Back-painted glass has a contemporary elegant look, offering both versatility and functionality. Its sleek and easy-to-maintain surface makes it perfect for creating functional art in any room of your home.
What is Back-Painted Glass?
Back-painted glass is clear, low iron, glass, painted on the backside and viewed from the front. A protective coat is applied over the paint, rendering it opaque, with a solid colour. Available in ⅛ to ½ inch thicknesses, it’s made from annealed or tempered glass. Back-painted glass adheres to many vertical and horizontal surfaces making it a perfect design element for creating functional, elegant works of art for your home.
Why Choose Back-Painted Glass?
There are many benefits to the use of back-painted glass:
- Durability: Glass endures humidity, heat, and moisture. It won’t stain, peel, chip, or distort, looking fresh for years after installation.
- Versatility: Back-painted glass can be made and cut to your specifications and installed on vertical or horizontal surfaces. Available in many colours and patterns, a range of surface options (anti-glare, low iron textures, etched), a variety of edges ( polished, bevelled, seamed), and many patterns, it can set the mood and tone for any room. This specialty glass is available in a variety of thicknesses and small panels or large sheets.
- Hygienic: Back-painted glass is non-porous so it won’t trap bacteria, germs, or mildew.
- Low maintenance: Easy to clean and disinfect, back-painted glass makes maintenance simple and quick.
How Can I Use Back-Painted Glass in My Home?
Back-painted glass can be used to create functional eye-catching art in any room of your home!
- The kitchen: As it is non-porous and easy to clean, back-painted glass is perfect for seamless or nearly seamless backsplashes, modern bar tops, custom glass tabletops, and kitchen islands. If you have a contemporary kitchen and want a modern sleek appearance, try back-painted glass cabinets. Glass resists heat and moisture and has a long-lasting finish, so try cladding kitchen walls in back-painted glass.
- The bathroom: Back-painted glass is easy to sanitize, withstands moisture, and looks great with the glass, porcelain, and metal found in bathrooms. Utilize it as a backsplash or a vanity countertop. The seamless smooth appearance of back-painted glass is ideal for shower wall panels.
- Kids rooms: Consider a white/light back-painted wall for a child’s bedroom and/or playroom. It makes the perfect writable surface for young artists.
- Dining room: Do you have a dining table with dings, stains, and scratches? Try back-painted glass to cover the marred surface, adding beauty and colour to your space.
- Living room: Modernize your bar with a back-painted top or brighten your living room with back-painted wall panels.
- Home Office: Tinted glass panels and a back-painted marker board can add beauty and vibrancy to a small, dark home office.
Bring beauty, versatility, and vibrancy to your home. Use custom back-painted glass for a fresh look, clean lines, and easy maintenance. Homeowners can add stylish contemporary art pieces that match any colour palette by adding back-painted glass to any room. From wall murals to backsplashes, shower panels, tabletops, and whiteboards, back-painted glass is a great addition to any home.Want to use back-painted glass to create custom art pieces in your home? Wish to see samples and/or ask questions? Looking for ideas? Call House of Mirrors & Glass. Visit the showroom of Calgary’s premier mirror and glass company. Our efficient and knowledgeable team provides excellent customer service, focusing on custom design. Call (403) 253-3777 or email us at info@houseofmirrors.com. Let us know what you’re looking to accomplish and we’ll assist you!
