Reeded glass or fluted or ribbed glass looks fantastic in a designer kitchen. The glass, although contemporary, has a mid-century style and works beautifully in wall cabinetry, cupboards and free-standing kitchen units. We love designing kitchens where it’s also used in light fittings, especially as hanging pendants, further adding drama to a new handmade kitchen.
There are more benefits to reeded glass than pure aesthetics. It works well with most kitchen styles, from modern Scandinavian kitchens to classic country kitchens. It complements natural and painted wood and matches well with metal such as brass and natural and dark steel.
It can be sourced in various thicknesses or safety lamination and hints of colours from clear glass to amber, greens and rose tones. Our glass manufacturing partners can filter reeded glass in most colours, making it versatile.
Ribbed and fluted glass is also fantastic for obscuring kitchen clutter, such as crockery. In addition, it offers texture and vertical height to heighten ceilings. Using reeded glass in cabinetry is a clever way of breaking up solid cupboard doors when placed at incremental sections breaking up heavy blocks of wood or colour.
A great example of reeded glass in a designer kitchen can be found in our Frome Kitchen in Somerset. We combined it with red-tinted walnut in the cabinetry and brass. The design for the kitchen was inspired by mid-century furniture, Scandinavian design and the property’s architecture. Our design team used reeded glass along the top of the large-scale wall cabinetry at one end of the sizable kitchen and above the counter, where we surrounded it in brass for contrast.
We also chose reeded glass in a super modern Victorian Townhouse Kitchen in Plymouth. The Scandinavian kitchen featured American oak veneer cabinets to compliment the straight lines in the parquet floor. We installed reeded glass panels within the wall cabinets and framed them in brass. We didn’t want to hide all our client’s beautiful collection of objet d’art and design pieces, so the reeded glass doors were placed at intervals.
Another great way to utilise reeded glass in a designer kitchen is to use it to break up large spaces. We did precisely that in the Richlite Kitchen in a large country manor house which provided our design team with ample space to be truly creative. We segmented the vast area and designed a large central island, walk-in pantry, boot room and scullery. We divided the space with ‘Crittal’ style glazed internal ‘window’ panels with partially reeded glass. The dark framing of the metal frames worked beautifully with the fluted glass, which neatly secluded the single Everhot oven away from the more active parts of the kitchen.
We love using reeded glass in our kitchen designs. It is not only a beautiful material to use but also useful and adds more drama to a new designer kitchen.
