable of bearing even heavier items of the kind of a complete music system and other heavier electronic appliances.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Glass Shelves And Decorative Options

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Glass shelves are very helpful in providing a touch of sophistication to a space. Glass in itself is beautiful and imparts a larger appearance to space surrounding it. Lighted glass shelves and the objects that they contain complement and highlight each other. While glass shelve imparts additional grace to its contents, the contents on their part add to the brilliance of the container.

Lighting

Glass items like vases, porcelain collectibles and even silver-toned framed pictures on the glass shelves will look magnificent on being illuminated by white or colored lighting of an appropriate intensity. The beam of light may strike the interiors or exteriors of the object to suitably enhance its beauty. This may call for a bit of a trial to get the desired effect. Likewise, certain spaces may be lighted up to get a soothing feel.

Tinted Glass

Glass shelving need not be in that traditional clear color that we most often see in homes. You may have a tinted glass with a sight hint of color that adds a subtle touch to the space. The glass could be imparted with a strong color to have the appearance of a stained glass for a more striking look.

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Mirrors

Addition of mirrors at its back or above glass amplifies its effects on the space. Mirrors reflect light and a suitable positioning gives an enlarged impression to a room. A mirror in an inset makes it look deeper. One of the latest trends is to have a bold frame around the inset shelf to make it look like a picture.

Alternative Material Accents

One of the best features of glass shelving is its capacity to enhance the characteristics of other materials it gets associated with. Taking advantage of that why not provide a pretty wood edge around the front and sides of the shelf. Molded metal available in a variety of finishes can provide a very distinctive modern look to the shelf.

Etching And Pictures

Etched glass shelves at a low height present an altogether different element of interest to the viewer and draw better attention to the material on top of it. You may have an etched border on the front and around both the sides of the shelf. Or have a picture etched into the center and include a few candles at the top to highlight the artistry. A glass shelf can also be made to hold pictures just by sandwiching the images between two matching pieces of glass.



Shape, Size, And Cuts

As glass can be cut to any size and given shape, it is a favorite media of designers. Imagine having an open wall with an oval shaped shelf and a flattened side rather than the conventional rectangular shape! This custom work can be great, especially if you want to make floating bar shelf.

In case you are interested to get rid of conventional rounded edges or frame to have a shelf in plain geometrical designs, you could do that also to get a more modern or rather a futuristic design that is already getting popular in America.

Provision of a glass shelf in any room of a home or an office can make a significant difference to the surroundings. Its unblemished transparent characteristics in conjunction with a variety of other materials and ideas can be exploited to compliment the decor of any room. Glass shelves need not remain undistinguished items in a room.

Saturday, May 23, 2009

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Thursday, May 21, 2009

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Monday, May 18, 2009

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