I bought RH Lugarno sconces in polished nickel for our upcoming master bathroom remodel. I got the silk shades in bright white and I love the combination. The silk shades are also supposed to be mold resistant which always a plus in the bathroom. With carrara marble I really think you should stick with the silk in white or bright white because the linen white is very yellow. Plus polished nickel and marble are very elegant finishes that would go better with silk in my opinion. If the marble has more a of gray undertone I'd think silk in white would be the best because sometimes bright white colors mixed with carrara can make the marble look dingy.

carajon, I have a question for you about a 2-yr-old post: Like you, we have cherry cabinets (natural)and ss appliances and sinks, although our faucets are oil rubbed bronze. Like you, I'm also agonizing over hardware and strongly considering oil rubbed bronze from Rejuvenation. That's where we got our pendant lights in the same finish. The main thing that's stopping me is how matte the finish is. The OR bronze on our faucets has a little sheen. I was heartened to hear that yours have mellowed. Is that from handling them, or just age? It's funny that you said they look more like the burnished antique finish because that's the other finish I'm considering. Also, please confirm that you mean Rejuvenation, not Restoration Hardware, because some people get them mixed up, and RH's finishes are different.

ttodd, I agree! I do like the coloring in the store. I actually think the palette they have would be a brilliant background for colorful art etc. I have gray walls similar to what they have and I plan on adding color to my design plan. I think if they would have kept all of the same furnishings and just tweaked the color towards gray, I think it would have been much more successful. I just think they've become a caricature of themselves. I don't care for all of the weird aviator stuff nor the overly masculine aesthetic. My style actually is a bit masculine, but they've gone over the top with it imho. I do still think I see some good items like their curtains, their fixtures, some of their smaller accessories. I like some of their furniture, but don't see the mass appeal for their charred oak. I think for it to work, you have to have it throughout your house or it won't flow from room to room. Lastly, someone mentioned that you couldn't do a whole house in Pottery barn. I disagree with that statement. I actually do think that you could. It might not be thought provoking but it would be a warm and lively, honest space.

I'd like to reiterate, I said the quality of RH's pulls seemed fine. I don't like being told they're made in America and then find out they're made in Taiwan. Taiwan is not exactly synonymous with high quality products. Many of their products are made in Taiwan, but they source their parts from China (this happens in the US as well, so vigilance is necessary). The crux of my rant was that Rh used to be a store that you could count on for having products that were not made in China. I hate that a company known for that has changed their business model, yet hides behind the word "Imported" so that the change is not widely noted by their clients. The fact that they're hiding it means that they know that american consumers avoid goods made in countries known for shoddy products, so they don't display the country of origin as proudly as they used to. This wreaks of dishonesty to me. I don't care how good Rh's Quality Assurance is (I actually have no reason in recent years to believe that it's good at all). If they openly said, our products are mainly made in China now, but our QA is unfaltering, that would be one thing. But that's not what they do. Instead they make it very difficult for you to find where it comes from before purchasing. FYI, the reason that the pet food recall shocked so many pet owners was because some of the highest quality dog food was recalled. Owners thought that since they were paying a premium that they didn't have to worry about low quality food. They assumed a high level of Quality Assurance. Unfortunately, the pet food companies were sourcing grains from China. When grains are bought, the price increases if the crop has a high protein level. So some unscrupulous people in China, who only cared about their own bottom line, added melamine and cyanuric acid to their grains so that when they were tested for protein, it could cheat the test and have a high protein level. Unfortunately, melamine and cyanuric acid can be fatal to animals. In this case it was, to over 13000 pets that we know of and who knows how many pets lives were shortened. Now lets apply this case to hardware. Lets say, a company decides to degrade their hardware and move it from being made and sourced in the USA to being made in Taiwan. What happens if Taiwan can get really cheap nickel plating from China? What happens if the nickel plating from China has lead in it? What happens if said company was a highly regarded company that hasn't reduced any prices so their customers still think they're a high quality company. What if that leads their customers to assume (as did the pet owners) a high level of Quality Assurance? Then what if those customers buy the hardware, touch them every day, have their children touch them every day, lick their hands after touching, etc, etc, etc. It didn't take that long for the pets to develop issues that were noticed.....lead poisoning can be a slower process. Keeping both your consumers best interest and your bottom line in mind must be a difficult balancing act. It seems that Rh's greed has made them fall off the tightrope. I did say that MY White Chapel knobs and pulls were made in the USA. I didn't say all of White Chapel's hardware is made in the USA. However, NONE of them are made in China or Taiwan. They're made in the USA, Great Britain, France, etc. They search out artisans who take pride in their craft. Then they sell it at a reasonable price to consumers. This is a business model that I can support. Here is a link that might be useful: Pet food scandal