Bathroom Guide
Mixing bathroom fixtures -- need help!?
In my new bathroom I'm installing a Whirlpool steam shower. The fixtures in it are chrome and come standard and I am completely unable to change them. The bathroom is being tiled in slate, and the vanity is a dark wood color. The countertops are granite with red tint in them, and with the red that flows throughout the granite, it matches very well with the dark wood and the red hues that come throughout the slate in the tile. Now, I hate the fact that I feel like I'm married to chrome fixtures. I want to put an amber colored vessel sink in. Oil rubbed bronze faucets (as they have orange on the edges) look beautiful with this combination, and if I did this, I would probably get the towel racks and such in oil rubbed bronze with it as well. Will this look alright, having the shower's fixtures be all in chrome and then using oil rubbed bronze for the rest??? If you think this will clash, will brushed nickel look alright too? Or should I just stick to chrome? Thanks!
Public Comments
- I like the idea of the bronze tone in the bathroom, but I think with all the similar tones in the wood, the tiles etc, it could actually be too much. I don't like chrome much either, but I do think the brushed nickel look will soften the whole effect and I think you will be happy with that result. Not much you can do about the Whirlpool, so go with it and it will give a more streamlined look. It won't be so obvious then, as it would be with the bronze ones.
