Can you mix metals

What do I change? Kitchen table and chairs are dark brown and white cabinets and counter tops throughout. Thanks so much.

Excellent, helpful post. Thank you! I love your style and decor taste! Thank you for your informative post! Would you consider the stainless of a stove and dishwasher one of those two colors? What is a good match kitchen faucet that I can get to go with that brushed nickel water filtered faucet? My remodeled kitchen will have white shaker cabinets with black pullout handles and white quartz countertop with a few vein lines.

All of my bathroom faucets are in chrome with same cabinets and countertops. Ordered a vanity with brushed nickel pulls. I would love to mix metal. Should I go with a brushed nickel faucet and then brushed gold mirror and light? Shower is separate room, what would you do with fixture there?

Or keep all brushed nickel? I am so horrible at this! Such a great post! I feel like I am going about my bathroom all wrong now. How would you incorporate the three? Could I tie it together with the cabinet pulls? I have white cabinets and marble countertops.

It really depends on the brands used — polished nickel from some brands can look almost identical to polished chrome from other brands. I stopped by to inspect a primary bathroom remodel in progress and came to find a Kallista vibrant gold rain dome in the shower.

Love your design style! How do you think chrome sink faucets and chrome shower head will look with brushed gold vanity pulls and light? Do you think brushed nickel would work better? The overall vibe is semi-industrial coastal farmhouse. The home has white doors and matte black door hardware throughout which is pretty fabulous.

All bathroom sink and shower fixtures are chrome, as is the vanity lighting. The mirrors are large and frameless with a beveled edge. Go for matte black! I hope this helped!! I have a mixture of antique burnished gold and gilded gold. Trying to decide on lamps for my entryway small and dark as it is a condo.

I have a charcoal gray console with 4 glass doors. Would like to add gilded or antique burnished lamps. Will change out hardware. Many thanks. Hi kathy!! Loved your article! Hi, I am renovating an apartment.

The entry foyer is lacquered in blue, all the hardware in the apartment is in chrome. Would a gold and white console table be ok — very modern and minimalist. Please send me a picture of the finished result. Great article. My walls are Collingwood by Benjamin Moore, all accents are brushed nickel other than a few accent pieces and light that is black and chrome.

I bought art and framed in brass as it suited the picture. Would it work? Question for you. I want to purchase a rose gold metal floor mirror for the closet that you can see from the bathroom and there is a hanging light that is in front of the mirror.

Question for you! I am finishing up a build on my home and wanted your input. I wanted to get a rose gold metal mirror for the closet and have a light fixture that is a polished nickel with a linen shade that would be right above the mirror. I guess my question is — does rose gold and polished nickel go well together. Thanks much! What about the same metal in different finishes, like a brushed and polished nickel? Does that count as one or two metals? Thank you for the article.

The rest of the dining room furniture is antique wooden furniture including the dining room table. Thank you for your thoughts. Thank you for the article and actually replying to the questions. Two questions. How long do expect brushed gold brass to remain in style? What is your thought about the black stainless appliances and their longvegity?

In my studio…I have a polished nickel task lamp, and chrome deer head on the wall…. I am looking at a bronze tree lamp for a corner near the bed…can this work or should I choose the tree lamp in nickel? I just purchased a vintage home built in the 60s. I have to get the plumbing fixtures replacement in all three bathrooms. Most all the finishes lights mirrors etc. I love the champagne bronze colors but they only make it in the sink faucet and not for my showers.

Can I use the champagne bronze sink faucets and use the brushed nickel shower faucet? We are building a new craftsman style rustic home. We oWe are ordering white windows but Im torn about the window hardware. Im thinking of distressed nickel as I think it will go with everything.

Do you think this would be OK, even if all interior doors are oil rubbed bronze? Thanks for this post! Do I need to go through the grueling task of changing out the nailheads to match the gold accents?? I have stainless steel appliances with a large venthood that is the focal point of the kitchen so the silver tone will remain, however mixing metals, esp.

