Mixing Oil Rubbed Bronze Ceiling Fans And Brushed Nickel Door Hardware

Changing to oil rubbed bronze would be hinges handles door knobs light fixtures faucets etc.

Mixing oil rubbed bronze ceiling fans and brushed nickel door hardware.

Early in the 21st century many finishes including brushed nickel and oil rubbed bronze are available and being used for everything from ceiling fans to plumbing fixtures to switch plates. My h wants everything to match and that s a battle i m not going to win. Our preference is usually oil rubbed bronze. How can we mix the two metals.

Oil rubbed bronze ceiling fan with led light kit and frosted white shade and remote. But i don t think i would like a brushed nickel light fixture on an island with an oil rubbed bronze faucet. Now looking at doors. Should i go orb for door handles hinges stops or can i go with my wife s preference of brushed nickel.

Bronze black or brushed nickel are considered neutrals in design concepts meaning they mix well. Starting to replace all door handles in the house. One side says keep color the same in same areas the other says it s okay to mix and match. I have no qualms at all about an oil rubbed bronze light fixture over an island in a kitchen with a brushed nickel faucet.

I have quite a few oil rubbed bronze hinges and levers from a purchase a few years ago when i anticipated doing the doors. What on earth is the difference you ask. Nickel was susceptible to tarnish and was hard to maintain without a protective coating. Currently everything in our house is brushed nickel.

Should door handles match or could oil rubbed bronze work here as well. The polished nickel hudson valley quincy sconce seen here is offset perfectly with bronze drawer handles. I have orb rustic chandelier in my vaulted great room with black wrought iron drapery rods wall sconces. Was looking at an antique nickel or antique pewter for hinges and knobs or levers for the bath and subsequently all other doors upstairs and oil rubbed bronze for 1st floor.

This oil rubbed bronze sconce blends beautifully with the mahogany vanity while the plumbing fixtures and the towel ring shine in nickel. We have installed oil rubbed bronze ceiling lights but i m in a quandary about door hardware. Group3 save photo i spy three distinct metal finishes in this traditional south carolina bathroom. Timer see all.

Only consideration is mixing differing styles and metals would make for odd design choices. By fanimation 1 637 98. Blackened bronze wall lights a brushed stainless steel trash receptacle and bright nickel plumbing fixtures.