Do You Need a Backsplash for Your Kitchen?

Kitchens are supposed to be messy, right? At least, that’s what you tell yourself each time you venture into your own kitchen, see how disorderly it’s become, and try to get on with your day. It seems like whenever you have a few spare hours to devote to cleaning up, in a day or two, it’s a mess again anyway. Sometimes cleaning the kitchen just seems hopeless.

You’ve heard that kitchen backsplashes can contain some messes, but how well do they do this? Do you yourself need a backsplash for your kitchen? If you meet the following criteria, then the answer is yes.

You Cook a Lot

If you cook just about every night for your family, then you’re quite a suitable candidate for a backsplash. We all know some dishes are more intensive than others. Sometimes you can work yourself into a frenzy in the kitchen and not realize what a mess you left behind until you’re done. It sounds like a backsplash would really help you.

You Have Family Members Who Splash and Slosh Foods in the Kitchen

Perhaps you’re not the one spending as much time in the kitchen, but instead, it’s the other members of your family. They’re not exactly neat, either. You always come into the kitchen to be greeted by new stains, stickiness, and messes that weren’t there before. A backsplash could definitely keep the messes contained, something like it sounds you need.

You Have Nice Wallpapering

You spent a lot of money a year or so ago to get fresh wallpapering installed in the kitchen. It’s a gorgeous design that puts you at ease, but you’re always worried about it getting wet or stained. With a backsplash, your walls stay safeguarded, protecting that delicate paper.

Okay, so you’ve determined you’re a good fit for a backsplash. Where can you even get one?

Good question! Here at CGD Glass Countertops, we specialize in all sorts of residential glass projects and applications. These include backsplashes. Our backsplashes, as our name implies, are made entirely of glass. This benefits you, the homeowner, since you can clean glass remarkably fast. You just take a cloth, wipe in one direction, and your backsplash looks and feels pristine again. Even better, bacteria can’t linger in small crevices and corners like it could with wood or other materials.

Our CGD Glass Countertops team lets you customize your glass backsplash all the way through, just as we do for all our glass items. You get to select the size and shape. Do you want any special designs or colors? No problem, as we can add those, too. There’s truly no limit to what we can do, and we’re always happy to work with you to ensure you have a home addition you love.

To get started on your backsplash project today with us at CGD Glass Countertops, you can get in touch with us in three ways. You can fill out a contact form on our website, send us an email at info@cgdglass.com, or give us a call at 416-398-9733.

Can Glass Tabletops Protect Your Tables?

When you first bought your tables, you took every last possible precaution to keep them looking as good as possible. You insisted all guests and family members used coasters (if they were even allowed to have drinks near the table, that is) and you cleaned the table until it shone each and every week. Whether we’re talking a coffee table, a dining table, or even a new end table set, you were quite proud of your purchase.

That was a couple of years ago, though. In the time since, life has admittedly gotten in the way. While once, your tables received a lot of attention from you, nowadays, you haven’t had much time to devote to them. They’ve paid the price, losing their shine and luster.

You’ve contemplated getting new tables altogether, but you don’t want to if you can avoid it. You feel like with some sprucing up and maybe some minor repair work, you could have great tables you’d love to show off again. This time, you’d like to ensure you could safeguard your tables from damage as much as you can. Do you have such an option?

Actually, you do. Here at CGD Glass Countertops, we can install glass tabletops on tables of almost all shapes and sizes.

Can Glass Tabletops Protect My Tables?

At CGD Glass Countertops, we place a layer of glass over your existing table. As a Canadian glass manufacturer that specializes in countertops, our customers also love our tabletops, bar tops, glass kitchen islands, and other similar products.

Now, you may wonder if the glass will fit your table, to which we answer absolutely. Our staff at CGD lets you customize your project from beginning to end. For instance, you can select the thickness of your glass. You also get to choose the exact size and shape of the glass that’s installed over your table.