Is it ok to mix metal finishes in a kitchen? I have to replace the main faucet on my sink and the pot filler. The finishes on the appliances is a brushed nickel. Kathy, I am in the process of remodeling my kitchen. I have ordered a beautiful Delta polished nickel kitchen faucet, spray, soap, water dispenserand button for garbage disposal. My countertops are quartz, coordinating backsplash. Hi, What a great article. Some of my fears have been laid to rest. Just a quick question. I loved your article.

What are your thoughts about this combo in the kitchen… White shaker cabinets with blue island. I looked online but every picture I see is the nickel or chrome handles and gold fixtures. Do you think think the reverse would look good? Appliances and faucet are stainless and brushed nickel. Thanks in advance. Hi, Thank you so much for this thread. I just moved into a new place with a navy blue bedroom. I just painted my beautiful large bed and dressers with a grey weathered look.

The bed has wrought iron accents and teh dresser hardware is a dark silver metal. I would like to incorporate a yellow accent color to the room that would include a couple of gold picture frames places on opposite walls.

I am designing my kitchen and my cabinets are white and island color is grey with white Quartz counter tops. My faucet is brushed nickel. I wanted to do brushed gold cabinet hardware. Can I do this? Hi Natalie! The darker light fixtures could provide a nice contrast to the nickel. Best of luck!

What about in a kitchen with mostly stainless appliances, but a warmer toned oven? What advice would you give for cabinet hardware, etc. Thank you so much for your article! How about in the bathroom?

Redoing Master Bath and need to decide, so a contractor can finish. I already have a beautiful large Pottery Barn Mia Chandelier I bought years ago-still in the box and thinking of using this over Master Bath, and buying Mia Flush Mount for middle of vanity…but it is antique bronzed almost black -even though most of the light is crystals.. My upper Cabinets will be white and stainless steel appliances.

What Do you think about mixing polished Hold Handles with stainless appliances? Hello, I currently have brushed nickel door knobs, cabinetry hardware throughout my house and brushed nickel bathroom light fixtures. My question is because my refrigerator and dishwasher are silver nickel and are such large pieces, should I just keep everything brushed nickel? The metal finishes in my master bedroom are stain brass. I would like to add some silver to the room by using polished chrome hinges and levers to the closet doors and door to enter the bedroom.

The levers would have a polished brass rosette. Does this work or should I keep all door hardware the same whether I use all polished chrome or stain brass.

I am building a house and have a stainless apron front sink and cabinet hardware. The cabinets are white and the island is grey with with quartz with large grey veining. Can I do black island pendants and a chandelier in the eat in breakfast area with a copper faucet and copper pot filler?

Just wondering if I can mix satin nickel hardware from my kitchen with rubbed bronze schoolhouse pendants over the island and rubbed bronze geometric chandelier. I have white cabinets and two gray accent walls. Hi Kathy, My kitchen has white cabinets and brushed pewter pulls and stainless steel appliance. The granite is grey blue and beige swirl.

I fell in love with brushed antique brass. I decided to go with oil rubbed bronze for the faucet. I think I would be ok sticking with the antique brass for the cabinets. My husband says it needs to match. No need for everything to match perfectly. I just moved into a rental that has all chrome hardware and pendant lights.

All of the decor I own is bronze or gold. Will it look ok if I use the decor I already have? I am in the process of a kitchen remodel and have chosen antique white cabinets with ORB hardware and faucets and copper backsplash. Is this going to clash terribly???? Hi Kathy!! Is it ok to mix metals throughout a house like that or will it create a feeling of confusion??

Not at all!! I mix metals all the time throughout my apartment. This will give your home a lot of character especially if you have gold in one room, silver in the other. Would love to see your home, send me a DM on Instagram lovey! I have used French antique hardware on my interior doors and kitchen cabinet pulls. I have used matte black hardware on my entry and patio doors, which can be seen from the kitchen. What color for the kitchen faucet?

