Then again with Plague Brown with Polished Gold, and so on The thing to remember it to thin them properly. Thin them as if they were regular paints and not metallics. As some point I will be doing a full write-up on this. Whenever I have tried it the result has been just the way I wanted it.
I use vallejo and my warp spider helmets are metallic neon green. It took a bit of mixing to get it right but they look really cool. I really don't like GW "Blood Angels Red" too orange, doesn't look like blood to me at all , so when the time came to paint my son't Blood Angels I experimented. 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? Mixing tones is totally fine! If all the finishes are exactly the same, it can sometimes feel a bit overkill.
Many thanks! Hi Jess! Something darker or warmer could act as a nice counterpoint to the dominant chrome. I am incorporating brushed nickle table and floor lamps and brushed nickle hardware on the wood furniture which has a modern feel. The light over the table is a mesh cylinder in a bronze color.
My question is should the finish on the fan in the living room be brushed nickle to reflect the brushed nickle in the living room or bronze to coordinate with the lamp over the table.
Both pieces can be seen as you walk into the room. Hi Judy! How do you feel about those two mixed? And which would you recommend for towel rings if we do use both? Another idea: using black or bronze vanity drawer pulls. Too much? Hi Karen! Thank you for this excellent article and all of the helpful comments. Finding this is a decorating treasure and a huge help!
I found a beautiful caged lantern in oil rubbed bronze to hang in the dining area and for the bar, I would like to use round glass pendants with matt black rods and brass accents. The fixtures are close together. Would it be better to get the pendants in gold instead of matt black and brass?
Thanks so much for any help you can give. Hi Anne! We definitely understand your concern. Matte black and oil rubbed bronze may be a bit too similar, so gold would be a great alternative.
Thanks for the helpful article. What are your opinions on mixing oil rubbed bronze and black? We recently did our bathroom with all oil rubbed bronze fixtures but have now found a black mirror and black shelves.
Is it okay to mix those two metals? While it depends on the exact finishes, sometimes black and oil rubbed bronze can be a bit too close to each other. You may be better off with another metal that provides more of a contrast. Hi again, instead of asking my question in a different field I asked here but I will be very happy if you will answer me anyway. Hi, we are going to refurnish our living room, we choose a gray velvet sofa and chair for two sides and for the third side two white chairs with nickel legs.
The cabinet dishes is also white and the windows drapes are between white to beige color. What about mixing gold accessories? What carpet color will you recommend? Hi Seriy! Best of luck with your remodel! Hi Louise! Looks like a good plan! No need for the light to match the door handles perfectly. These should play off each other nicely. Hi Freeda! See how the two shades look next to each other and if you like it, go for it! Just pick one to be the main finish and use the other as an accent.
Thank you so much for this helpful article! We are renovating our kitchen currently and have chosen a warmer white for the cabinets, stainless appliances all of which, except for the double wall ovens and trash compactor will have cabinet facings , white farmhouse sink with chrome faucet which will be on the island, countertops including the island will be Taj Mahal quartzite. All exterior and interior door knobs will be matte black. My dilemma is about the cabinet and drawer hardware and the pendant lighting.
If we went with chrome hardware for the cabinets to match the faucet, how would it look to have two lantern style pendants over the island in like a satin brass? Sounds like satin brass would provide a nice, warm contrast to the primarily chrome finishes in the kitchen. We have recently put in black curtain rods with white curtains, which looks amazing. We also have two matching gold metal and clear glass lamps with white shades, each on top of a glass side table with black metal framing.
Specifically, we are looking to add 3 pendant lights over our island. To be safe, I have thought about going polished chrome with a clear glass shade for the pendants, and then going black or oil rubbed for the ceiling flush-mounts and dining room fixture. Do you recommend that all lighting is the same metal or would different look ok in such a small space? Hi Hayley! Black could definitely work and would be cohesive with the living room, but if you like the look of the polished chrome, go with that!
Thanks for such a helpful article! I was planning on using all brushed gold hardware, but have found a beautiful freestanding copper tub. Do you think brushed gold taps would work with a copper tub?
If not, what metal would you suggest? Hi Belle! Brushed gold could definitely work — it all depends on your taste. Nickel could also be a nice, cool contrast for the copper. Hoping for advice. We are currently renovating a farmhouse. The bathroom it very narrow and long and little head height. I love gold, white with a rich teal for the bathroom but money is getting very tight. I have already lost my battle for a bath. I wanted sanity unit and countertop sink. I am most likely going to have to diy the unit and was thinking of pallets but my husband just laughs!
Cost wise with having rustic unit I have chosen black taps etc and have searched for the cheapest black heated towel rail but I am still earning for teal, gold, white. Looked for gold heated towel rail and so far way out of budget. Your article makes me wonder if I opt for the cheaper chrome towel rail and go gold or antique gold taps etc.
Would any of this work with teal and white? Or do I need a complete rethink. The towel rail is an issue as it is on wall in front of door by sink. Please help. Hi Jacqui! Love the article! I recently bought a house and want to update the kitchen. I wanted to do a deep navy island with brass fixtures and a white marble countertop. My kitchen cabinets are a like grey and I wanted to put the same brass fixtures to have a more modern look and tie in the island I am adding.
I will also have the marble cup tops in the kitchen as well. My sink, faucet and appliances are stainless. Do I need to re think my awesome brass cabinet fixtures and just go with brushed silver or something?
Thank you for the help! Hi Megan! As long as you stick to two metals, brass would be a welcome accent to the stainless appliances. Hi, great article! I need some help. We just brought a house. My appliances are stainless steel. We went with a mirror dining table with a chrome base. The chairs are dark gray with a dark brown wooden base.
Our floors are dark brown wood. We love these gray sofas but the base of the sofas are golden. Would that look weird? We are also stuck on bar stools. Hi Anam! I need some help please! I have oil bronze in my kitchen hardware with pecan wood cabinets and black island with granite counter tops with grey, black, brown, and beiges.
The kitchen, family room, and kitchenette are all one room. Or, you could go the opposite route and pick your base as a lighter color, and then layer on darker finishes on top.
Either way, that contrast is what will create harmony. You know the old saying about opposites What you do need to be aware of, though, is that the metals you pick need to co-exist with the items you already own—so, say, brass and crafted woods for farmhouse, or silver and white for a modern vibe. Mixing metals can be a fun experiment, but it does require some planning and structure, insist DeMuro Das.
They recommend picking one main metal color to focus on, and then using an opposing color as an accent or focal point in the room for inspiration, see this Knoxville bathroom, where bright brass takes center stage while dark bronze supports. Instead, try using accessories to give your home the punch it needs, without too much commitment. Design Inspiration. Outdoor Lighting. Outdoor Garden Accessories. Accessories Shop. Home Decor Home Decor. Home Decor.
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