Oouuhh....I don't think bronze and MN would go well together at all. I've seen MN IRL, btw.

I love chrome/silver faucets, which would be perfect with MN. I'd change that way rather than give up that gorgeous stone. It's just too beautiful.

I just got my Blanco silgranit super single in Metallic Gray. It would be really nice with MN.

If you truly have your heart set on bronze, change your counters. But send the MN my way so I can have it please! ;). I can't get it in my area.

Breezy, I am afraid they won't play well together but maybe someone out there has pictures of a similar color pairing? At least I could see how bad it would look...

The Moon Night is gorgeous, but my back-up choice (for now) is Danby marble. I think that would look just as nice and would be fine with the finishes I like. I just don't see silver as a very "rustic" choice for hardware.. Although maybe a nice black would work, but I can't find any rustic-type faucets in a nice black.

I just wanted to stick with the Moon Night, as any marble makes me nervous... I have four children, plus a husband who LOVES Kool-Aid, so my #1 criteria for a counter is one that will resist Kool-Aid stains that may linger overnight. I don't want to risk stained marble counters if I am not home to clean them up properly immediately, or trust the children to remember as they grow up and have friends over!

What to do, what to do....

If you want to do a grey with your choices, choose something like Silestone Grey Amazon. It's a warm grey with brownish tones in it. It's also one of the most durable counter choices available. No need to worry about Koolaid or a pack of frozen strawberries, or a leaking pen or tumeric or pretty much anything else.

A cool grey doesn't go with the warm tones of your hardware choices. However, a neutral black would be fine.

Thanks hollysprings. It's funny you mentioned quartz - at first I was all set to go with Zodiaq in Savory, which I really love. But my peninsula counter divides the mudroom/entry from the kitchen (the kitchen side is lowered to 30" and the mudroom side is standard 36" height), and to separate the rooms I am using different counters so they have to go well together. The mudroom is definitely going to be soapstone and the quartz in love won't pair well with it that close. Besides, I ended up realizing that it was too modern a look for our log home and a natural stone might be a better choice. But... Maybe it's the mudroom counter choice I should change????

Call me crazy, but I love mixing cool/warm tones. I do it a lot when I dress.... gold jewelry with grey/charcoal clothing. Silver/white gold with yellows and tans...

I think a bronze faucet would look striking against a grey countertop. JMHO.

I agree that mixing warm and cool can work, but it IS a lot trickier than going with all one or the other.

I like hlove's analogy of clothing = kitchen, jewelry = faucet. How about waiting until it's all coming together, then accessorize appropriately. That's what I did. I have the Silestone Grey Amazon and thought I wanted brushed nickel faucet, hardware. But after it was all in, it became obvious that my kitchen needed some zing (to go along with my funky light fixtures that weren't in the original plan) so I selected a prominent chrome faucet which plays nicely with the rest of the elements.

BTW, I have the Super Single in metallic grey - it is awesome. I think it would look really good with your Moon Night.

I am really glad you don't think it is doomed to failure. DH thinks I should get what I want and it will look fine, but he is colorblind so didn't help as much as he intended :).

I do wish I could find some pictures of that combination online, but maybe I can at least order the faucet from somewhere that allows returns, and see how it looks next to the Moon Night.

Thank you for letting me know it might work after all!

I don't think that's like mixing gray with gold.

Agree with Marcolo. Sorry.

Well... Rats!!! Now what?

Okay, how about a matte silver faucet, and then iron-looking hardware? That would still look rustic... Browsing more photos online, I realized that it's the shiny silver finishes that I don't care for. The ones that look more like pewter don't bother me nearly as much. And I saw a few pictures of the faucet I like (same collection as the one marcolo posted above, but the pull down version), it looks as though the silver finish does look pretty matte.

Do you think that would work?

I have to disagree with the crowd on this one - I think dark bronze and grey would be stunning together. Although I was imagining a much darker grey before I saw Marcolo's pictures of the Moon Light (I'm not a huge granite person).

How about a compromise, with one of Whitehaus' really nice finishes? They have one called Mahagony Bronze that might meld your ironwork a bit better than the Price Pfister bronze; it's dark but still on the warm side. Failing that, they have a very nice Jerusalem Silver color that might do the trick:

Here is a link that might be useful: Whitehaus factory faucet outlet

Tuscan bronze might work better in the Price Pfister line. I don't think you have to do chrome just one of the grayer finishes. There are lines that have up to 20 different finishes such as California Faucets. I feel certain you could find one that would work well for you! Good luck!

oooh swoon, Honeychurch, those are drop-dead gorgeous. I very much love that they're not the ubiquitous satin nickel. (And your photos are excellent examples for people who don't want to oil their soapstone and wonder how it will look - the subject of some current threads.)

