Transform Your Bathroom with Decorating and Glass Design Ideas

If you would rather transform your entire bathroom into a new luxurious spa, there are plenty of design and decorating options available. Each can make your home more enjoyable and valuable.

• Buy a new shower enclosure or invest in a steam shower to remodel your bathroom. Remodeling your existing shower into a steam shower is fairly easy for professionals to install. Steam showers are like having a spa in your home; they are relaxing and can give you an escape from the outside world.
• Add different lighting. Dimming lights are best, you can easily adjust the settings to make the room brighter or dim them when you want a more relaxing, intimate mood.
• Decorative glass or glass etching can add simple elegance to any window.
• New matching bathroom accessories can change your bathroom from feeling playful to classy in an instant. New towels can give a little bit of extra color to help change the mood of your room.
• Painting the walls a new color or adding a colorful, patterned wall paper can make your bathroom more inviting and unique.

If these ideas still aren’t enough, you can add an entire new bathroom to your home. Adding a new bathroom has become the most popular home remodeling project in the last year, according to the U.S. Remodeling Sentiment Report. The report also predicts there will be a 13 percent increase in homeowners wanting to remodel in the next 12 months.

“Remodeling doesn’t mean you have to tear out the sink, counter and tub and replace them with a steam room,” said Matt Nicklaus, owner of Glass Doctor of the Inland Empire, based in Hesperia, Calif. “We work with interior decorators, such as Decorating Den Interiors, to install standard mirrors and glass tub or shower enclosures. It’s a great way to create a unique atmosphere for your bathroom and maximize your budget, because we do the work ourselves, we don’t subcontract.”

The Glass Doctor and Decorating Den Interiors teams work together to help your remodeling project go smoothly and exceed expectations. Mirrors, shower enclosures or windows from Glass Doctor can increase your home’s value, whether you decide to remodel or simply use mirrors to brighten up the space after a long winter. If only the spring cleaning could be so easy.

To find your local Glass Doctor call 1-866-318-9304 or visit the Glass Doctor Locator found on our website http://www.glassdoctor.com/. If you are interested in remodeling, find a Decorating Den Interiors representative near you by visiting http://www.decoratingden.com/. If you want to know more about the U.S. Remodeling Sentiment Report survey go to http://www.remodelormove.com/.

Custom Shower Enclosure Makes Great Christmas Present

Travis and Nita Putnam of Woodbridge, VA sent us a nice letter after their custom shower enclosure was installed:

My wife and I would like you to know that you have some of the best staff we've ever dealt with during any of our home improvement projects working at your Glass Doctor of Fredericksburg, VA, location. Owner Scott Brinn and technician "Skeeter" were very courteous and helpful throughout the process of installing our new glass shower. Technician Steve Kendall however, went above and beyond what I would expect from any service provider.

Steve originally came out to the house as an install contractor through a large home improvement company. We were completely unsatisfied with the product we received. Rather than leaving us to fight our own refund battle with the home improvement store, Steve went out of his way to document why the product we received could not be installed properly and took up our fight for us with the store. Nearly unheard of, with Steve's help, we received a full refund of the special order product, and the associated removal and installation fees. Within 24 hours, Steve had drawn up precise plans and given us a price estimate on the shower we had originally envisioned.

Steve, along with the help of Scott and Skeeter accomplished what every customer hopes and dreams of: Finding a company who says what they're going to do, and actually does what they said they would. The Glass Doctor of Fredericksburg team beat time estimates both on delivery and installation, and made the process easy for us, by listening and accommodating our special requests. I sleep during the day and work at night, and the Glass Doctor team went out of their way to accommodate my unusual sleep pattern.

By far, out of any of the home improvement projects we have undertaken, Glass Doctor has been the easiest and most enjoyable company to work with. We will definitely be calling Glass Doctor for future projects and recommending them to others. Thanks for the great new shower!

Custom Glass Shower Enclosure Idea in Seattle Solves Space Problem

Glass Doctor of King & Pierce Counties near Seattle, WA created a glass shower enclosure with a custom header design that completely changes the bathroom. The header is suspended one inch above the glass surface, giving the heavy glass extra stability. Notice the edge of the tub has become a seat to take advantage of extra space.

