Not Long Now!!

What’s not long now?? Patrick Stewarts hair? The length of time it takes to make a long distance call?? The launch of the brand spanking glorious new bathing bliss website??? (the link to the left will currently take you to the old site)

I think you can state a firm yes to all of the above. However, the new website is our primary concern!! It’s looking fantastic and will provide you lovely people with the finest portal this side of the milky way to peruse and purchase glass and glass products for your bathroom. We’ve ditched the sanitary ware and the shower heads themselves and are now solely focused on shower screens and splashbacks.

Over the next few weeks we’ll be bringing you various tasters of the feel for the new site. If you have any queries regarding glass either screens, splashbacks or worktops please don’t hesitate either emailing us at www.kitchencalm.co.uk or calling on 0845 0450336.

Add a Touch of Spice

Here's a pic of a recent job in one of our newer colours 'Cayenne'. The customer wanted something hot and cold which 'Cayenne' offers beautifully - as the colour adds the warmth and the glass itself provides a chilli (see what I did there?-) exterior.

Have a look at http://www.kitchencalm.co.uk/glasscolours.htm and view our wonderful range of hot and cold colours. If you would like a brochure sending please email sales@kitchencalm.co.uk with your address details and we'll have one dispatched.

The Magic of Colour

Colour is a peculiar and very subjective 'subject'. As my mother always said "there's no accounting for taste" (she also said eat your greens and don't annoy your brother but neither of these are particlauraly relevant to this post) and this week we've had a number of odd queries regarding what can and can't be done with colour on the glass splashbacks and worktops.

In light of these questions I've decided to write this post to explain a small amount about colour on glass and the range of effects as well as colours which we can handle.

Paint - All of the coloured glass which we fabricate and sell are painted products. The glass in itself has no colour (other than the natural green seen in a standard float glass but I'll write another post explaining this thorny subject at a later date as the majority of glass we use is low iron glass which doesn't have any green and can confuse from time to time). The colour is applied in the form of a very special resin based spray which we apply to the back of the glass.

Colour - We offer a small selection from the vast world of colour which you can view if you have a look at www.kitchencalm.co.uk/glasscolours.htm and full colour brochures are available if you'd like to email us at sales@kitchencalm.co.uk However it is possible to have practically any colour you so wish as we not only have the finest colour mixers the land has seen but also we have very simple formulas provided by the paint manufacturer who understand that lots of folk may not want the tone of pink we call marshmallow but would prefer farrow and ball cinder rose 246.

Effects - Any colour can be applied with a metallic or sparkle gloss giving it that extra touch of glamour. The most popular being silver and gold but the effect can be applied to all colour with varying degrees of sucess. The glass itself can be sandblasted in either a simple pattern or a more complex design of your own. We can also back paint textured glass such as stippolyte but in most instances you lose the effect of the texture when you paint it.

I hope this helps in some manner. If you would like any further details please don't hesitate either having a look at www.kitchencalm.co.uk or giving us a call on 0845 0450336 or 01642 648444 where we'll be more than happy to explain in greater depth the wonderful ways in which glass can be applied to your project. In the meantime though perhaps you would like to pay more attention to eating your greens. It may not be relevant to this post but it's sound advice!-)

Peppermint Wall

As more and more of you lovely folk are becoming accustomed to the idea of using coloured glass splashbacks as a means to cover other walls in your home (other than those in your kitchen that is) more of your rooms are becoming transformed by glass.

Here is a picture of a job recently finished which depicts almost the entire wall behind the sink, toilet and unit in a bathroom. The colour works beautifully, as you can see, and the cleaning time I've been informed has been dramatically reduced (apparently the weekly scrub of the tile grout has not been missed :-)

For further details have a look at www.kitchencalm.co.uk where you'll see our extensive range of colours and more details on the ways in which splashbacks and glass worktops can be utilised.