we chose chrome faucets and towel bars & hooks. The door hardware is ORB, as are the knobs on the doors and drawers of the built ins. I need to choose a light fixture for the center of the room; I intend to choose ORB or similar. Here is the vanity view.

Thanks enduring! I appreciate the feedback and advice! I had a conversation with someone the other day who told me a story about a woman who changed her front doorknob to oil rubbed bronze.... which led to a new hallway chandelier... which led to new dining room set... which led to new kitchen fixtures and appliances... which led to new counters... and then the bathrooms... and on and on and on. In the end her new doorknob led to a 50k home renovation! After hearing that I decided to stay with brushed nickel in our guest bathroom (whrre the tub is), and ALL the metal trims will be brushed nickel. I am going to use ORB for our master bathroom vanity faucets, lights, and towelbar because the vanity is actually in a separate room from the shower and toilet, separated by a pocket door. The shower and toilet have chrome trims but you never really look at them at the same time as the vanity area. I'll post some pics when its done. Our guest bath tub was just installed and seems to exactly match the brushed nickel faucet we picked out.

I don't like mixing a shiny silver finish with a matte silver finish, for instance. I'd keep it all matte finish silver if that's what you started with as your "must have" fixture. But you can mix it up, if YOU like it......?

Should I stick with a chrome towel bar to match the rest of the fixtures or is it acceptable to 'shake' it up with something 'industrial looking'? Go for it. Not like you are carving in stone. Towel bars are easy and relatively inexpensive to change when/ if you want to go a different direction later on. This is your house; it's OK to have some fun.