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With lockdown restrictions slowly drawing to a close, you may be wondering how best to update your dining room for future dinner parties with friends and family.
As the prospect of international travel is looking more and more unlikely as this year goes on, we could end up spending a lot more time at home over the next year or so. If we’re not going to be splashing out on an overseas holiday, we could use some of the money we’re saving to make our own home a more enjoyable place to be.
The act of eating is one that always brings people together, regardless of culture or background. So, if you’re not sure which room of your house to focus on first, it makes sense to start with your dining room as this is a communal eating space and somewhere you’ll probably be spending lots of quality time with your loved ones over coming months.
Toughened glass has been used to excellent effect in several highly reputable restaurants all around the world, from The Shard in London (pictured far-right in the below photo) with its impressive rooftop Sky Garden restaurant, to Vienna’s Palmenhaus (originally commissioned in 1901 as a palm house for Vienna’s former imperial palace).
What many people don’t realise, however, is that it’s actually entirely possible – and often, surprisingly affordable – to use toughened glass to enhance the look and feel of your own dining space.
Here are just a few potential uses for toughened glass in your dining room…
3 ways to revamp your dining room with toughened glass
Walk-on glass flooring
If you’ve ever walked over the Glacier Skywalk in Canada’s Jasper National Park, or China’s Zhangijaje glass bridge, you’ll know exactly just how awe-inspiring a glass floor can be.
Many people opt to install fire-resistant walk-on glass panels on the floors of their homes. Designed for use internally rather than outside your property, not only do these purpose-built panels look pretty impressive once installed, but they also make for a wonderful way to let more natural light flood through into the room below – like your basement, for example.
When buying glass flooring for your home, make sure it’s fire-resistant and capable of withstanding extremely high temperatures in the unfortunate event of a house fire.
Glass tabletops
A toughened glass tabletop makes for a simple way to increase the aesthetic appeal of your dining room. When your guests come over for dinner, they’ll feel like they’re dining in a lavish restaurant! While some tables are themselves manufactured from glass and others come equipped with glass surfaces, you can add a reinforced glass surface to just about any table in your home.
Simply measure your table and place your order with a trusted toughened glass manufacturer like TuffXGlass. Based in Knowsley, Merseyside, this reputable glass manufacturer and fitter serves both commercial and domestic needs and has experience of working on both small- and large-scale projects, with clients including Edinburgh Zoo and The Shard in London. They offer all kinds of toughened glass products, from durable pond glass for your new garden project to double-glazed glass windows for your home, so you can be confident they’ll be able to meet your needs.
Glass rooflights
Besides installing walk-on glass panels on your dining room floor, you could also consider fitting glass roof lights into your dining room ceiling.
This way, not only will you allowing plenty of natural light to flood into the space below your dining room, but you’ll also be ensuring that your dining room itself is naturally well-lit. After all, no one wants to dine in a dark, dingy room; natural light always makes for a more enjoyable experience, especially if (like me) you plan on photographing your food.
Have you used toughened glass to makeover any of the rooms in your home? Share your experience in the comment box below to help out other readers.
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