Want to protect the surface of a valuable piece of furniture or preserve the value of a treasured antique?

Take a look at some of the ways that ordering a custom glass tabletop from an Indianapolis glass repair and customization company can add protection, value and additional benefits to your home’s furniture surfaces:

Protecting wood surfaces
Whether it’s a new piece of furniture or a heirloom antique, ordering a cut-to-fit custom glass tabletop can help protect its horizontal surface. Once installed over the surface, you won’t have to worry about damaging the surface.

Objects like keys, computer monitors and heavy decorative objects can scratch or mar a wood surface if dragged across it, especially soft wood or furniture with a high gloss finish.

Additionally, if the wood furniture that needs to be protected is in the dining room or kitchen, a glass tabletop can prevent liquid from spilled food or drinks from penetrating and staining the grain.

Easier to clean

Rather than having to wipe down your antique or vintage wood furniture with the appropriate polish every time, cleaning a glass tabletop is as easy as picking up a bottle of window cleaner, spraying it down and wiping.

However, it’s important to be sure that the window cleaner doesn’t spill over on to the wood or become trapped between the glass and wood. Cleaning with glass can also be more hygienic, as antibacterial sanitizing wipes that would damage wood can be used on the glass.

Added appeal
Glass has a natural sheen and luster that can improve the appeal of your home’s furniture. Some types of glass pane also have a magnifying effect that can increase the size of particularly appealing details in a piece of furniture such as an exotic wood grain.

Tabletops also offer a decorating option. Photos, clippings, fabric and other eye-catching thin materials can be highlighted by sandwiching them between the glass and the furniture.