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In your bathroom, you need to decide what you are going to use shelves for, before you can choose the best glass bathroom shelves. There are lots of reasons to use shelving in a bathroom. They can be used to stack towels, hold appliances, and store cosmetics. They are perfect for providing upright storage that doesn't crowd a small room with limited floor space. They can draw your color scheme with plants, flowers and candles. And by using glass, instead of wood, metal, or plastic, you leave the room looking less crowded and larger.

Glass shelves provide a certain "less is more" elegance, at a reasonable price. They are easily installed. Before you make a decision, you have to be aware of the weight bearing capacity of your shelving. This is determined by the thickness of the glass, whether it is tempered or not, and the method of installation.

There is the tracking style, in which you screw long metal vertical strips down the wall, insert metal brackets at the desired heights, and then lay your glass across the brackets. Usually, two parallel strips are used, but for very heavy glass, you might use three for added support. Make sure your strips have been placed on studs in the wall.

The nicest thing about this type of installation is that it takes only seconds to change the height of your shelving...if that candle you bought is two inches taller than you thought it was, simply raise or lower your shelves along the strip to accommodate it!

Small, triangular glass shelves can give you a wonderful place for your bath needs by the tub, or can get your toothbrush, toothpaste, mouthwash, etc. up off the counter to give you a less cluttered look.

For a permanent, single shelf, you might choose one with plain brackets. Either of wood or metal, they simply screw into a stud on the wall and you lay your glass on top of them. It is wise to have the shelves extend beyond the brackets a few inches (not too far, or they will not be able to bear any weight). Again, if the glass is very heavy and needs more support, a third bracket would be advised. If you cannot hit a stud for all of them, use a molly screw for the centered bracket. It is a good idea to use a level when mounting shelving.

There is also free-standing glass shelving. The space-saver shelving units fit over the toilet tank and have shelves above. They come in both chrome and brass with glass shelves. Usually they have suction cup/spring action legs that hold them tightly in place at the floor and ceiling.

If you have plenty of floor space in your bathroom, but could use more storage, a free-standing brass or chrome frame with adjustable glass shelves would be very elegant. Stack some colorful towels on a bottom shelf, hand towels and face clothes above them, and candles, guest soaps, potpourri, bath salts on the next one up. On the top shelf, a lovely green cascading plant, or a low, artificial flower arrangement, and a small sculpture.

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Current Trends of Coffee Consumption

Each year, the National Coffee Association of the USA publishes their report on National Coffee Drinking Trends. The report has become one of the bibles of the coffee industry. The 2008 report has recently been made available, and the NCAUSA web site gives a brief summary of what the organization has found out about how we Americans like our coffee. Here are some highlights from the 2008 Coffee Drinking Trends report:

• 17% of the adult population consumed a gourmet beverage on a daily basis in 2008 and 14% in 2007.

  Drinking gourmet coffee has become a national pastime. It's not just the explosion of Starbucks across the nation that's fueling it, though their marketing has certainly awakened the taste buds of a whole generation. These days, you can buy your gourmet coffee at any number of places. Here are just of the few 'new' outlets for gourmet coffee.

  • McDonalds, which started selling Newman's Own Organic coffee a while back, has started marketing the McDonalds Café concept, with lattes, cappuccinos and McDonalds Gourmet coffee as of January 2008.
  • Burger King's BKJoe brand is roasted by Douwy Egberts, the second largest coffee roaster in the world, expressly for BK.
  • Target, the national department store chain, packages and distributes its own brand of gourmet and single origin coffees.
  • Store 24, a major East Coast convenience store chain, offers Green Mountain Roasters gourmet coffee in all of their stores.
  • 7-11, national convenience store chain, has made the gourmet coffee bar a central part of their new store design, and offers a wide variety of ready-to-go coffee for consumers on the run.

Another factor in the increase of gourmet coffee drinking is the popularity of single serve coffee systems, which make it easier to have gourmet coffee at home every morning. The Senseo, Tassimo and Keurig systems have all increased sales and feature gourmet coffees in their coffee lines. Here are some more highlights form the report:

• Adults 25-59 led the upswing with 19% of daily gourmet coffee drinkers. This is an increase of six percentage points from 2007.
  • In the young adult demographic, coffee drinking was down last year in that age group; with 44 percent reporting that they drink coffee as opposed to 47 percent the previous year.

  • On the other hand, 18 to 24 year olds are becoming serious coffee drinkers. In 2005, only 26 percent of young adults in that age bracket considered themselves coffee drinkers. By 2007, that figure was up to 37%, making the 18-24 year old coffee market the fastest growing segment of the market. Older adults, in the 40 to 59 year old bracket, are also big coffee drinkers. This age group increased from 59 percent to 61 percent over the previous year, and those age 60 and over report the most coffee consumers - 74 percent of adults in that age bracket reported that they drink coffee every day.

• Consumption of cups per day by consumers age 18-24 continued to trend higher in 2008. Young adults who drank coffee consumed an average of 3.2 cups per day as compared with 3.1 in 2007, a significant increase over 2005's level of 2.5 cups per day.

  Our generation grew up thinking of coffee as a morning pick-me-up and after dinner drink for adults only. The 18-24 year old group has a different view of coffee, thanks to the coffee shop culture. Where older generations gathered at the local soda shop, these kids made the local coffee shop their afternoon hangout. Starbucks and other local chains improved their coffees with flavors, sugar and many creams. This makes their coffee more appealing to the younger crowd. As those kids graduate from high school and move on to college, they're finding that their love of coffee moves along with them.

  • Past year consumption of iced and frozen coffee is up significantly from 2007 levels.
    Maybe it's the heavy marketing? Nothing tastes quite as good on a hot summer afternoon as a tall glass of iced coffee, but until the past few years, who knew? These days you can get your iced coffee fix at your local McDonalds, Burger King or Dunkin Donuts, or you can brew it yourself at home. The most popular frozen and iced coffee drinks include:
  • Dunkin Donuts, who claim that they practically invented iced coffee, has been selling their coffee over ice for years. In the late 90s, they added the Coffee Coolata, which could be topped with whipped cream.

  • Wawa, a popular convenience store located throughout portions of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia is a popular location for coffee enthusiasts in these east coast states. They have sold over 195 million cups of their freshly brewed coffee. Wawa uses their own blend of coffee beans and make quality coffee a top priority.

All of these coffee trends show that coffee is a popular drink among many age groups and is part of American culture. Over the years, these trends change while coffee is introduced to new demographics. Overall, Americans enjoy coffee daily and everybody has their favorite location to get their coffee fix.
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Stephanie Larkin is a freelance writer who writes about topics pertaining to the food and beverage industry often discussing specific brands such as Green Mountain Coffee

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