Our options include translucent or colored glass, textured or untextured. Not only should your glass tabletop work well, after all, but it should look good, too. We will augment the look of that beloved table with our glass tabletops.

Now, onto the big question, do these tabletops protect your table? Sure! Glass isn’t impenetrable, but it’s hardier than wood or metal. If you spill something on it, you can quickly clean it. There are no crevices or corners for messes or bacteria to linger.

Those messes, which do inevitably accumulate, won’t ever touch your actual table. Everything stays on the tabletop, thus keeping the table below safe.

How Do I Get Started?

If you’re interested in learning more about CGD Glass Countertop’s glass tabletops or even ordering yours today, you can call us at 416-398-9733. You might also reach out to us via our website or through email at info@cgdglass.com. To get your project underway, we prefer blueprints, illustrations, or at least measurements of your table. Then, you can begin choosing how to beautify it with our glass surfaces. Call us today!

How Our Glass Partitions Can Come in Handy This Summer and Anytime

Besides maybe the holidays, you can’t recall a time where your house has more people in it than the summertime. Your kids don’t have school for several more months, so they’re always around. You and your spouse have attempted to take some vacation time, plus there’s always friends, neighbors, and other family popping their heads in.

Sometimes you feel like you just need a little space that’s truly yours in the hustle and bustle of summertime fun. Here at CGD Glass Countertops, we can help. We’re a Canadian-based glass manufacturing company that produces all sorts of solutions for the home and office. One of those that our customers quite appreciate? Our decorative glass partitions.

Here’s a list of ways you might use those glass partitions this summer and beyond.

As a Quick Changing Space

Impromptu plans and summertime go hand in hand. If you just got invited to a pool party or a beach trip, you might need somewhere to quickly change. In a crowded house with no empty areas, finding the room to do that can seem impossible. That’s especially true if your bathrooms are crowded.

With a glass partition, you just set it up and put your swimsuit on. You’re then ready for lots of summer fun.

To Keep the Kids’ Toys Out of Sight

Uh-oh! Did your in-laws drop in unexpectedly? Perhaps you had forgotten you had invited a friend over until they arrived on your doorstep. You don’t mind the company, but your house is kind of a mess. Okay, make that majorly a mess.

With a glass partition from CGD Glass Countertops, you can take the kids’ toys or other clutter and hide it behind the partition. If you choose a partition made of textured or opaque glass, then no one will be able to tell what’s back there.

Once your guest leaves, you can clean everything up at your leisure. Sounds good to us!

To Make More Room

You may have family or friends staying over at your house the night before that big camping trip or beach vacation. You only have so many rooms, though. To create more privacy without paying to expand your home, a few glass partitions truly do the trick. These also help during any other time your house feels overcrowded and everyone craves their own bit of space.

If our glass partitions have piqued your interest, we recommend you get in touch with us at CGD Glass Countertops by calling 416-398-9733. You can also email us at info@cgdglass.com or reach out via our online contact form. We can work with you to ensure your glass partitions look just the way you want. You get to select their appearance, size, and shape, including the thickness of the glass. If you want the partitions colored or textured, we can do that as well. Give us a call today to get started! We look forward to hearing from you.

How to Choose Your Type of Glass for Your Countertop Project

You’re thinking new countertops are in your future. For years, you’ve tried to look past the ugly Formica ones you have to the better parts of your kitchen, like the nice cabinetry or fresh flooring. Finally, one day, you realize you can’t ignore your outdated countertops any longer. It’s time for a change, but admittedly, you’re not quite sure where to start.

May we recommend ourselves at CGD Glass Countertops? We’re a glass manufacturer and designer based out of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. We specialize in countertops, but we also produce countless other glass items, including glass panels, sinks, decorative doors, partitions, backsplashes, tabletops, bar tops, and kitchen islands.

We offer glass countertops in a variety of styles, including raised countertops and those for the kitchen and bathroom. Our customers choose us not only because of the high quality of our work, but because we allow them to customize the designs of their glass project.

