How to Use Bathroom Glass to Enhance Your Bathroom
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Glass is an elegant material that adds a luxurious aesthetic to your bathroom space, and can be integrated in many different ways to achieve desired looks.
Frosted glass provides privacy and camouflages smudges while still letting in ample natural light, while acid-etched or textured glasses add decorative appearances and artistic touches. Low iron shower glass boasts superior clarity for true color show through.
Frosted Glass
Frosted windows provide an effective way of maintaining privacy in your bathroom without compromising natural light. With special spray paint designed specifically to frost existing glass windows, frost effects can add an etched appearance that diffuses view inside.
Some types of frosted glass feature bubble-like projections for an organic appearance, while others feature three-dimensional bands or ribbed texture to add depth and visual interest. Frosted windows range in terms of degree of obscurity – those heavily covered are known to completely reduce views inside your home.
Another alternative for frosted windows are etched glass nature scenes, which create an elegant and tranquil look in any bathroom. Easy to apply window films come with many designs and opacity levels for you to choose from.
Tinted Glass
Tinted glass can make an excellent addition to any bathroom, whether used on windows, shower doors or stalls. Tinted glass allows less solar heat penetration compared to regular float glass which reduces air conditioning costs significantly.
Bronze tints create a warm glow while providing UV light protection and blocking glare from computer and television screens. Bronze tints work especially well when combined with brick or stone designs in your home.
Reflective film is the optimal solution for bathrooms with views. This tint allows you to see out, but others cannot see in, providing complete privacy. Furthermore, its reflection can add brightness without needing to open blinds; plus this durable window tint requires little maintenance.
Rain Glass
Rain glass adds an appealingly stylish element to your bathroom decor. Its design resembles falling raindroplets with one smooth side featuring texture resembling raindroplets while still allowing some light into the shower space and hiding water streaks better than its counterpart, frosted glass.
Textured glass may be more difficult to keep clean due to soap scum and fingerprints becoming lodged within its pattern, yet it remains an ideal choice for large bathrooms where multiple people utilize the shower at the same time. Textured glass also adds an eye-catching accent when placed on cabinet doors in a kitchen for an eye-catching aesthetic that differentiates cabinets from each other.
Glass Shelves
Shelves in bathrooms are an integral component, providing essential storage space and adding decorative flair. Glass shelves are an attractive alternative to wooden shelving as they allow light to flow through them more freely, thus eliminating shadows and minimising shadowy areas.
Glass can withstand high levels of humidity, temperature extremes and doesn’t attract bacteria, fungi, and parasites like other materials do.
Glass bathroom shelves come in an assortment of styles and sizes to meet your individual needs, making them completely adaptable. Select something to complement the design of your shower door or installation pieces, or go for something contrasting for something new altogether. When selecting material to store items on, consider their weight and fragility – too thin a shelf could easily break.
Lighting
Effective lighting can completely transform a bathroom by creating space, drawing attention to design schemes and setting an atmosphere. Use ambient, task and accent fixtures for maximum illumination and to add depth of illumination.
Rain glass provides an eye-catching decorative feature and makes an eye-catching alternative to frosted shower doors. One side resembles raindrops while the other can easily be cleaned; rain glass also serves to mask soap streaks and water spots more effectively than traditional curtains do.
Clear glass adds light and dimension to a room without glass walls, while making the shower seem larger by reflecting light into it. Dimmable lights help set an uplifting ambience; as seen here by Studio M.
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