GLASS SHELVES

Glass Shelves

Many people like to have glass shelves in their home, and I can understand this. They can be quite beautiful, and they look very good in a modern apartment or home. Though they look great on almost any wall, you have to be diligent about cleaning them if you want them to stay that way. For this reason alone, there is only one set of glass shelves in my house and they are in my bathroom. If I had them all over my house, I would be insane by now.

Glass shelves attract dust. Perhaps they don’t attract dust anymore than any other surface, but they certainly show it more than anything else. If you have black furniture, you know that dust shows up on there and seems to be more of a problem near electronics. The same can be said for glass. Dust on a glass shelves shows up rather easily, and when you clean them, you can’t just do a quick job of it, you have to do a thorough clean.

When you dust glass shelves, you have to remove everything. If you’ve ever done the trick where you just wipe the shelf space that is showing but have not removed anything, you know it works for a quick touch up on most surfaces. This doesn’t work, however, on glass shelves. They will end up looking worse this way than if you had not touched them at all. If you want to do a good job that looks great, you have to remove everything you have on the shelves, dust them thoroughly, and then also dust each item before you return them. You may also find streaks and even grease where you least expect it, and you may have to take them down to get them completely clean.

If you really want glass shelves, however, you just have to be diligent about keeping them clean. They do have a great look, and they do offer a unique look you can’t get with other types of shelving. Just remember to secure glass shelves when you hang them so that there is not chance they will fall and shatter. If that happens, you may never get all of the glass up off the floor. You might be surprised to see how far shattering glass can scatter, it will end up in places you never thought possible, and you may never get it out of your carpets.