They are light and visually, they take up little space. This is how glass furniture is, a very interesting alternative whether we need to acquire a large piece of furniture or if we have a very small space. Another type of material could recharge the space in both cases, but not a table, a shelf or any other glass furniture. Do you want to know all the advantages of decorating with this type of furniture?
Advantages and disadvantages
Why choose glass furniture? In addition to being visually light, an especially appreciated feature when it comes to decorating small spaces, bring a modern style to our homes. Those are the main advantages, but not the only ones, as you can see.
- You will gain luminosity: Glass is a material that reflects light and therefore makes the space appear brighter. Just as dark materials absorb light, light, glossy or lacquered surfaces add luminosity. An especially important feature in small rooms, with little natural light or with very dark furniture.
- Greater visual amplitude: In addition to reflecting light, the glass furniture helps to increase the feeling of spaciousness of the space. Being a transparent material, glass provides a visual continuity impossible to achieve with the use of other materials. In this way the rooms look less heavy and stuffy.
- Versatility: The glass furniture adapts very well to all types of rooms; from the most modern to the most classic. And by not adding color to the room, they allow us to play with color in the rest of the decorative elements.
- Resistance: The new treatments applied to glass allow this material to offer much greater safety and hardness than other materials. In furniture such as tables or large display cabinets, tempered glass is usually used in its manufacture, a material that offers great resistance and safety against breakage.
- Style: The glass gives a modern air to the rooms. Abuse of this material, however, can convey a cold feeling. The solution is to dress these pieces of furniture with the right elements. Wooden legs, for example, completely transform a glass table, making it a great proposal to lighten up a rustic dining room. With iron or steel legs for their part, they will be perfect both to decorate industrial-style dining rooms and to be part of other more sober, neutral and elegant.
You were probably surprised to find resistance among its great advantages, am I right? Decades ago this was one of the greatest weaknesses of glass furniture. Crossed out this list downside, few are left that we can use against this material beyond cleaning.
- Dirt: Glass tends to get dirty easily, especially when we touch it with our hands. In doing so, the oil from the skin reflects off the glass surfaces in the form of a fingerprint. Given these drawbacks, glass furniture may not be the most convenient in a house with children if we want a surface that is always free of fingerprints. In favor we will say that in the same way that it gets dirty easily, it also cleans in the same way
- Greater attention to detail. It is not a great disadvantage but having to pay more attention to both what we put under the table and what we put on top, can give us more of a headache.
Usual glass furniture
The most common glass furniture to decorate our home has undoubtedly been the coffee tables. However, more and more people are opening up to the idea of placing glass dining tables or chairs in the dining room or large glass cabinets in the living room. The options are many.
Tables
Glass tables are a good option to decorate your home; you can use it as a desk, coffee table or dining room. As a coffee table we can find them in very different rooms: classic, industrial, traditional ... However, when decorate the dining room It is about, glass tables are more common in those of modern style. Dining rooms in which these pieces are frequently combined with white and / or black lacquered furniture and wooden or upholstered details that provide warmth.
Because they are the rooms or the corners dedicated to work or study normally small in our homes, more and more people are betting on a glass desk. An entirely glass table is ideal for more professional and serious spaces, while combining a glass surface with wooden or metal legs is usually the most common option in a family home.
chairs
We are used to seeing methacrylate chairs in decoration publishing houses but he tells us to incorporate them into our homes. Probably because they are cold to us and it would require us to dress them to gain warmth. However as an extra chair in the living room they are a great choice. And wouldn't you like to have a seesaw like that in the bedroom? We know, it is not glass but the effect is the same.
Showcases and shelves
Showcases have traditionally occupied an important place in our homes. In our grandmothers' house the dishes were kept in a piece of furniture of this type and today it is still frequent to use them for the same purpose in the dining room or kitchen, although with more modern features. They are also ideal for storing bedding, placed in the bathroom or hallway.
The glass shelves for their part are a great option for modern and narrow spaces. We can place on it our favorite books, some ceramic pieces, souvenirs ... always ensuring that the shelf is not cluttered so that the glass looks.
Do you like the idea of decorating your home with glass furniture? Many will say that they are difficult to keep clean and cold but used in the right place and properly accompanied, it does not have to be that way.