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Help with outdoor lighting fixture finish

last year

I found some outdoor lights we like. Problem is that our house (being built) will be Hardie evening blue with black metal accent roof (and moire black for most of the roof), black trim windows. We found fixtures we like (super affordable) we saw but they are oil rubbed bronze, vs black. We are thinking we need black due to the black prominence in the roof and windows. Can we get away with the oil rubbed bronze in this case?

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Mark Bischak, Architect
last year
Based upon the information provided, I think you can we get away with the oil rubbed bronze. "Super affordable" carries a lot of weight.
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Diana Bier Interiors, LLC
last year
Evening Blue and black are quite dark, so I would choose something that would contrast for the lighting. A cool metal in silver tones might look nice--brushed or galvanized steel, pewter or nickel. I think black or ORB would disappear into a dark blue background.
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Thank you both! The switch for them was in my carport and sure enough they lit up. There were a few switches inside that I thought might be leading towards them but turned out not to be the case, which initially was why I was wondering if something needed to be installed and/or might not be working. Hadn't seen these before, but haven't delved into too many light fixtures recently. Thanks again for your help!
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nhb22
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mandmsears - Have you thought about painting them? For our previous home (now 16 years old) we purchased very expensive ORB garage light fixtures from our local lighting store (not Lowe's or HD quality). The baked-on finish started fading after a year. They were only exposed to morning sun. By year two, they looked horrible! I was having some shutters put up and painted, so I asked the painters if they could paint the light fixtures. They agreed and took the fixtures down off of the house. They cleaned them and then used one can of Rust-Oleum ORB on each fixture. Not sure if they used a sealer of any kind. The fixtures looked fantastic! Never touched them again. When we moved out of the house 12 years later, those fixtures still looked brand new!!!

BTW - We used ORB lighting fixtures on our new house and have some black accents. We have ORB metal roofing accents an guttering, as well. Fixtures, guttering, and metal roofing almost look black.
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