I was thinking polished nickel. I am concerned adding a third metal would muddy up things. I am considering black matte mixed with subtle gold accents and wood for lighting. Is it all too much? Thank you for any direction you can give me. Can I add a brushed gold wall Lighting fixture Above my powder room pedestal sink if everything else n the room is brushed nickel? There are some golf accessories on the wall shelf. Thank you for the information but need some clarification and advice please. Do you consider brushed stainless steel appliances as one of two metals or are they considered neutral as a 3rd choice?

We currently have all door hardware in ORB and most lights. We are currently remodeling kitchen with baths to come later. I am wanting to lighten up the house but cannot budget changing out all of the doors from ORB.

Stuck on what to do with the sink faucets and lighting. Need to replace the ORB lighting in kitchen and dining room which will probably cause the living room light to be changed too since it is open to the kitchen and also ORB.

Love the polished nickel faucets for a kitchen statement piece really 2 — prep and main sink , but afraid it will be too shiny for the ORB and also concerned about spotting or tarnishing? Any thoughts? Hi Bette! Thanks for reaching out to us. For the best advice, please connect with our design team by emailing designbar kathykuohome. I have stainless steel appliances and want to do brass handles and knobs on my gray cabinets. I have a stainless steel faucet as well.

Confused on the color of what my light fixtures should be. Want to do 2 swivel arm wall fixtures over my sink and window and have 2 ceiling fixtures. Hi great article. I am trying to coordinate my kitchen with my living room and master bath. Will have a new gas insert with stainless steel accents.

Our living room has a lot of brass and wood. I am thinking of adding a few stainless steel accent pieces. I think it will work. As to my kitchen, which has sight to my living room, I will have porcelain grey marble with gold on my counters. My appliances will be white and I will have light oak cabinets. The knobs and pulls will be brass and crystal. Light fixtures will be white with a sink pendant in a in torquise. Master bath will have the same marble porcelain as the kitchen,with crystal knobs and light oak vanity.

The light fixtures will be stainless steel. I am thinking this will all work and blend together. Hi Valerie! If the kitchen cabinets have brush nichol knobs and faucets, is it ok if the light fixtures over the sink and dining area be the oil rub bronze? Our main concern is faucets that are not truly oil rub bronze will tarnish, and those are expensive. We are thinking about doing brush nichol door knobs and hinges. I enjoyed reading your blog. I currently have a pewter chandelier over my dining room table.

My dining room is partially seen from the living room. The foyer is part of the living room. Hi Susan! It may be best to go with a foyer fixture that coordinates with either the dining room or living room. For further advice, please connect with our design team by emailing designbar kathykuohome. However there is a little hallway that the kitchen is off of and can be seen from part of the living room.

I did stainless steel appliances, white cabinets with champagne bronze handles. Please help me with your design expertise!! Thank you, Shelley Sent from my iPhone. I think they are too long but is too late to change them. I also bothght light fixtures in brush nickel too. My appliances are black stainless steel. I have grey cabinets. Please help!! Thanks for validating my eclectic taste. What if I have two different gold tones?

My kitchen faucet is a deeper, yellowed gold Moen , but the knobs and pulls I purchased are more of a flat brass finish. Can I kix these two? I have not long moved into my house and we are re-doing the living room, i was wanting to do black and golds centred round my navy couch however one of the the walls are tiled grey with chrome finishes as well as the T.

V have silver edges? We can help you with any furniture pieces you may need to complete your living room re-do as well! I found your article when researching info on mixing metals. We are moving into a new home. All hardware door handles, faucets, cabinet pulls etc throughout the house are oil rubbed bronze. The great room, kitchen and dining area are all open concept with just a small island separating the GR and kitchen.

Appliances are stainless steel. The fan in the GR is an oil rubbed bronze. I love 2 pendants and a dining room light that are smoked iron. Will these smoked iron lights work or should I stick with a bronze type pendant and dining light? What would be your suggestion? But the appliances stove, microwave and dishwasher are included and are stainless but have black on them. We have to get a refrigerator, we can get stainless but we love the new black stainless that is out now. Our design team is more than capable of helping you find the perfect pendants for your space.

