The Squirrel Hill couple took a shine to one of the hottest trends in home design with a 6-inch band of iridescent purple, copper and clear glass tile. “We wanted something that would play off the glass chips in the countertops,” says Mrs. Young.
Hand-cast by Oceanside Glasstile of California, the colorful Tessera mosaic immediately catches the eye and sparkles like gemstones.
Glass tiles are not new. Artists in the Byzantine Empire (300 B.C.) were famous for their Smalti tile, an opaque glass tile used in mosaics. But this durable, easy-to-maintain surfacing material has only recently found its way back to the home, and not just in trend-setting California.
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