Anyone with chrome faucets and bronze(orb) lighting fixtures?

liptonjl

16 years ago

Trying to decide if this will look ok, or if I should keep the faucet bronze (oil rubbed look).

The faucet I love for our powder room does not come in ORB.

Pics would help! Thanks :)

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monicakm_gw
16 years ago
You'll probably get pictures because I've seen plenty mixed metals in this forum but till then, yes, you can mix them. That's what everyone keeps telling me. It's hard for me to accept this...I'm too structured (lol) My faucets are brushed nickel and my hardware on the vanity is orb. The hardware on the light painted surfaces will be brushed nickel. I almost chose to go with a orb light fixture and would have but there will be a total of 3 light fixtures in the bathroom and the other two are bn so I decided to keep all the lighting the same color, bn. A couple of theories given to me in this "anything goes society"...1) Light on light and 2) light (metals) at the top and dark as you go down. Don't know how spot on this is, I'm just reporting what I've been told.
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jgirl_2007
16 years ago
I just saw some pics yesterday in which she had BN fixtures and ORB lights. I never would have thought this would look good together. Boy was I wrong. It looked great! Now I'm thinking of doing something similar rather than matching everything.
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By mixed, do you mean in the same room? If so, I wouldn't combine them in the same room. Most of my house has antique brass (all hardware). Two bathrooms have chrome, one bathroom has antique brass and the mudroom has brushed nickel. Hardware matches within each room. Sometimes not a perfect match (e.g., in the kitchen the cabinet hardware is antique brass and the light fixtures are raw brass, they will look antiqued after they age) (e.g, in the mudroom the door hardware is brushed nickel but the schoolhouse light fixtures are polished nickel). Where a door has one side on the brass room and one side on the chrome room, the door knob matches both rooms. So, where the door swings into the bathroom, the hinges are chrome (hinges are the color of the in-swing side) and the inside knob is chrome but the outside knob is antique brass. Some people don't care about matching, but it is something that catches my eye. IMO, ORB doesn't match anything but ORB. Black hardware matches brushed chrome/nickel ok. And I think you can blend the cool metals (nickel, chrome) and the warm metals (brass shades) within their family. Emtek will makes knobs with a different color on each side.
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I'm so glad I opened this thread. That is exactly what I'm planning. I like the sparkle of chrome near the sink and mirror. Plus it cleans up easily. However, I've had my heart set on ORB door hardware, ever since I saw those Emtek egg shaped glass knobs with ORB rosette. david c -- I hadn't thought about the overhead fixtures looking cheap in chrome. Now that you mention it, I think I agree.
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We did that too - all our knobs and door handles are ORB as well as light fixtures. The appliances are white and sink is SS. Our faucet is Chrome/Ikea. Initially the faucet was only supposed to be temporary until I found something better/pull out, but it's grown on me and I'm not used to having a pull out and for $200 more, I just don't care anymore so it stays. I considered switching it this week to use the kitchen faucet for the new laundry tub.
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I went with the chrome on my Kohler faucet partly because I didn't like the Brazen Bronze color that Kohler does for the vinnata faucet. It's not really an ORB finish and I wasn't positive I would like it in my red kitchen. The upcharge for the color was about $200 and my family was still placing smelling salts under my nose just to cover the $300 chrome faucet price. I decided that I would rather have $200 worth of new dishes and table linens for the dining room. Chrome faucets are long-lasting and easy clean too. Anyway, I indulged my longing for ORB with my cabinet pulls. And here is a shot of other side of kitchen, with my bank of cabinets. (Replaced floor, faucet, sink, appliances, and backsplash, but not the cabs) Red
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alifeyl
16 years ago
I did this - all the fixtures are chrome but I couldn't find a sconce I really liked, so I went with a dark iron sconce. I'm happy with how it turned out. Sorry the picture is so dark.

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Here is a link that might be useful: more bathroom pics
meg711
16 years ago
Thought I'd add my photos in case anyone is still following this thread or does a search:

Here's our powder room. Almost all our downstairs light fixtures are ORB so I wanted to keep the powder room sconces in the same finish. The faucet is satin nickel, as are the knobs on the vanity.

Our master bath has ORB hardware and light fixtures, with chrome fixtures. Now the challenge is to find the right hooks and bars and vanity-top accessories. I was hoping to find some with a mix of chrome and ORB/brown.

Anyone know of a good source? Thanks!
thetews
16 years ago
I don't like chrome with brushed nickel, but I think you can use ORB with any other finish and it looks good. The pictures posted above all look really good.

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