Park Avenue Designs - George Gobes

With Dreamwalls Color Glass, we can get your whites, super-white. Using low-iron glass with extreme clarity, Dreamwals Color Glass can provide backpainted glass that is True White instead of aqua or green. However, this color clarity is certainly important for more than just the color white. It is also key for subtle colors, where a little unintentional greenish cast would make it look muddy and dull. Cream is a perfect example of a color that must be kept pristine.

Park Avenue Designs - Custom Kitchen

In this backsplash from Park Avenue Designs of Tampa, Florida, this color clarity was crucial. Designer George Gobes had the cream paint color specified for the wall of a custom kitchen, and needed the backsplash to match perfectly. We were happy to oblige. Each piece was size to fit around the range hood, and well as cut-outs for outlets and additional electronics – and matching outlet covers. We worked from Park Avenue’s CAD files (.dxf files), the precise measurements taken on-site were easily translated into perfect pieces of glass.

Dreamwalls Color Glass - Backsplash Detail Custom Cream

For more on this design, or to view others, visit Park Avenue Designs, or read about the feature article on this project in the May 2012 issue of House Trends.

CREDITS –

Kitchen designer: George Gobes, Park Avenue Designs; Contractor: Chris Campbell; Designer:Christian Kamaris; Cabinetry: Superior Wood Products; Flooring: Nova Gold stone; Faucets:Dornbracht; Appliances: Sub-Zero refrigerators; Miele induction cooktop, oven, coffee system, warming drawer and dishwashers; Futuro Futuro range hood; Glass backsplash: Gardner Glass Products –  Dreamwalls Color Glass in custom cream Photos: Robert Lawson

Glass Desk - Abbe Fenimore - Studio Ten 25

A glass desktop is the perfect workstation for your home or office. It can be made entirely of glass – of 1/2 inch or 3/4 inch thick glass – or just a a 1/4 inch thick topper laid on top of the existing surface. It can be completely clear glass (low-iron for maximum clarity) to showcase the other colors and patterns in the room, or it can be back-painted any color to enhance and unify the space. It can be a traditional rectangle, cut to match; or it can be a unique shape to make a statement.

Glass is one of the best choices for writing because of its unyielding surface. Drink rings from morning coffee or sweating water bottles are no problem to wipe up. And it always has that beautifully shiny surface that looks professional and clean, to inspire your next great idea.

The above photo is from Abbe Fenimore, an interior designer in Dallas, TX who also owns Studio Ten 25 and Shop Ten 25 as well as an awesome blog. She designed the lovely office featured above and in Houzz. It is a dining base from Crate & Barrel, but she added the custom glass top to turn it into a desk. As Fenimore stated about the project, “If you find a base you love; even if it’s a dining table, just have (the) glass cut.”

Need more inspiration this Monday to start your workweek? This slideshow from Houzz can help you see the beauty of a glass desk. Be sure to look at the variety of amazing bases that are enhanced by the addition of glass:

Now enough looking at gorgeous inspiration,…time to get to work!

OTC shower walls feat. True White Dreamwalls© Glass

The world’s largest electronic marketplace for broker-dealers to trade unlisted stocks, OTC Markets Group Inc., used Dreamwalls Color Glass in its corporate headquarters. The color True White was selected by the design team due to its clean, fresh appearance and was installed in the company’s reception areas, conference rooms, break rooms and bathrooms.

Dreamwalls Color Glass achieves true, brilliant color through the use of a low-iron glass. This special glass is devoid of the common green tint which can alter or distort the true color that you’re trying to achieve.

“OTC Markets Group Inc. needed a progressive, modern upgrade to its corporate headquarters and Dreamwalls Color Glass provides an easy to maintain, brilliant solution,” said OTC Markets Group Inc. Chairman / CEO, Cromwell Coulson. “The True White color was used because of its clean, crisp appearance, as well as the overall performance and ease of installation throughout the building.” Architect Niels Kampmann, then of Chandler Pierce Architecturein New York, worked on the project. Installation was done by Crosstown Glass of Brooklyn. Fantastic job.

The shower and bathroom aren’t the only place this product was used in their New York headquarters. The breakroom features a Dreamwalls Color Glass backsplash, reception area walls, and the conference rooms feature floor-to-ceiling dry erase boards.

Thank you, OTC Markets Group Inc., for recognizing the quality of Dreamwalls Color Glass and its benefits such as hygiene and ease of maintenance, as well as its light reflective properties.

Source: House & Home June 2012 issue - Karen Cole Design

What is so great about glass, is that it still showcases the base as sculpture. The key is to be sure to use low-iron glass, so that distortion is minimized, and the colors of the surrounding decor isn’t compromised. Below, the sculptural “Spider” metal base from Structube (CA) provides generous surface area (nearly 40″ diameter), but doesn’t take up a lot of space.

Spider Coffee Table

The airiness of the stick-legs in the base below really open up the space where something more solid would have closed it off. A glass top keeps everything in balance.

Source: House&Home "Best Decorating 2012" issue

Don’t discount the amount of light a glass table top can bring into the room. The sparkle and reflection of a glass table may be just what your room needs.  With a low-iron glass table as the centerpiece of the room, like below, the more “blocky” elements of the room have a chance to breathe and feel fresh.

Source: House & Home "Best Decorating 2012" issue

And don’t forget mirror! That will really reflect light back into the room, multiply the light, and still will visually “disappear”. It’s a stunning effect, that allows the thin black table frame to become a subtle “pinstripe” to the bold colors and patterns in the room.

Kelly Proxmire - Interior Design

Gardner Glass Products is able to fabricate glass in thicknesses of 1/8″ (3mm) to 1″ (25mm). We can utilize low-iron glass in any thickness for the perfect tabletop in nearly any shape.