In recent years glass tiles and decorative glass mosaics have become a very popular and fashionable medium for decorating bathrooms and kitchens.They have become a trendy alternative to the traditional choice of home decor of traditional tiling, wallpaper and paint effects.Because of their transparency and reflective qualities, they can make very effective backdrops for Showers and Kitchen splashbacks.

There is now a massive range of colours and styles of stained glass tiles, ranging from economical standard mass produced glass tiles to 'one of a kind', custom designed tiles. Glass tiles are slightly harder to install than ceramic tiles due to their fragility, however once installed they are very hard wearing and easy to maintain.

The smaller glass mosaic tiles which have become so popular for showers and bathrooms are actually quite easy to install, coming readily attached to a string like web which holds them all the exact distance apart. They are affixed as a whole or in large section using standard tile adhesive and once this has dried the grouting is applied.

Above, you can see two sets of glass tile , those on the left are mass produced 'water glass tiles' and you can see the consistency of the size and shape. Because production technology is so good these days, these high quality colored glass tile fit well into modern, minimalist, high end bathrooms and kitchens.

The tiles on the right are hand cut straight from full sheets of stained glass. As you can see the consistency of size and shape is not as accurate then the machine made glass tile. However, hand cut tiles lend themselves better to many
art and craft projects, where they often actually look better than the mass produced straight edged glass tiles.

Glass Tile Info
Their Uses in Art
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Glass Tiles

Glass tiles are also popular for art and craft projects and Lightmandalas recommends Delphi Glass supplies for great deals on stained glass and mosaic supplies. You can either cut your own tiles from sheets of glass, or buy preformed ones.

Glass Tiles For Home Decor

Glass Tiles For Arts and Crafts