Glass facades for the kitchen: what are and how to care for them?

Modern types of glass allow you to embody the most original design solutions in the design of kitchen furniture, facilitating the design as a whole and emphasizing its grace. The facade of this material fits perfectly into the style of the classic, and in high-tech.

Kitchens with glass surfaces on the front side are widespread. And this is no coincidence. Glass for kitchen facades have the following advantages:

• they are resistant to high humidity and temperature extremes that regularly occur in rooms where they cook and wash dishes;
• products of modern glass production are very durable and can be safely used for kitchen sets;
• glass can be combined with wood, and with MDF, and with aluminum, and with other materials used to create modern kitchen furniture;
• from the point of view of environmental friendliness, glass is very beneficial, because it does not have harmful substances in the composition, which is especially important where food and utensils are stored;
• thanks to the use of glass in furniture, the kitchen room itself seems more spacious and lighter, and the facade is more elegant;
• Furniture design options using various types of such material are very diverse.

There are also disadvantages to using glass for the facade of a kitchen:

• if the doors from it come into contact with dishes standing in the cabinets, a characteristic sound is heard; often it seems frightening, as there is a feeling that something has broken;
• high-quality glass used in decoration, as well as accessories necessary for its installation, significantly increase the price of furniture;
• glass-trimmed doors are easy to stain, fingerprints are visible from afar;
• if the facade is based on an aluminum profile, over the years it ceases to shine;
• if an inexpensive glass is used in the installation of the facade, it is easy to break it, having been injured by flying fragments.

The industry offers a variety of types of glass with different physical characteristics. For kitchens, it is better to use the most durable options, especially at the bottom, where the likelihood of shock or other physical impact, capable of damaging the surface of the outside of the furniture is especially high.

To form the front of the headset, the so-called float glass. This is a common material that is used for glazing window openings in homes. It cannot be called particularly reliable, but it is inserted into the doors of wall cabinets.

Sometimes use acrylic coating (also for doors at the top of the headset). Glass of this kind is easy to use - it is easy to divide into fragments of the right size, bend to achieve a special decorative effect and apply drawings to it.

Laminated glass can be used. Due to this, the strength of the material is enhanced. In addition, after lamination, the glass surface becomes translucent.

More durable and reliable is tempered glass. The material that has undergone special processing becomes very viscous in structure, which ensures its durability. Even if he takes a sensitive blow, he will not split into many traumatic fragments, but will be showered with a bunch of small parts with blunt edges.

It is no coincidence that it is used for the manufacture of side and rear windows in cars. The advantage of this glass is its resistance to heat. So such a facade will not suffer from the proximity of a preheated stove or oven.

Triplex glass is particularly durable. It is multi-layered. Glass does not break due to the fact that the layers are glued to a special polymer film. In extreme cases, it only crackes. Windshields for cars are made of triplex.

But the likelihood of a disaster in the kitchen is negligible compared to what happens on the road. And even if something extraordinary happens here, the triplex will not fall into pieces.

Glass constructions are attached to the facade in various ways. The pieces of material can be in an aluminum frame or attached to a wooden base, chipboard, MDF as a window glass. This design option is called framework.

In another design, pieces of glass panels can act as independent elements of the facade, directly acting as doors. Their edges are polished and framed with a metal profile.

Glass opens up great scope for creativity when it comes to creating a facade design in the kitchen. Easiest to use transparent glass with an “uneven” surface as well as painted or coated with a matte layer. Dull inserts will be appropriate in rustic kitchens.

To give a particularly fashionable, modern look to the kitchen, you can use local facade lighting. She will give to glass surfaces unique shine and iridescence.

There are more sophisticated methods for creating an interesting design.

• You can apply sandblasting glass. Due to this, a matte ornament appears on the transparent surface or, on the contrary, transparent silhouettes appear on a matte background.

• You can use stained glass to emphasize the classics.. Ideally, this is a combination of elements of multi-colored glass in a frame. But this approach makes stained glass facades very expensive. Therefore, stained glass paints and contours are most often used, with the help of which an image is created on the cabinet doors.

• You can achieve an interesting decorative effect thanks to UV printing on glass. The image does not fade over the years, while the kitchen looks unique.

The choice of the glass facade of the kitchen is due to several factors.

• The style of the room. If, for example, the kitchen is decorated in a classic style, it is appropriate to use traditional frame designs with transparent glasses or painted in bright colors. For a hi-tech or avant-garde style, the use of frosted glass fragments in the kitchen, emphasized with the help of special lighting, is more suitable.

• Sizes. If the kitchen is small, the glass facade will avoid the impression of crowding: the furniture will not look too massive. You should choose simple facade solutions with straight lines. Curly delights in such a space are not the best idea.

• Features of the functional filling of the kitchen. If the kitchen also performs the function of a living room, here you can apply different types of glass inserts that allow you to visually divide the room into different functional areas. In this case, a bar with a transparent table top becomes a unifying element.

Caring for glass surfaces in the kitchen is easy. There are special care products for them. To put means and to wipe with a rag it is easy.

Another thing is that the glass facade can not be ignored for a long time. In the kitchen, it is invariably covered in dust and spray from water and grease. therefore Regular care is a guarantee that glass surfaces will always remain radiant.

Transparent glass on the kitchen set obliges a lot. Behind him everything should be in perfect order. But the beautiful dishes behind such doors look like at an exhibition, pleasing the eye of the inhabitants of the house and guests.

The image on the glass doors of the upper tier of the kitchen gives it uniqueness. Thanks to the bright colors, the furniture is remembered and attracts the eye.

Smoky glass on the facade of the kitchen greatly facilitates the design and at the same time creates a blurry effect. Thanks to this, the most ordinary things behind glass “turn” into decorative elements.

Simple in its configuration, the kitchen is transformed thanks to the stained-glass window. Additional lighting emphasizes all the advantages of this design.

Thanks to the glass illuminated from the inside, the headset looks futuristic. Fans who feel like passengers of a starship from the future with the help of this design can make the appropriate scenery in their own kitchen.

Embossed glass for the doors hide the contents of the cabinets and make the kitchen visually larger.

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