Shower Floor Tiles and the Hot New Trend For Transparent
Want to give your bathroom a new lease on style? Get new shower floor tiles! Right now, the hottest in bathroom tiling is glass.
Glass tiles have become so versatile you can use them for just about anything, not just for flooring.
As a matter of fact, hardware and toilet excepted, you can use the material to finish your entire bathroom.
But where did this trend for the transparent come from? The Beginning Tile suppliers credit Denver artist Judy Collins.
According to the co-owner (and general manager) of Euro Bath & Tile in Denver, Colorado, Lori Greenstone, Collins inspired the penchant for glass thanks to her artistic glass pulls.
Not long after Collins bowled people over with her creations, the owner of Denver's VitraForm followed suit and came up with glassy sinks...
and that was when the style took off.
Who Wants Glass Sinks? In time, other tile manufacturers caught on and improvised.
Suddenly, style boundaries where the material was concerned were being pushed.
Manufacturers came up with many ways to innovate.
Glass shower floor tiles began to pop up in different sizes, shapes, and edges.
But forget flooring; they're not using the material for that purpose alone.
VitraForm, for instance, is now making glass sinks and countertops in 9 patterns, 11 colors, and 2 shapes.
Glass That's Not Easy to Break But who is buying these sinks? The answer: high-end homeowners and international hotels.
Hotels like the Grand Hyatt Shanghai and the Grand Hyatt in Fukuoka in Japan use glass sinks.
Is maintenance a problem for these hotels? Not at all, says Greenstone.
To keep their sinks clean, all their staff has to do is spray Windex on them and then wipe with a soft cloth.
Breakage is not a problem either, unless of course a guest deliberately drops a hammer onto the sink.
You see, the sinks are made of a material that is the equivalent of an auto windshield in thickness.
Can anyone say strong? So the next time you have a hard time deciding how to go about your tiling, try glass.
Not only will you get a very durable surface, you can make it double as a mirror, too.
Glass tiles have become so versatile you can use them for just about anything, not just for flooring.
As a matter of fact, hardware and toilet excepted, you can use the material to finish your entire bathroom.
But where did this trend for the transparent come from? The Beginning Tile suppliers credit Denver artist Judy Collins.
According to the co-owner (and general manager) of Euro Bath & Tile in Denver, Colorado, Lori Greenstone, Collins inspired the penchant for glass thanks to her artistic glass pulls.
Not long after Collins bowled people over with her creations, the owner of Denver's VitraForm followed suit and came up with glassy sinks...
and that was when the style took off.
Who Wants Glass Sinks? In time, other tile manufacturers caught on and improvised.
Suddenly, style boundaries where the material was concerned were being pushed.
Manufacturers came up with many ways to innovate.
Glass shower floor tiles began to pop up in different sizes, shapes, and edges.
But forget flooring; they're not using the material for that purpose alone.
VitraForm, for instance, is now making glass sinks and countertops in 9 patterns, 11 colors, and 2 shapes.
Glass That's Not Easy to Break But who is buying these sinks? The answer: high-end homeowners and international hotels.
Hotels like the Grand Hyatt Shanghai and the Grand Hyatt in Fukuoka in Japan use glass sinks.
Is maintenance a problem for these hotels? Not at all, says Greenstone.
To keep their sinks clean, all their staff has to do is spray Windex on them and then wipe with a soft cloth.
Breakage is not a problem either, unless of course a guest deliberately drops a hammer onto the sink.
You see, the sinks are made of a material that is the equivalent of an auto windshield in thickness.
Can anyone say strong? So the next time you have a hard time deciding how to go about your tiling, try glass.
Not only will you get a very durable surface, you can make it double as a mirror, too.
