How much do your light fixtures match throughout the house

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Anonymous wrote:Ask your husband whether the light fixtures matched in the last 5 friends’/neighbors’ houses he was in. Pretty sure he won’t be able to. Sink fixtures finishes are most noticeable than light fixture finishes and even those don’t need to match.

The memory of 5 friends or neighbors houses are irrelevant.

Maybe to you

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Anonymous wrote:In all my renovation projects rooms that can be seen together should flow. So, you should have all the same door knobs and plates. Which means that if you have brass knobs everywhere, then you can't really do brushed nickel with it.

In bathrooms, you can do it. Bathroom door that is seen from bedroom or hallway has brass on the outside, then, say chrome or brushed nickel or whatever you are using in the bathroom, on the inside. You get the same knob in the different finish.

It's easy to mix black with brass or brushed nickel.

As to your ceiling fan, is the whole thing brushed nickel? Or just some of it?

Just the metal portion is brushed nickel. The blades are brown.

Just coming back. Since there is so little brushed nickel, I would paint it. Use blue tape to cover the non-nickel edges, then get Buff n Rub in whatever color (they are all metallic tones) you want to do the rest of the house. The only Buff n Rub I haven't had good luck with is the black. It's very grainy until all the other colors. It will end up looking sort of antique since it is hard to completely cover metal without a lot of sanding. I literally have painted entire chandeliers with BnR.

Where do you get the different rub n buff's? I see some colors when I Google - patina, blue pearl but nowhere to actually buy them.

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If your house was completely empty then it may matter. But it’s not so I think it does not. There are so many ways a room comes together nicely. Colors from textile, furniture, paint, all play a role. Be thoughtful in all of your choices and you can’t go wrong.