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Should kitchen cabinet hardware coordinate with sink and faucet?

13 years ago

I am at the stage of selecting my cabinet hardware. I have creamy white cabinets including cabinetry covering my dishwasher and trash pullout. I am thinking of selecting hardware in the burnish brass to german bronze family; not exactly sure yet. In addition, I haven't quite firmed up my choice of sink and faucet, but was going to go with ss. What do you think about that combination? I know my DH would like a ss sink. With that in mind I would then go with a stainless faucet. So the question is how does a ss sink and faucet go with the cabinet hardware that I am thinking of. Need to make a decision ASAP. Any suggestions are very much appreciated!

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erikanh
13 years ago
I have a stainless steel prep sink, polished nickel faucet, and satin nickel cabinet hardware. I think they look great together. I don't like matchy-matchy.
Fori
13 years ago
They don't need to match. If you're really really picky about matchy matchy, you're actually safer with two totally different finishes like you're thinking of than similar but not quite the same finishes.
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meetmeinthegarden
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I am in the same boat, SS Appliances/Sink, I would like to have a bronze facuet to match the hardware. I would love to see some pics!
happytobehome
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I have stainless sink and faucet, and oil-rubbed bronze cabinet hardware. It's fine to mix and match, although I wouldn't choose too many different finishes.
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The knobs can be considered "jewelry" or accents, so that don't mean to.

Remember 25 years ago when kitchen faucets came in chrome, chrome, (and maybe white). They didnt have to worry about it then :)
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I'm doing chrome faucet, soapstone sink, pewter hardware, SS appliances, and antique black light fixtures. I did matchy matchy in my last kitchen, and I did like it, but I'll like this one just as much.
palimpsest
13 years ago
So that means they don't have to... I meant.
kulagal
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Like Happytobehome, I think for your kitchen I would do the SS sink and faucet and then go with ORB or other brass for the hardware. Our cabs are white, hardware is a matte black, the faucet is a Grohe Ladylux Plus SS with a black head, and the sink is Silgranit (Anthrocite - white is ugly) with a black countertop. The hardware looks really striking against the white. We will have yellow subway tiles for backsplash to bring some color into the mix. I don't like matching everything but I do like it when all the bits and pieces coordinate nicely.
buddyrose
13 years ago
I'm doing a SS sink and polished chrome faucet. I've ordered white painted cabinets and will have either ORB or Black hardware. I like when things complement each other but don't match. But in another kitchen I did the same sink and faucet and I put up polished chrome hardware. That looked good too.

It's what you like. These things all go well together. Now I wouldn't have everything different like a siligranite sink, ORB faucet and some other finish on the hardware. That would be too many different finishes.

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