Love your article, it is so helpful! I have a bathroom that is all polished nickel hardware. I found a chandelier that is antique silver. Do you think that will work together, or is it too similar? Hi Michelle!

Glad you found the article helpful! Will I be happy with Oil-rubbed bronze cabinet pulls? I like the way the bronze pulls feel against the cabinets… what do you think? There is so much stainless steel in the kitchen… UGH! We recently replaced all the brass doorknobs, drawer knobs and hinges in house with oil-rubbed bronze. In master bath, we pulled out the dual brass faucets and went with polished chrome. Our problem arises in the clear glass shower enclosure.

The frame is brass as are the shower fixtures. Now the dilemma. Husband says shower head and faucet need to be oil-rubbed bronze to match frame. I say the frame is like knobs and hinges, oil-rubbed, and shower head and handle need to be chrome like faucets. The chrome is sort of neutral IMO, or accent against oil-rubbed hinges everywhere else, since other faucets are chrome. He thinks it will look odd.

Who is right? Hi Robin! Both options could probably work well. We are redoing our house. All of our door knobs and all of our light fixtures and majority of our faucets are oil rubbed bronze. In the master bath we used satin nickel faucets but I found an oil rubbed bronze light fixture I absolutely love.

Is it bad to mix the two? Also in the kitchen our faucet and light fixture are oil rubbed bronze and I would like to use satin nickel pulls. Is that ok? Hi Allison! That sounds perfectly fine. Can you please explain what you mean by a clearly dominant and accent metals? Thank you in advance! I cannot tell you how much I loved this article and reading through the past questions with your advice. You clearly have exquisite taste and know your stuff. I am hoping you can give me some guidance with our lighting that will be going into our newly remodeled home.

This has proven to be a very stressful topic and I just need some advice from an expert. I am losing my mind over this. Our main floor will be open concept with full sight lines of the entry, dining, kitchen and family room.

We have purchased brass pendant lights for over the island white shaker cabinets with virginia mist granite on the surround and Calcutta Verona quartz on the island all with brass hardware and are wanting to use our existing fixture in the dining area wood and black metal globe.

I know you are all about mixing metals, but should be stick to these two brass and black rather than adding in a third. And if that IS the case then should I consider glass fixers to layer in texture. Hi Britanee! Thanks for reaching out to us! Really nice article. The dining table is a dark mineral color along with a bench and 4 midcentury chairs which are rust velvet in color and dark grey gunmetal legs. The chandelier is a cluster pendent fixture with black wires.

The walls are light light grey. And the curtains we just put are a crossweave of grey and white. Now to my question! We are thinking of putting a console and mirror at the entryway and wanted to venture into metals instead of a wooden console. Which color would you suggest? A glass piece with gunmetal would be the safe choice with the rest of our decor. But how would a brass metal piece with glass look?

And how about the finish of the mirror? Would love to get your thoughts. Hi Swati! This is such a great article and comments! We are remodeling the kitchen where we opened the space up into the dining room.

All metal in my home is rubbed bronze lighting, door knobs, right down to bath fixtures, etc. My husband is not sold on the idea, however.

Cabinets are painted silk with hazelnut glaze and we chose a light granite with brown and black shiny flecks and a solid cream trellis backsplash. I know I do want to incorporate gold accents into the space and in dining area. My table is dark espresso with cream colored parsons chairs. I fell in love with a crystal chandelier that is finished in chrome. Matching mini chandelier that I would use as an over the sink pendent.

I get that the chrome is for extra glitzy effect. Will this throw off the look of the space? Hi Lisa! Brilliant article! We may also have black cast iron radiators too. Too many decisions!

Hi Rachel! Best of luck with the reno. Either option could be nice. I love this article! I am having a hard time figuring out what direction to take my lighting for my kitchen pendant lights and over the kitchen table that is open to the family room. Cabinets are white, island is walnut, all our hardware is a brushed Nickel, stainless steel appliances, chrome faucet.

