Improve airflow throughout house with closed doors
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Should door knobs match throughout the house?
Comments (21)I think it is a matter of personal preference. I do like them to match ... one of the things I liked about doing a whole house reno and addition at once was the continuity of palette and finishes. So it was an important detail for me, in fact I put in all antique white ceramic hardware. That said, we have a pre-existing pseudo-indoor-outdoor space with something like 10 sets of french doors and a few solid doors. They had lovely brass hinges and levers, and I didnt think the antique hardware would look right (ye olde poolhouse?) so I kept them as is....See MoreDo all of the finishes match throughout your house?
Comments (11)You do need continuity, but that doesn't necessarily mean matching everything. Our first floor is all hand-rubbed brass from Visual Comfort. Those rooms all flow together, and using the same metal finish makes everything seem more spacious. Upstairs, brass continues into the hallway and MBR. But two rooms--my office and the guest room--have ORB. You see both at once when you look right at the top of the stairs, so I didn't want them to clash with each other. Plus, the metals give the rooms a different feeling. My office is very vintage in style. We had a hammered wrought iron bed and bookcase for the guest room to start with, so I went with a concept that combines dark metals with a crystal and ORB mini-chandelier. The bathrooms are different metals entirely. Upstairs is nickel, which I will never do again, and downstairs is chrome. I think it's pretty traditional to use different metals in bathrooms. My point is, you can certainly match everything if you feel like it. Nothing wrong with it at all. You can also mix it up. What I wouldn't do is ignore which rooms flow into each other, use a different finish in every room, or overlook the type of mood you want to set in each room. Your lighting choices in a new build are one of the first decisions you'll make that cross the line from architecture into decorating, and each of those decisions closes the door to other options. For instance, you can't do an ORB chandelier in a dining room and then later decide you want a full-on traditional George III look....See MoreWood tile in sunken DR. Cream walls throughout house.
Comments (7)Fori,,I meant if they're not wood they're always white. Ok,,,maybe .05% of the time someone paints their baseboards a weird color like gray or black or blue. But they're white. Unless they're wood,,,which I stated. OP seemed to think white baseboards were something from Mars and was befuddled about painting them white, even though there are no white walls. Perhaps looking through living room pictures would help. those dated, 1.5" wood baseboards he has need to go. they aren't even in decent shape. He asked about staining them. do you know how much work it would be to strip and stain those thin moldings? I'm trying to save him a ton of work. Welkster, Rip out those baseboards and replace them w/white ones. You don't need to pick any certain white. Just a simple, neutral white. no one wants dingy white baseboards. If you want to keep the ones you have then paint those white....See Moredoor knob help - same door knob color throughout house??
Comments (6)Generally, hardware is viewed by room. In a kitchen, it is possible to mix finishes for a more custom look. Really just depends on your taste. If you are matching hardware by floor, you really have nothing to worry about, unless it is all the same size shape and too repetitive and not conducive to the item it is placed on. Down a hallway, it is nice to have unified hardware as they are often all in one's line of sight. Rooms behind closed doors, go for what you like inside, does not have to match what is on the entire floor. My advice for your kitchen if it is not too late, it to find hardware that come in that satin brass finish you like but are handles and not just knobs. I assume you cannot return the ones I see in the picture. My suggestion then would be keep knobs on the bottom drawers, of which you have many and get vertical handles for the uppers in satin brass, just to break add interest and break up the repetition a bit. Ideally, I would do the reverse horizontal or cup handles on lowers and knobs on uppers. But go with what you love....See MoreRelated Professionals
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