Wednesday, April 22, 2015

How Glasses Can Improve Your Home


Today, glass has become an essential part of house building and renovation. Many architects and interior designers use its many applications to provide more efficient and creative designs.  It is very important to know the proper application and material specification before applying it to your projects. For home development and construction, we can use glasses at some parts of the house to make it neater, elegant and classy. Here are great ideas for glass applications in your respective homes.

Window Panes
Glass Window

This is the part of the house that is the easiest to improve and beautify. Glasses can add great impact in making your home look brighter and let more sunshine to come in. This could also save you electricity because you don’t even have to turn on the lights because the house is naturally lit by the sun. And if you don’t want too much light to come in, there are tinted glasses available. They can make your house a little brighter compared to the transparent or clear glasses.

Table Tops
Glass Table Tops
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Using glass as your table top can make your house look sleeker and adds a modern touch to any part or room of the house. You can use and place it as outdoor furniture, or you can put it in your dining room, and you can make it as a coffee table or as an occasional table. There are many glass tints and textures available, you just have to choose the design that will best fit to your taste and will look good for your house.
 
Glass Partition Walls
Glass Partition Walls
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Glass can be used as your home’s partition wall. You can either use toughened or laminated glass to add a modern look and will maintain the feel of having more space. Compared to traditional partitions, glass partitions are easy to clean provides a neat and spacious view of the house. And if you are worried about privacy, there are tinted and opaque glass wall partitions will ensure that.

Shower Enclosures
Shower Enclosure
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The primary purpose of using glass as shower screen is to avoid water splashes that makes the whole bathroom wet and flooded. Aside from that, it also adds a sense of space and elegant look to your shower room. You can enjoy soaking and getting wet during shower without those splashes on the floor. Depending on your bathroom size and shape, there are many professional glass providers that will assist you in achieving a modern and posh look for your comfort room.

Glass Wardrobes
Glass Wardrobe
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Another elegant touch to your bedroom is the application of glass in wardrobes. The widely used is the sliding wardrobe doors that maximize your access and space compared to the normally outward opening wardrobes. This adds extra space in the bedroom and minimizes the squeaks of old fashioned wardrobe cabinets.

There are many more uses of glass that can add elegance and can greatly improve not just the appearance, but also the functionality and efficiency of several parts of your house.
Happy Renovation folks! Stay tuned for more home tips!


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Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Fixing A Broken Glass Window Pane

broken window pane
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When our children play around the house, expect some broken vases, pot, and even the glass windows. We can’t blame them, they’re just kids having fun. Although discipline is a must, but what should we do when our expensive window glasses broke?

Headache right? But did you know that instead of being problematic on finding someone to repair and replace broken window glasses, you could actually fix it by yourself and would only cost you fewer bucks compare to hiring a glass repairing company?

You just have read right through the article for you to discover the DIY of repairing broken window glass.

To know more about the tips, just click here.


It will guide you and definitely help you to replace your broken glass in just a few minutes. It’s an alternative or a substitution process for your glass window panes.