With the extra space the new shower enclosure has multiple shower heads. It also connects to the sink countertop. The shower enclosure in the photo below is from a different bathroom, but with the same "floating" custom header design.

If you are interested in more shower enclosure designs, check out the Glass Doctor shower enclosure virtual showroom where you can look and different designs and match the header colors to the bathroom wall colors.

Custom Glass Shower Rooms?

Glass Doctor loves glass shower enclosures. They’re a great way to improve the whole look of a bathroom without a complete renovation. Some glass shower enclosures are more challenging than others, though. Here’s a custom glass shower enclosure by Stephen Beavers and his team at Glass Doctor of Greers Ferry, AR, that became something more.

“This one was a challenge for us that eventually came out beautiful and we have used it for bragging rights ever since,” Stephen said. “The unit is a steam room with a partial glass ceiling. We fabricated the ceiling ourselves. I think it works great, I’ve never gotten to use it but I haven ‘t had a complaint saying otherwise.”

Glass Doctor of Longview, TX Now Open

The Glass Doctor of Longview franchise owned by Gary and Vivian Jacobson is now open and ready to “fix your panes” after a ribbon cutting ceremony by the Longview Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday.

Glass Doctor of Longview offers mobile residential, automotive, and commercial glass services to Gregg, Harrison, Smith, and Upshur Counties, including Kilgore, Marshall and Tyler. The shop is open 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 24-hour emergency service is available. In addition to repair and replacement of windows and windshields, Glass Doctor of Longview can install storefronts, shower enclosures, entry door glass, mirrors, tabletops and other glass products.

“We’re pleased to be a part of Glass Doctor because of their dedication to high quality and service,” Gary Jacobson said. “We want to give customers in the Longview, Marshall and Tyler area professional, friendly service. That’s what it’s all about.”

For that reason the Jacobsons installed an innovative glass storage and workstation system in their new Glass Doctor service van. The system is the only one of its kind among the more than 375 Glass Doctor locations in the U.S. and Canada. The modular system allows glass service technicians to safely carry both windshields and flat glass for home windows together in the van. Flat glass also can be cut using a sliding pullout board (at left). Storage boxes for tools and adhesives can be reconfigured depending up on the size of the flat glass and windshields that need to be carried.

The Jacobsons also attended the most in-depth training in the glass services industry, a 10-day training course on the latest glass repair technology, customer service techniques and marketing methods held at the Glass Doctor University training center in Waco.

The Glass Doctor of Longview shop is located at 2907 W. Marshall in Longview. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call (903) 297-9100.

Glass Doctor Ready to "Fix Your Panes" in River Falls, WI: Window Repair, Windshield Replacement, Storefront Installation Now Offered

The Glass Doctor of River Falls franchise owned by Jamie Bark is now open and ready to “fix your panes!”

Glass Doctor of River Falls offers mobile residential, automotive, and commercial glass repair and replacement services, including windows, windshields and storefronts, to the eastern Minneapolis/St. Paul area. The shop is open 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 24-hour emergency service is available.

“We’re pleased to be a part of Glass Doctor, we know it will help us quickly grow our business,” Bark said. “Now we are able to add glass replacement services for home and business to our auto glass services.”

Upon purchasing the Glass Doctor franchise in December, Bark attended the most in-depth training in the glass services industry, a 10-day training course on the latest glass repair technology, customer service techniques and marketing methods held at the Glass Doctor University Training Center in Waco, Texas.

Glass Doctor of River Falls will offer windows that qualify for the federal income tax credit on energy-efficient windows. Homeowners who install energy-efficient replacement glass windows and doors can claim a tax credit in 2009 or 2010 of 30 percent of the product cost up to $1,500 per household. The glass must meet or exceed the new “30/30” criteria, which is stricter than the Energy Star criteria.

The independently owned and operated shop is located at 645 N. Main St. in River Falls. For service call (715) 426-3500.