[Guinness835]

Who are you using for your remodel? We are also looking to re-do our kitchen and 2 bathrooms.

[Velvet]

Check out Kingston brass - looks fit for royalty. The only thing is plumbing and everything is not brass and needs to be changed, like drain cover toilet handle - anything visible.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

Isn't gold out of style now? I didn't know gold had come back into style. Hmmm. Gold is tacky looking, IMHO.

Unless…….////

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by Velvet

Check out Kingston brass - looks fit for royalty. The only thing is plumbing and everything is not brass and needs to be changed, like drain cover toilet handle - anything visible.

LOL. It looks great, but the cost doesn't. I'll pass.

[Rande]

Originally Posted by tag460

We are in the process of a full remodel 2 baths and kitchen. Has anyone installed brush gold fixtures? If you have did you have any issues with the finish? What brand fixtures?

The most timeless metal for kitchen and bath is polished chrome for faucets and showers. The newer polish chromes are spot resistance.

I have brushed nickel which came with my house. It’s boring and dull. I’ve changed all my kitchen cabinet handles to brushed brass and will be converting faucets to either chrome or brass. I would suggest you go to Pinterest and look at pictures of kitchens and bathrooms. It’s really ok to mix metals.

[Danube]

Originally Posted by tag460

We are in the process of a full remodel 2 baths and kitchen. Has anyone installed brush gold fixtures? If you have did you have any issues with the finish? What brand fixtures?

Gold has always been associated with class and royalty.

Elvis' Graceland, Mar-a-Lago and NYC Trump Tower (Google for photos, so beautiful), Wayne Newton's home in Las Vegas, all gold, everywhere.

If you want to look like a King or Queen, go with gold.

[maistocars]

No matter what those current "designers" say, when I see gold fixtures I think 1970's.

[Ea327]

Originally Posted by tag460

We are in the process of a full remodel 2 baths and kitchen. Has anyone installed brush gold fixtures? If you have did you have any issues with the finish? What brand fixtures?

At least it won’t look pretentious.

[Velvet]

Originally Posted by Danube

Gold has always been associated with class and royalty.

Elvis' Graceland, Mar-a-Lago and NYC Trump Tower (Google for photos, so beautiful), Wayne Newton's home in Las Vegas, all gold, everywhere.

If you want to look like a King or Queen, go with gold.

Yes IF you can afford the rest of your furniture cabinetry etc to go with the gold, really up-scale, high end. If only the facets etc are gold, even if they are real, they look cosmetic, just like in cheap jewelry.

[Velvet]

Originally Posted by Paulz

We built a house in 2001 with golf fixtures everywhere. After about 10 years, was out of style and looked incredibly tacky

Most likely because the rest of the house wasn’t;t upscale enough for real gold unless it is white gold.

[Velvet]

Originally Posted by Rande

The most timeless metal for kitchen and bath is polished chrome for faucets and showers. The newer polish chromes are spot resistance.

I have brushed nickel which came with my house. It’s boring and dull. I’ve changed all my kitchen cabinet handles to brushed brass and will be converting faucets to either chrome or brass. I would suggest you go to Pinterest and look at pictures of kitchens and bathrooms. It’s really ok to mix metals.

It is really hard to mix metals and not look like you’ve run out of money while you were updating stuff. But judiciously it can be done. Staying in the same color value, and hue, eg. white (silver) not yellow, and same shine level, eg burnished or shiny. The idea is to co-ordinate to the eye for a harmonious effect. But that is just my view.

[Fredster]

Originally Posted by Velvet

Most likely because the rest of the house wasn’t;t upscale enough for real gold unless it is white gold.

That’s so true, in a previous home our bathroom fixtures were high quality gold plated, but the cabinetry was solid raised panel dark cherry with marble tops.
Trendy gets dated, but classy and classic, not so much!

[Danube]

Originally Posted by Velvet

Yes IF you can afford the rest of your furniture cabinetry etc to go with the gold, really up-scale, high end. If only the facets etc are gold, even if they are real, they look cosmetic, just like in cheap jewelry.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West had four gold toilets in their Bel-Aire house. Only gold plated but still very classy.

[Velvet]

Originally Posted by Danube

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West had four gold toilets in their Bel-Aire house. Only gold plated but still very classy.

Kardashian and “classy” are an oxymoron.