Interior design has changed a great deal with each generation and era. Trends don’t often last more than a couple of years,but general themes tend to stick around longer and become synonymous with different periods in history. It has often been the case that interior design fashion was influenced by the aristocracy and glassware has always been an important part this. Fancy glass has never been cheap and so it has long been a sign of luxury. This, among other reasons, is why glass has been used in every era of interior design and has never lost popularity. But how can glass be used to its best abilities?
Minimising colour scheme. Whilst coloured glasses can look very attractive, it is all too easy to get carried away and mix too many colours of crystal vases or glass bowls together for example. If you don’t want to end up with your rooms looking there has been a paintball fight going on in them, you should not go crazy with the colours. If you limit your colour pallet to just a few colours, but use subtle differences in their shades, you will create and much classier and more professional finish.
Use to improve light. The ability of glass to refract light entering a room and re-distribute it in multiple directions has made it a very valuable tool or manipulating light. This works better with thinner and lighter colours of glass but with enough light entering it, darker colours can look great as well. In rooms with low light, you can place some vases or wine-glasses near the window and it will help move the light deeper into the room, and avoid it being concentrated in only one area.
Mix with opposites. Quite often in interior design it is the materials that are most different which work together best. As glass often has a very smooth and polished appearance, it looks great when placed in contrast with rough and abrasive materials. A pair of whisky glasses and decanter set to a background of concrete or brushed steel works really well for example. Or what about using a glass chandelier against an artex ceiling (not that artex looks good)?
