In 1932, a French architect built an glass home in Paris which has since become an cult object, its block facade undamaged. You might not lust after decoration — or want to live in a glass house — but the choices of today in glass block styles and layout possibilities and new decoration opens up for bringing light in your living area. Shades and Styles The hollow glass block is a classicl but it’s only one of a myriad of choices you can select for backsplashes, shower surrounds, entry walls, windows and room dividers. Consider etched, sandblasted, frosted and satin finishes borders and patterns; corner, curved, angled and finish blocks; colored blocks and custom-engraved. Colors rang from intense metallic and stone tones — sapphire, ruby, amethyst, garnet, emerald, topaz, aquamarine, silver, copper and gold — to pastels as fragile as sheers — sea foam, iced-glacier, sky-blue, champagne-pink, apricot, lemon, carrot…
Colours and types of Glass Block