Honey church i love your sink area I could wash dishes there all day! Natalie, can you show pics of your cab finish too. I think if the warm wood, copper and counters work than why wouldn't the faucet be appropriate in a warm finish too? can you post a pic of a sample of your cab finish? I might not be one to answer because I have dark wood cabs and marble counters,with copper, brushed nickel, tin and stainless all bundled into one small kitchen. Do not know if it works, and it is certainly out of the GW league, but it kept me happy for many years.

The Whitehaus faucets Circus posted are definetly better.

I think the satined or brushed chrome would be a better choice. It does not have to be shiny.

Just occurred to me...I don't classify MN as rustic. I think of it as more elegant and sophisticated. I'm not saying don't do it. It just seems like the that's the element fighting with your design style. I can see why you love it. It IS beautiful. I'm no help.... :)

I agree that the Moon Night isn't at all rustic. It's a pretty cold looking stone. The classic Alfred Hitchcok cold sophisticated blonde look like Grace Kelly. Not at all like the earthier Marilyn Monroe. I can see it with acres of stainless steel in a high rise penthouse. The soapstone has a much warmer feel, despite being "gray".

I can see why you love the stone. But, are you SURE it works with the rest of your design vision?

I would not hesitate to combine soapstone & bronze, as honeychurch did & I'm drooling over...sigh...this is exactly what I want in my next house...

ANYWAY...I would not put that Moon Night with the bronze - it's just too cold for the look you want. I think the trick is not to get a bronze that's too orange-y, & find one that has a lot of black patina undertones. I would also do a very panita-ed (sp???) bronze farmhouse sink or the soapstone.

Though I love the charm of the faucet that you love, I think I would put that in a bath instead & use a wall-mounted (if possible) unit or that of honeychurch's almost vintage industrial look.

(honeychurch, I am sooooo jealous!!! :-)

~Jeana

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Thanks--I'm sure the soap dispensers are easy to make--I have seen them from Van Dyke's, Etsy, and just found one at my local mom and pop shop, so they are out there! :-)

Thanks so much for all the feedback. Honeychurch, your pictures are gorgeous! That makes me feel so much better about considering a bronze finish! breezy, GD, the Moon Night at my slab yard does read rustic to me and my DH. That's what we love about it - it looks like a big slab of gray ROCK, but close up you see the lovely swoops and almost marbles look of the surface. When I see it in kitchen pictures, I like it better paired with wood stain than white cabinets - maybe because with the white it does look too upscale modern, too stunning, but with the wood it looks more like plain stone - except not so plain, and naturally gorgeous.
Marcolo was kind to post a picture of the faucet finish, but since several have asked to see my other choices, I will include the actual pulldown faucet I mentioned, which looks quite a bit darker to me than the bathroom faucet from that collection. I don't have my heart set yet on any one particular fixture or hardware, though. But, my home has mostly brownish-bronze fixtures throughout, both on the furniture (and DR sideboard) and outdoor lights. There are few silver finishes in or around the house.

First, a gratuitous shot of Moon Night:

This is the hutch that the cabinets will be made to match as closely as possible:

Faucet:

Possible pulls and knobs - the fixed D bar also comes in a drop-pull version by a different company, but essentially the same look. These all come in a variety of nice finishes such as copper, iron, and pewter.

Nathalie,
I have a faucet similar to Homeychurch's. The faucet is by Waterstone and they have more finishes than just about any other line I have seen. You can find one that would work with the stone you chose.

My counters are white marble, but the rest of the kitchen is warm; not sure how helpful this will be:

Natalie, I think the key to using that finish will be to make sure it pulls in the wood tones rather than the countertop.

Homechef, thank you for the picture. I really love your faucets together with the marble - they enhance each other's beauty.
Marcolo, glad you think it will be okay as long as the faucet picks up on the wood. I love the warmer finishes on everything but feel the need for the cooler MN as a counter balance for so much brown. Hopefully it will all pull together IRL - whenever I actually get this kitchen done!

Frankly, I think that the finish that's just dying to be used here is something in a living brass (not 1980's lacquered brass) with all of it's glorious gold tones. Kohler has a finish called Vibrant Brushed Bronze that would be perfect.

Parq in Vibrant Brushed Bronze

Even the Forum beloved Karbon has been introduced in Vibrant Moderne Brushed Gold.

Exactly what I was thinking, live_wire_oak! I think that burnished bronze would be beautiful with the stone and the cabinets.

NatalieChantal- FWIW, I still love the combination after you posted the pics of what you're thinking. Live_wire_oak's suggestion is also nice...just a different feel. I say go with your gut.