Glass furniture: pros and cons

A wide range of furniture and original sets made of durable and safe glass on the market formed not so long ago. Manufactured on the basis of modern technologies, stylishly decorated design is valued for "airiness" of structures, and also used when interior designs in a different style.

The main advantages of glass furniture

Having high aesthetic indicators, using external attractiveness, fashionable glass furniture is purchased both for home interior design and urban apartments and offices, salons.

This type of furniture is allocated:

universality of structures, which allows you to organically fit into any style of the residential building or working office;
variety of color palette and textured solutions;
more requested option - matte glass, mixed in furniture design with the effect of "broken glass";
using technologies of bent and carved glass.

Major Pluses of Glass Furniture

No. p / p	Benefits	Features of design
one	The ability to make original models.	Different forms and color solutions; The range allows you to select individual items and whole sets of furniture for styling premises for all kinds of types of design.
2.	Versatility of glass and organic mixing with any materials.	You can create creative designer things, expanding accents when choosing colors and texture solutions.
3.	Easy to care.	Impeccable appearance with a minimum cost of maintaining structures of any level of complexity.
four	Aesthetic appeal.	This quality is guaranteed with proper care and careful attitude to furniture objects.
five	High strength and resistance to all kinds of deformations.	The possibilities of operating objects and a set of glass furniture are quite a long time, regardless of the features of the surrounding interior environment.
6.	Creating an effect of lightness and airiness.	Glass and mirrors in the furniture visually give the zone to the visual expansion of the space, making it almost air, open to view.
7.	Unobtrusive highlighting style elegance.	The designs used will emphasize in the decorated zones and space, special transparency and weightlessness of the objects of translucent furniture.

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Conditional flaws

Among the minuses of glass furniture should be highlighted:

On the transparent surface, traces often remain and fingerprints, which requires timely cleaning indoors;
Some people feel discomfort at the tactile level, touching the cold surface of the glass;
Not everyone likes the transparency of the glass, which shows through the countertop - walls, floor or legs.

Some conservatives, excessive transparency of glass furniture items cause unpleasant, involuntary sensations of insecurity. This is equal to the situation "to be not in its plate", and sometimes there is a desire to leave too browned as possible, and not so cozy room.

Varieties of technical glass when creating furniture and basic "chips" of materials

No. p / p	Types of glass	Description of material
one	Stalinitis	Kaneylene glass type, which is valued for high strength indicators and resistance to sharp differences in temperature regime. This is the most expensive kind of crazy glass, it is impossible to polish it after heat treatment, drill and cut.
2.	Triplex	The multi-layer type of glass in the structure of which includes the inclusion of the polymer film. After heat treatment, the layers are compressed, forming a monolith. The design can use: color film, photo, other decor, as well as textured fabrics and materials. This is an excellent option for absorbing sounds, as well as subsequent processing - is subject to cutting, drilling and polishing.
3.	Float.	Very durable material, practically eliminating the optical distortion of images. It does not have high resistance to sharp drops of temperature and loads. It is used in the design of furniture facades with applying all sorts of coatings, decor.
four	Corrugated	It has average strength indicators, used when decorating fillers in furniture facades.

For actively exploited surfaces, triplex and Stalinite are used. The remaining varieties of glass involve both elements of finishing, decor, to highlight emphasis in styling furniture design - facades, doors, fillers.