Stained glass panels will bring shadows that dance across the room; they can capture the sun in brilliant colors, in collective prisms that shine through your living room or maybe a kitchen. Light that is gorgeous and captivating as the sun makes its appearance to start the day. As the light fills the room, it is full of grace and softness while constantly changing.
Many people have the misconception that flowers in a beautiful vase or fruit in a crystal bowl puts a finishing touch on a room. However, that is really not the case. Light is what adds a final flowing touch to a room. It is what brings it all together. With the addition of stained glass panels, a room can be lifted to a whole new level of elegance.
Stained Glass Options
All around the world, stained glass panels have shown up in windows of offices, churches, and homes. This has gone on for hundreds of years. At the turn of the 19th century, Louis Comfort Tiffany along with a fellow chemist devised a way to fuse metals along with various pigments and blending them in molten glass. This created vibrant and rich colors. They were not only translucent but also iridescent an opalescent. These styles are still in use today. Some of these windows are truly a work of art.
A kaleidoscope of designs filled with colors and various scenes from angels, birds, forest animals, trees, flowers, the ocean and so much more is what you can expect to find in stained glass. These panels come in many different sizes and shapes. They can be tall, square, octagon, wide, triangular, round, or short. There are no limits to what the designs can entail, except by the constraints of one’s budget and imagination.
Using Stained Glass
People often refer to stained glass in many different ways. Some refer to them as Tiffany windows while others use other descriptions such as Art Deco, Art Nouveau, or Victorian. Charles Lewis Tiffany was a highly sought after American jeweler. His son, Louis Comfort Tiffany is behind the invention of these glass marvels. That is where the “Tiffany” reference comes from. These panels have a large following and are so popular because of their detailed beauty. It is likely that they will continue to captivate many others for eons into the future because of this very reason.
The Sliding Door Company offers cutting edge designs for any residential or commercial location. When it comes to glass panels, they have exactly what you are looking for.