Chrome vs polished nickel

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Anonymous wrote:Chrome is more historically accurate for you.

I think that’s actually incorrect, although it’s certainly historically accurate enough imo. But strictly speaking I don’t think it’s true.

Also though if OP’s house was built in 1910 it may not have originally had any bathrooms and even less likely two, so it may be that at least one bathroom was added later and would have “originally” had chrome, for whatever that’s worth. Imo not very much and chrome is perfectly fine to look appropriate if not “historically correct.”

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03/21/2023 21:04

Subject: Chrome vs polished nickel

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Whatever you go with - make sure you can get everything in it.

I think you said claw foot tub - but if you were going with frameless glass shower door and needed PN - it might be custom

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03/22/2023 12:03

Subject: Re:Chrome vs polished nickel

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks for these smart replies!

Question: would it be…unorthodox to do one bathroom in chrome and the other in nickel? One bathroom has a claw foot tub with one of those halo-like shower set-ups and that seems like a contender for chrome, just due to the amount of metal.

Not at all. Most people don’t even recognize the difference. Also when I look sat builder grade homes everything is overly matchy and has that “picked at the same time look”. When I look at magazines and pictures of homes that I love, they have a match of different fixtures and finishes. Crystal and chrome I one room. Bronze in the other. It looks and feels collected. More higher end in my humble opinion.

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03/23/2023 13:27

Subject: Chrome vs polished nickel

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Anonymous wrote:Whatever you go with - make sure you can get everything in it.

I think you said claw foot tub - but if you were going with frameless glass shower door and needed PN - it might be custom

This. I love polished nickel because of its warmer tone, but it can be very expensive to source some items in polished nickel, and in the end, I couldn’t justify the cost. We did chrome in our bathroom updates (prewar colonial, wanted the bathrooms to look updated but still in keeping with the house’s original feel) and I have to say it looks lovely. I also think that mixing metals in a room can help it look warmer and not as sterile, so we have some brass hardware and light fixtures.