Glass blocks make strong, attractive walls and windows that are easy to maintain and keep clean. The blocks are made of two sections of pressed glass fused together with a partial vacuum between them.

Dear Nina: Complete glass block window installation kits are available, but it is not difficult to do it yourself using individual glass blocks and mortar. This will result in an extremely strong ...

The fact that glass block showers have been around forever — or at least since the early twentieth century — tells you two things. Glass blocks aren't out of style (though some say they're one of the ...

A walk-in glass block shower is a valuable bathroom upgrade. It can make a cramped space look larger, allow light in to make your shower brighter, and add a sturdy, modern structural element to your ...

Over the years the window above a bathtub in an older home succumbs to exposure to moisture and its wooden frame and sill rot away. Replacing the window with a glass block unit designed for the job is ...

Sturdy building block and fragile glass make an unlikely combination. But that’s what you get with glass block — the strength of masonry and the light of a window. It’s used mainly on modern-style ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. interior modern dining room with glass block windows It’s time for ‘80s lovers to rejoice: glass block tiles might be making a ...

If you grew up in the ’80s or ’90s, you probably associate glass bricks with one very specific image: a steamy bathroom with a giant built-in block window, maybe framed by pastel tile and a brass ...

Interior design trends always have a way of coming back around, but when retro styles resurface in modern homes, a common challenge is making them feel fresh rather than dated. One design feature from ...