Glass Shelves for Living Room

While you might be used to thinking of glass for the bathroom and wood in the rest of your home, glass shelves for living room can be a much more creative and quirky decorative choice. They translate into a spacious airy feel and can often be a better match for contemporary settings. Because they’re not as strong as wood, however, decorate them wisely with items that aren’t too heavy.

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Truly amazing design for a living room shelf. Very minimalistic and perfect for a modern, contemporary room. Great to store your curios and souvenirs, just make sure to be careful around it as it is very delicate!

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Mirrored Shelf

A storage shelf in an ultra-modern design. It features a symmetrical, mirrored structure, which makes it an original accent of a living room or a practical shelf for a bathroom. It features a black frame, which gives it an elegant look.

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Levit8 Modern Shelf (Set of 2)

These glass wall shelves depict modern approach to design. Made from glass, with its seamless, floating line, constitute a universal addition to almost any room in your houses, from living room, ending on bathroom.

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Glass Shelves for Living Room

Buying Guide

Glass wall shelves add a decorative sparkle to a living room. In addition, since they are mounted to the wall, they save space while allowing you to display the items you are proudest of. Clear glass shelves are unobtrusive and transparent. It makes white spaces look brighter and it keeps darker spaces from appearing too grave.

Glass wall shelves for living room are available in a variety of shapes, including unique bent designs. Bent-glass shelves come in different configurations. The ends of some of these shelves are curved upwards like the side of a box. Others are fashioned like stair steps. The center part of such a shelf could hold one item, for example, and on either of the higher sides of the shelf another item could be displayed. A longer shelf featuring stair steps could really be an eye-catcher to showcase your display.

Unless your items are very light in weight, pay attention to the load-bearing capability of the glass wall shelves. Although standard glass is available, tempered glass is four times stronger. Another reason to choose the latter glass is that it provides better protection against injury because if it is broken it will not shatter into small shards.

Three-eighths of an inch is the minimum thickness suggested for glass shelves. The next step up is one-half of an inch. Three-quarters of an inch thick is usually suggested to support heavier items. For example, a tempered glass shelf that is 11 inches wide, 16 inches long and 3/16 of an inch thick with one foot between supports could hold approx. 239 pounds.

Ask your seller what the weight limit is. Some companies that make glass shelves have online calculators that tell you the load capacity of the product they manufacture. As glass increases in thickness and as its supports or brackets are put closer together in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications, its weight limit increases.

With supports and brackets available in finishes such as steel and chrome and antique brass and bronze as well as white, you can make a decor statement by using them. Some supports show so little of themselves when you look at the shelf that they make the shelves seem to be floating on air. As far as attaching supports and brackets, the recommendation is that if the wall is made of Sheetrock, attach the shelf to a stud.

Glass wall shelves for living room promote better organization in the room. They also make it easy to cleanly display many kinds of items so you, your family and your friends can enjoy them. Anticipate some great conversation after you have installed these shelves.

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