Acid Etched Glass

Acid etched glass can be used just about anywhere and is very popular with architects, interior designers and home owners. It allows lots of light in without having to worry about privacy issues. It is also very easy to keep clean as it does not pick up finger prints and such quite as much.

The etching process is really interesting. They start out with a regular piece of glass, perfectly clear. Then they use acid to make whatever design the client has requested. It can be done on one or both sides of the glass. It is all according to what you like. The acid eats away at the top layer of the glass, making it cloudy so that you cannot see through it. You can’t even feel it either, because it is left so smooth. It really is a revolutionary texture process. If you were to put it under a microscope, you would see the hills and valleys created by the acid. Yet it is so fine that you cannot see it with the naked eye.

Using interior glass doors that have been acid etched can make your space look larger and softens the light as well from one room to another. Weather you use it for a door in your bathroom, or a cabinet door the look is clean and still provides the privacy you want. They can even be used as a table top or a shower door.

Acid etched glass can be used in businesses as well. It can be used as doors, walls, flooring, stairs, or windows. The applications for this glass is virtually limitless and the look is beautiful and clean throughout. It gives a very modern look to any home or office.  It doesn’t matter if it is remodeling or newly built, acid etched glass is everywhere.

Time to winterize

The time has come to winterize the house and garden. The end of October always means the leaves have turned color and fallen and the temperatures are dropping every night.

We went an procured several loads of manure for the garden and mixed it in well for the winter season. The gutters have been cleaned from most of the fall leaves, and we only have to put new insulated foam around the pipes to keep them from freezing.

I do believe we still have to check the windows and doors for airflow as seals will dry rot from age over time. Other then that I believe we will be set. The rest of October and November will be chopping wood for the fire place and bon fire outside. Busy as always. =)