Would love your thoughts. Hi Stephanie! Question: Redoing my master bath with sconces by the mirrors at vanity and a small chandelier over the tub.

The sconces and other stuff will be chrome but the chandelier I like is brushed nickel. Will this be ok? Thanks for your help.

Go for it! Great article! I was scared to add gold to my white cabinet, gray walls and gray wood porcelain. My accessories are chrome. Island and counter is calacatta gold. Am I on the right track? Hi MariCarmen! Sounds like you are on the right track indeed! Gold could add a nice warm accent to the chrome accessories and tie things in with the island and counter.

Love love this article. We are redoing a house. Using satin nickel door knobs and hinges for all the bedrooms. In the same hallway as the bedrooms is a bathroom that we plan to have brass plumbing fixtures.

Considering three options for bathroom door hardware— which do you think will work better? Good question! A satin nickel knob and hinge should go just fine with the brass finishes in the bathroom. Just try not to go beyond two metal finishes in one room! The walls above the wainscot will be SW Naval and the wainscot, trim and vanity will be painted white. Brushed gold and glass for the vanity hardware. The faucet and tub fixtures are satin nickel.

My light above the vanity is brushed gold with cracked glass globes. NOW my question is the shower rod. I have an oil rubbed bronze rod that I bought years ago and never used. Should I use it and spray paint it a gold or satin nickel or leave it as is?. What metal color would you choose. Thank you so much! Spraying the repurposed shower rod is a great idea! Let us know how it turns out! I love your article. I have read through all the comments, but did not see my proposed metals combination addressed.

Updating both s bathrooms entirely goodbye vintage pink tile! I am crazy for polished nickel and am planning for that with all the plumbing and faucets.

The vanities will be painted white SW Westhighland White , with quartz calacatta countertops. My question is the cabinetry hardware. In the master bath, it is approximately 3 ft. I would like to use the same pewter hardware on the bath vanities, but was not sure if those two metals would compliment each other.

The rooms will be very neutral colors, porcelain calacatta style tile in shower with a warm grey accent window piece and carried over to the counter backsplash. The guest bath will have white subway tile with calacatta marble accent tile stripe for tub surround.

Do you think that polished nickel and antique pewter can play nice together? And if so, I would say that the polished nickel plumbing would be the dominant metal as the vanities will each only have 4 drop pull and 2 knobs of the antique pewter.

Would you recommend that my mirror and lighting be in the pewter to balance the polished nickel or maybe adding countertop accessories in pewter. Lastly, I am unable to locate a polished nickel curved shower curtain rod. What metal would I choose instead? Thank you for your advice! Sounds like a great design plan so far. Best of luck with the bathrooms! Trying to decide what to do in our renovation! I have bought a few things that are oil rubbed bronze, including all of my light fixtures, buy my husband just informed me he ordered nickel hinges for the cabinets.

Do I change the cabinets to oil rubbed bronze and keep that same color through out? Or do I make my cabinet pulls nickel, and have oil rubbed bronze door handles, because I already have those too!

Hi Pressly! Nickel makes for a nice, cool contrast if oil rubbed bronze is the dominant finish in the bathroom. Loved the article!

Wondering what your take is on when buying vintage pieces to mix in a room. My living room has lots of gold, as I like a French look. Sometimes the pieces are different gold tones as I cannot get them to match. How can I work with the gold tones that I have in lighting, sconces and mirrors? Ditto with aged brass and shiny gold. When it comes to mixing metals, you want the variety to be obvious and look intentional—when it is, the results are beautiful. When you use two metals in one space that almost match, it can give off the appearance that you weren't able to find one of your fixtures in the right finish, or didn't notice the difference yourself.

There are a few other simple tips key to nailing the mixed-metal look: Choose two, maybe three metals that complement one another. One should be the dominant, more pervasive finish throughout the space think: your cabinet hardware and light fixtures.

The second can be an accent think: your mirrors or faucets. Be sure to use the dominant finish not just on the more prominent features, but on more elements throughout the space.