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Glass Staircases: Serene Design

A rising trend to refresh your hallway for 2023 is installing a glass staircase. Ideal for introducing exceptional design and modern elegance into a space, glass can allow homeowners to create something really unique.

Creating a serene home that can help to distract from the everyday chaos of our lives, whether that be at home or in the workplace, is of the upmost of importance when it comes to choosing a design scheme. Creating an inviting atmosphere and calming space that can be used to relax and unwind can also lead to improving health and wellbeing.

Glass helps to achieve this peaceful look due to its ability to brighten up a room, adding a light and airy feel that not many other materials can achieve. Its texture is perfect for enhancing any lighting within a room, especially natural light from windows, skylights or doors, but even from painted walls. Glass panels allow for light to flow freely throughout a room and ensure that any views remain uninterrupted.

Not only do they help to make the most out of lighting, but they can also create the illusion of space, ensuring that a space doesn’t look cluttered or messy. Combined with the light that floods through the glass, the staircase will be instantly opened up and create the impression of a larger hallway.

Glass panels in contrast with sustainably sourced timber finishings is a great way to add a contemporary spin to a classic look. New to Richard Burbidge’s collection of stairparts is the Elements Inset Glass range, an easy to install stair system available in oak or a ready to paint softwood.

The 8mm toughened glass panels which are fully strength tested to domestic regulations that slot into an Elements shape handrail and baserail, with adjoining timber fillets. Explore the full stair system here.

To view Richard Burbidge’s full collection, please visit: https://richardburbidge.com/shop/stairparts

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