Let’s say you’re interested in our kitchen countertops. We have two types of glass: Ultra Clear and Aqua Clear. How do you choose between the two? Here’s our pointers.

Consider How Much Color You Want in Your Project

If you prefer your countertop to look like a blank slate, at least initially, then we recommend our Ultra Clear glass. This is uncolored, untreated glass that you can do anything with. For instance, you could get it textured or even backpainted. This special service through our CGD Glass Countertops team makes your glass surfaces look like a work of art with the unique array of colors you choose.

If you’d like something subtler, then our Aqua Clear glass fits the bill perfectly. This gently colored glass has the same hue as the sea, light shades of blue throughout. It’s appealing and could make for the ideal choice for your glass countertop.

Think about Whether You Want Texturing or Edgework

Before you pick between our Ultra Clear and Aqua Clear glass, take a second to think of how your countertop would look with texturing or edgework. We have a wealth of textures in which to select from to add a pop of visual appeal to your countertop. With the Aqua Clear glass, you can see all the textural additions very well. The Ultra Clear glass often needs some LED lighting for the textures to fully shine.

Remember the Rest of Your Kitchen

You can’t forget about the overall look of your kitchen as you make your choice. Do you have a room in neutral hues like blacks, whites, or grays? You could get away with the Aqua Clear countertop in most instances. You might just as well want to keep things simple with the Ultra Clear glass, though.

For kitchens that are already like looking at a rainbow, we recommend going with the understated yet timeless Ultra Clear countertops.

Ready to Plan Your Glass Countertop Project Today? Get in Touch with Us at CGD Glass Countertops

To get underway with your countertop remodel, give us a call at CGD Glass Countertops at 416-398-9733.

Can Custom Glass Panels Help Your Business?

In a world where more and more businesses shutter their doors, you want to do your very best to ensure your company isn’t one of them. One of the top means of doing that is through branding. With branding, you have a company logo that goes on everything you put your stamp on: your website, your social media accounts, your emails, your press, even your bricks and mortar store.

It’s easy to hire a web designer to brand your Internet presence, but what about adding your logo to your store or establishment? That’s not as simple. After all, you don’t want something that looks sort of like your logo, but the real deal, tried and true logo your team painstakingly created.

We here at CGD Glass Countertops believe we can help. We’re a glass manufacturer in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that customizes most of the items we offer. Although we’re named after our beloved countertop work, we can do so much more for you than that.

One such service we provide our customers is the installation of glass panels. We can configure these panels any which way your company needs them most. You get to choose the shape, size, and even the thickness of the glass panels. Furthermore, we can add your very own company logo to these glass panels.

Here’s two examples from past commercial clients who did something very similar for their respective businesses.

Although both clients had their glass panels installed in office lobbies, you don’t have to stop there. You could get glass doors with the logos inlaid or ask for panels in your store or office. No matter your choice, you’ll feel confident that when people pass by your business on the street, they’ll know exactly who you are.

To dress up your glass panels more, you might be interested in the myriad of glass textures we have here at CGD Glass Countertops. These include the subtle Folded pattern, which indeed resembles soft fabric folds. The Avalanche texture looks like deep melting cracks in ice while the Desert mimics that landscape exceptionally well. The Galaxy texture is like looking up at the stars at night while the Stream texture is identical to a slow-moving body of water. Many clients also favor our Sandstorm glass texture, as it comes in Semi Frost or Ultra Clear options.

You may even decide to inject a dose of color into your glass panels to make your company logo stand out even more. No matter the color scheme of your logo, we’re sure we have some hues to match. At CGD Glass Countertops, we’ll backpaint the glass panels, a service you can’t find anywhere else. We offer bright colors, metallics, and even multiple colors in one. Just ask!

We’re ready to discuss your commercial glass panel project with you whenever you are. You can reach out to us at CGD Glass Countertops by calling 416-398-9733 or by visiting our website and filling out an online form.