While glass is a popular interior choice for the whole home, we wanted to focus on how Specialist Glass Products can help you design a kitchen with stunning glass features.
Glass features within a kitchen can increase the amount of natural light throughout the space, which is critical in raising the value of domestic and commercial properties. Using glass features like glass splashbacks and glass dining tables can also help the space feel bigger during all-important house gatherings, especially where space might be at a premium!
Glass kitchen splashbacks
There are approximately 22,200 searches for ‘glass splashback’ every month¹, and we can see why they are such a popular design choice for interior designers and home developers.
Whether you choose a coloured, glossy kitchen splashback, or a simple white glass splashback, this feature creates a modern, clean aesthetic. Typically placed above the hob or oven, glass splashbacks help to create a centre point within your kitchen, no matter how big or small.
Glass kitchen splashbacks remove the need to tile a kitchen area, allowing for greater creativity with design choices, such as statement walls using paint. Choosing the right type of paint can also assist with complementing the existing style of your kitchen and can really make the glass stand out.
At Specialist Glass Products, we have experience making various designs, including marbled glass and crackled glass or Cracked Ice, and we can even create custom designs using laminated glass with a printed film for your dream kitchen.
Glass interior kitchen doors
Another popular design choice for a kitchen is glass interior doors, which bring light into the kitchen. Perfect for smaller homes lacking natural light, glass kitchen doors can act as an additional window of light to make the space feel larger.
For example, we recently supplied a large curved glass unit for J Foster Architects, which they installed as a doorway between a previously dark and gloomy kitchen and hallway.
Glass french doors
Glass french doors can be created using our bespoke double-glazing units combined with our other capabilities, such as laminated or toughened glass. Double-glazed glass doors help lower energy bills, while the toughened glass can provide extra security on the house’s exterior, compared to single-glazing.
For example, we supplied jumbo flat glass units for this stunning domestic kitchen renovation in the Lake District by Anglezarke Designs Ltd.
Glass storage cabinets
Modern kitchen design calls for stylish solutions for storing glasses, plates and other items. If you want to put those items on display, choose a glass storage cabinet to save space in your cupboards and drawers.
A popular design choice is to add LED feature lighting in these cabinets, adding a low-cost lighting solution to the modern display. Combined with the added lighting benefits of extra glass in your kitchen, lighting within glass storage cabinets give the illusion of a brighter, more open room. For those who know exactly what storage cabinets they want, you can provide us with the measurements for your project, and our state-of-the-art cutting technology will ensure that the glass meets your requirements perfectly.
Glass skylights
Glass skylights remain popular in modern kitchens, especially within extensions. Skylights are an easy way to allow more sunshine into domestic buildings without affecting the design and structure of walls.
We supplied the jumbo glass for a glass link for an extensive home renovation by Anglezarke Designs Ltd, helping to create a dramatic kitchen design which genuinely added value to the property. This will help to keep energy costs down by reducing the amount of electricity used for lighting, therefore making the stylish kitchen more environmentally friendly.
Glass flooring
While glass flooring may seem a complex architectural task, it is deceptively simple. Depending on how much natural light you want to let in, you can customise the glass size needed for the ceiling space.
Using structural glass to create glass flooring within your kitchen will elevate the whole room with various finishes available. For example, we supplied some large toughened flat glass units for a church conversion by Pierian GP Engineering in Pembrokeshire, which complemented the glossy modern kitchen units.
Structural glass can also extend to other areas of the home, such as walls, like when we appeared on Channel 4’s Grand Designs, to supply high-performance curved glass to a fantastic domestic project in Hales Barnes, Cheshire. The customer chose glass for the building design as they required a material that would keep heat in and out when necessary while maintaining a contemporary and showstopping finish to their home.
Next steps
If you are considering using glass in your next kitchen design, get in touch with our friendly team today to discuss your requirements. No matter how big or small the project is, we can help!
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Sources
- SE Ranking, monthly data from October 2021 to October 2022.
