By mixed, do you mean in the same room? If so, I wouldn't combine them in the same room. Most of my house has antique brass (all hardware). Two bathrooms have chrome, one bathroom has antique brass and the mudroom has brushed nickel. Hardware matches within each room. Sometimes not a perfect match (e.g., in the kitchen the cabinet hardware is antique brass and the light fixtures are raw brass, they will look antiqued after they age) (e.g, in the mudroom the door hardware is brushed nickel but the schoolhouse light fixtures are polished nickel). Where a door has one side on the brass room and one side on the chrome room, the door knob matches both rooms. So, where the door swings into the bathroom, the hinges are chrome (hinges are the color of the in-swing side) and the inside knob is chrome but the outside knob is antique brass. Some people don't care about matching, but it is something that catches my eye. IMO, ORB doesn't match anything but ORB. Black hardware matches brushed chrome/nickel ok. And I think you can blend the cool metals (nickel, chrome) and the warm metals (brass shades) within their family. Emtek will makes knobs with a different color on each side.

This is a house we are building and I guess you want everything to be as perfect as possible. Tonight when we went there I looked at the doors that go onto the patio with the ORB hinges and it just sets them off so nicely. I could just see the ORB handles/knobs. Then my brain kicked into gear and it said but you have purchased all silver/chrome fixtures for the whole house. Imagine being in the bathroom with a ORB knob/handle/hinges and then the faucets and light fixture will be chrome. So then I thought well I could have ORB on the outside and chrome on the inside. My hsuband then announced that the hinges show when the door is closed. Acountryhome I agree with you totally that just do everything in chromes (matte, brushed, etc. but at least all grey metals) and you don't have to think about it again. Your eyes can settle on more interesting things because that stuff will be settled and fade into the background so to speak. As you can see I need more info or something. More help please.

My master bathroom has white cabinets , Carrara marble floors and counters all fixtures are polished nickel …i think they are a little ore upkeep than the chrome, but love the color. I need to change out my shower head…any opinions on using a chrome or satin nickel shower head even though the shower trim is polished nickel? I never wipe off my showerhead except when i clean the bathroom…lol

I would do brushed nickel if the smudges are such a big concern. We get a good amount of traffic in terms of sales for brushed nickel finish products. Signed - Homemart Products Team