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Mirrors enhance any interior as both decorative and highly functional features, bouncing light and offering an opport...
Glass tiles are still enjoying their day in the sun as homeowners continue to incorporate these trendy tiles into the...
We’ve all seen the bottles of glass cleaner vying for our dollars on supermarket shelves. But there’s an economical a...
A lot of crafty DIYers hit the glass ceiling when it comes to the material of the same name. You’d love to create a l...
If the very thought of cutting glass makes you cringe, perhaps it’s because you remember a painful occasion when glas...
Whether in the form of a windowpane, shower wall, or tabletop, glass serves as a durable and glamorous surface almost...
Commonly used to construct everyday items from shower enclosures to tabletops, plexiglass (also known as acrylic) off...
You set out a drop cloth and meticulously lined the wall trim with painter’s tape, but you still ended up with a litt...
Far from the old-fashioned colored glass familiar to church windows or your great-grandmother's living room, today's ...
More than a mere decorative finish, frosted glass also offers a practical benefit: Without blocking the passage of li...
Smooth and reflective, glass makes a lovely canvas for paint. If, however, you've never before tried to paint glass, ...
Glass block has been used as a building material for more than a century, but it experienced a big surge of popularit...
Glass block walls are a great design feature that let extra sunlight into any room in your home while still providing...
Bob and Anthony Lopez install porcelain tiles for a decorative look.
Bob visits PGT Industries to learn what it takes to make impact-resistant windows.
An ironworker secures the rooftop deck's safety railing to its footings. Then, Bob meets with the window installer who is putting frosted thermal glass walls on t...
Bob looks on as the window installer puts in the glass walls for the head house (the structure surrounding the stares that lead up from the penthouse).
Karen Brooks Hopkins, president of the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), gives Bob a peek at the restoration of the main building.
Workers replace the old barn doors with an oversized Ponderosa Pine door (from KML Industries in Canada).
Mary Lou Pace (from Circle Redmont) joins Bob to watch the installation of the monolithic glass block floor panel system custom-manufactured for this project.
Bob observes Bill Brody (from Classic Glass) installing a large mirror, a glass shelf, and a glass partition wall.
Bob learns the process of creating stained glass windows. Designs begin on paper before they are traced onto glass using a light table. A variety of glass types a...
Bob and contractor Bob Ryley install sloped glazing on a greenhouse with the help of Mark Santos.
Contractor Bob Ryley shows off the greenhouse's motorized windows. At the touch of a button, or via a thermostat, the windows open and close. Bob helps Ryley asse...
Bob tours Lyndhurst mansion, a testament to high living during the Victoria era in New York's Hudson River Valley. The 40-odd rooms include a Gothic dining room w...
General contractor Ron Gan talks through the process of bricking in a window in the new kitchen. Ron also addresses the installation of a smaller bathroom window.
Bob joins architectural historian Susan Benjamin for a tour of some of Chicago's landmark buildings.