Glass panels - a fashionable alternative to tiles

Tiles, tiles, panels - an overview of traditional materials for finishing the kitchen is boring. Just like a set of the most frequently used themes or colors. How to revive our everyday life and give the kitchen an original look? One of the more interesting options are glass panels.

It is an idea for both aesthetes and supporters of practical, durable solutions. They are an increasingly popular alternative to ceramics, plastics or sheet metal. They can be used in all rooms with moisture and in areas particularly exposed to dirt. Their function is twofold - they protect and decorate the wall space exposed to moisture and dirt.

Currently, the most popular is their use in the kitchen. Glass panels cover the wall space between the top and the hanging cabinets. Creating a perfectly smooth and hard surface, they adhere closely to the walls. Resistant to moisture, grease, heating, they are an excellent element protecting against the adverse effects of external factors. Most importantly, they are very easy to keep clean. They do not require maintenance or special attention. For aesthetic and hygienic reasons, they are designed in such a way that their surface is as large as possible - to minimize the number of cuts and joints. In this way, there are no porous joints where dirt conducive to bacterial growth accumulates.

Fashionable and comfortable

In addition to utility values, they are an unquestionable decorative element. When ordering panels, we can create a composition according to your own design or idea. Apply your photo, favorite material, natural raw materials such as wood. Most valuable, there is no limited list of designs or themes to use. Their number is infinite. It all depends on your invention and creativity. – Our offer includes panels with ready-made graphics and customer photos, wallpaper patterns or reproductions of paintings. Our walls can be decorated with almost anything. We also combine glass with naturally unstable materials, such as wood or canvas - says Wiesław Śmigielski, the owner of the Color Glass company from Poznań, specializing in the production of glass panels. – Thanks to the glass frame, they become durable finishing materials. We get a completely new quality, combined with the desired aesthetics - adds W. Śmigielski. They can also be elegantly illuminated with LEDs of different colors.

A model for durability

The glass panels are made of 5 mm thick tempered glass using multi-layer lamination technology. It consists in combining several layers in heat treatment and vacuum - a glass pane, a decorative layer, aluminum foil and a bottom protective layer made of PVC or a second pane. The quality of the materials used guarantees that the panels are resistant even to weather conditions and do not deform.

Installation of the panels is so quick and easy that you can actually do it yourself. Therefore, it is possible to order the product via the Internet. However, the selling companies guarantee both professional measurement and the positioning of the finished product. It can be done when there is already furniture in the kitchen. Designed to individual dimensions, the panels fit into the space and the sockets located in the wall.

Glass panels are also an economical solution. We lose the costs and time that we would have to spend on assembly and related problems. Wall measurement takes no more than 30 minutes. Within 2 hours we can conjure up any pattern on our wall. Most manufacturers provide a warranty on their products. – Initially, we give customers a 2-year warranty for the manufacture, assembly and resistance of the glass. Tempered glass is safe - very durable to impacts and scratches, it is not easy to damage it. Thanks to the lamination technology, the pane will not fall apart even if it is broken and will remain in place - explains Wiesław Śmigielski from Color Glass.

The use of glass in the kitchen is a fashionable alternative to classic solutions. It is worth considering this option, remembering that it will allow us not only to refresh the appearance of the rooms where we most often stay, but also to secure them properly.