mixing finishes

[pierogigirl]

We are changing all of our door hardware to oil rubbed bronze (we haven't started yet, I could be convinced to do brushed nickel instead, but they all need to be changed out when we replace the doors - right now we have some damaged doors and cheap gold knobs) because my husband liked the way they look. 

We are renovating downstairs and I need to buy some ceiling fixtures.  For the upstairs hallway I got some fixtures with bronze details and our curtain rods are bronze. Does that mean I should get bronze ceiling fixtures downstairs too (no curtain rods because we have shades)?  What about the ceiling fixtures in the bedrooms upstairs (I already have bronze curtain rods)?

Edit - when we do renovate the bathrooms, I will be doing nickel or chrome for faucets and showers. I do not like bronze faucets, etc.

[mrsukyankee]

I have mixed metals in my light fixtures and other places. I think it's fine.

[aprilsails]

Yeah there is no particular consistency in my house at all, and I picked everything out brand new last year so it is exactly how I want it to be. I tend to see if things work within a room, but even then I’m not too picky if the pieces aren’t big (like cabinet pulls) or aren’t in the same line of sight.

[pierogigirl]

Update: I decided to use the same light in the office that we put in the hall and at the top of the stairs - they are in a row. I originally got it for a landing near the kitchen, but we will buy all the kitchen fixtures (including the landing) when we re-do the kitchen. So, yay! "Free" light and it ties the upstairs and downstairs together.

[lightbulbsun]

The metals in my house are pretty inconsistent but it doesn't bother me. I tend to buy what I like for each space.

[rikki]

My builder things I’m nuts I’m having him put chrome door handles on the inside of the bathrooms and matte black on the outside to match the other rooms. I am saying this because I think you’re the normal one and I’m weird.

[treedimensional]

Pretty matchy-matchy, here. I notice because I am pretty AR about it.