Thanks, everyone! Copper would definitely be a great complement to the oil rubbed bronze, but unfortunately, it's not one of our "builder grade" options. I also love polished nickel - it has a warmer tone that would probably complement ORB better, but it's pricier and more difficult to coordinate with our options throughout the home. I do agree that black and oil rubbed bronze can work together - in fact, our front door is a black metal double door with oil rubbed bronze edging. I do have some brushed gold decor items/accents that I will incorporate (i.e. an etagere, end tables, etc.), but I think we are still limited to some combination of ORB/brushed nickel or ORB/chrome for our kitchen faucet, cabinet hardware, and lighting. So which of those is better? Brushed nickel or chrome?

Just to add, the kitchen appliances will be stainless steel gourmet, with a 48" range. I've decided on chrome for the plumbing fixtures since it is less expensive then the other finishes (and we need to reduce costs where ever we can since prices have gone up in just a year's time). I can change the kitchen faucet to a "spot resist stainless" finish (which is what I put in the last house we built, and the kitchen island lighting was 3 pendants in a brushed nickel finish, and that looked fine with the stainless steel appliances and black cabinet pulls). The only place I'm having the dilemma in finishes is the kitchen since the lights I like don't come in a chrome finish. The bathrooms will have chrome plumbing fixtures with vanity lights in chrome, and black cabinet pulls. Also, the door handles/pulls will be black as well. We are also selling this house, and it will most likely be a second home for the buyers.

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To keep it simple, these "rules" have always worked for me. 1. Like fixtures, like finishes -faucets are chrome, light fixtures are gold, (for example), you'll step out into the whirlwind if you're thinking that the light fixture above the sink has to have the same finish as the faucet. 2. Black is like pepper, just a little will do for accent-cabinet hardware is a good place, a sprinkle. 3. Max of three metals in a room, if one of those is black, then that counts as one of the three 4. In a kitchen, if the appliance you need only comes in one metal choice, like the door handles of the refrigerator in chrome (for example), than make sure that is one of your three metal choices, and it's fine if the faucet is chrome too. (In case you were thinking that your cabinet hardware had to be chrome too because they're handles-not) Hope you find this helpful.