Photo from Reno Stairs and Railings.
Designing a cozy home is the art of selecting pieces and arranging spaces that reflect your personality and make it a place you love to stay in. A well-furnished home will encourage your family, friends, and yourself to spend more time in your interiors than outside.
There are plenty of ways in which people decorate their homes. This can be as simple as painting your rooms, using wallpaper, or using stylish accessories that complement the setting. With a bit of effort and smart fixtures, you can convert your home into an oasis of relaxation for both you and your guests.
One of the main attractions, but often an overlooked fixture of your home interior, is the staircase and its structure. Indeed, it seems that festivals or renovations are the only time of year when any particular attention is paid to it.
From winding long decorations around handrails to using the rails to hang larger pieces, there are lots of ways to incorporate your stairs, balustrades, and handrails into your home decor schemes.
Frameless Handrails
One of the recent additions to many interior design schemes is the use of frameless glass balustrade systems around the home. Aesthetically pleasing and easy to maintain, they are far more versatile than simply being used alongside staircases.
Frameless handrails offer a wonderful modern approach to your interior irrespective of the theme you choose when decorating. Apart from practical functions like dividing spaces and protecting people from falls, these are also great interior accessories.
Here are five ways in which frameless hand rails could be used around your home:
1. Stairs
Undoubtedly, frameless handrails are most commonly found on stairs as a support for climbing staircases. A staircase has been seen as a purely functional fitting in the past, but in modern housing it forms one of the major structural aspects of any building.
Using glass rails to frame staircases has many advantages as compared to the traditional form of framing. It was only a few years ago that glass rails were introduced in the home interiors; until then they were only found in industrial and high-end business properties. Today their domestic use is common and is spreading rapidly because of their efficiency.
Open, light and minimalist effects can be easily achieved, creating the illusion of space and giving clear lines of sight through a property. This can make a home feel more inclusive, especially if you want to give your home a modern feel.
2. Bathroom
A modern bathroom has evolved greatly as a concept in recent years. Now seen as far more than simply a functional space, the additions of dedicated shower areas and even full ‘wet room’ facilities show that much thought and effort goes into the design for every part of the home.
Bathrooms are spaces which have used glass for a considerable amount of time in order to create space and reduce maintenance problems. Frosted glass or regular transparent glass can both be used in different ways. Frameless handrails can play an important role in improving the design of facilities for disabled people with restricted mobility.
Nothing is more impressive than a stunningly designed bathroom.
3. Dividers
Dividers can be used in the interiors as well as the exteriors of your house. Large spaces can be divided to create separate areas without making them seem considerably smaller through the clever use of clear and frosted panels.
In bathrooms, glass handrails can separate the wet area and the dry, which can be particularly effective for smaller en-suites.
Photo from P.R. Fabrication Ltd.
4. Balcony
Older style solid or bulky timber balustrades and railings for balconies can often reduce the amount of space, which makes them look unattractive.
Glass handrails can open up the entire space and make the balcony feel borderless, removing the strict divider between spaces. Frameless glass handrails are a perfect way of creating the illusion that you are completely exposed to the outside environment rather than being perched on the extension of a building. This can be especially effective for winter views.
5. Garden
Even if you are lucky enough to have a garden, often not much thought is given to the ‘design’ aspect of it, other than how plants and flower beds are arranged.
In fact, a garden is one section of the home that can benefit from frameless handrails in many ways, from separating a section or forming a boundary around the garden to framing a path or walkway.
As glass-based frameless rails don’t obstruct views, they can be perfect for outdoor use.
Essentially, frameless handrails can add dimensions to any home, with benefits all year-round, regardless of the season, time, or theme.
Author Bio: Francesca Holmes is a writer and often writes on frameless handrails and home improvement tips. When not on a mission to bring high-end architecture to the masses, she enjoys exploring the great outdoors.
