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12. Neato!

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Tue Jun 25, 2024, 12:53 PM

Jun 2024

I know that I must be getting old when I find myself liking certain vintage house features such as:

terazzo flooring

oak wood kitchen cabinets

transom windows (I do see these windows are backing a comeback)

pocket doors (These are making a slight comeback)

glass blocks

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Remember the glass blocks of '80s bathrooms? They're back. [View all] Celerity Jun 2024 OP

I've always been a big fan of glass blocks, great lighting for portraiture Walleye Jun 2024 #1

they are surprisingly easy to keep clean NJCher Jun 2024 #2

Love the look of glass block. I had a huge sliding glass door in my last house. I wanted french doors so I mitch96 Jun 2024 #3

Swoon! I love glass blocks! And lamps, & glass partitions, & stained glass anything. CrispyQ Jun 2024 #4

Ooohh - yummy stuff! 3catwoman3 Jun 2024 #8

i have a book from the 40s that show how to lay those blocks . like regular bricks . AllaN01Bear Jun 2024 #5

My grandmother's entry way to her house was all glass blocks Deuxcents Jun 2024 #6

my eye dr has a wall with those bricks in their front office . AllaN01Bear Jun 2024 #7

I like the look but, in these days of weird human realities, I'll pass. chouchou Jun 2024 #9

I've always loved the look of glass blocks. Lunabell Jun 2024 #10

My grandmother had them in her stairway in her kitchen. The house was built applegrove Jun 2024 #11

Neato! Niagara Jun 2024 #12