There's no reason that brass and stainless steel can't coexist.
One of the biggest myths of home decorating is that everything has to match. Some of the most dynamic homes have not only an eclectic mix of colors, but a daring mix of styles as well, preventing your house from looking like a generic furniture showroom. This is also true of your fixtures as well. While stainless steel fixtures are strongly evocative of modern decor and bronze fixtures have a strongly old-fashioned style vibe, there's truly no reason why you can't combine the two harmoniously.
Instructions
1. Look around the room in question and decide definitively what that style of the room will be. This determines how much mixing and matching leeway you have. For example, a shaker style kitchen will give you less leeway than a simply eclectic kitchen.
2. Select light fixtures for the room in either brass or stainless steel that best match your decor style.The light fixtures will dominate strongly, so they need to have a more cohesive look with the rest of the room.
3. Select a faucet and sink made from the opposite material. For example, if you've chosen brass lights, then opt for a stainless steel faucet, and vice versa. Select faucet fixtures that echo the structural style of your light fixtures so that while the materials don't match, their shapes are evocative of one another.
4. Choose cabinet hardware that matches either the stainless steel light fixtures or the faucet. There is no right or wrong answer -- just design freedom. It all depends on which material you'd rather be more dominant in the room.
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