Elevate Your Kitchen Design With Mixed Metal Finishes
Mixed metal finishes in kitchen designs infuses modern elegance into your home in a powerful way. Homeowners are moving away from everything matching and are instead combining metallics for a memorable finish.
Below, we share practical tips for achieving a harmonious design with mixed metals in your kitchen.
Achieving a Balanced Blend
The key to successfully using mixed metals is to choose one dominant metal and use others as accents. This creates a balance, allowing different finishes to complement each other. The result is a kitchen that exudes sophistication and modern elegance, breaking free from conventional design constraints.
Warm and Cool Tones
Metals come in warm (brass, gold) and cool (chrome, polished nickel) tones. Black is a metal that can be cool or neutral and can add balance when a design needs it. Fusing warm and cool tones doesn’t have to end with metal finishes. You can bring the same balanced approach to other elements in your kitchen design, such as:
- Paint
- Cabinet colours
- Paint
- Flooring
- Countertop materials
Incorporating warm-toned metals with warm-hued finishes, such as wooden cabinets or golden granite countertops, creates a cohesive, inviting atmosphere. Similarly, cool-toned metals complement cooler shades seamlessly, such as sleek chrome fixtures paired with gray or blue cabinets.
Deliberately blending warm and cool tones enhances the depth and character of your kitchen, providing a visually appealing, well-balanced space.
Harmonizing Contrasting Metals
Artfully combining contrasting metals can create a beautiful kitchen area. If you’re having trouble picturing it, let’s look at the differences between brass and stainless steel. These two metals, seemingly at odds, can come together for captivating visual contrast. The golden hues of brass offset the sleek tones of stainless steel, providing a balanced look in one of the most-used spaces in the house.
How to Bring Metals Together
Start by selecting a dominant metal that complements your overall design vision and how you will incorporate that into the design. Whether it’s brass, stainless steel, or another metal, let it take center stage.
Then, strategically introduce accent metals through cabinet hardware, faucets, or lighting fixtures. This intentional blending of metals adds layers of texture and visual interest, transforming your kitchen into a contemporary masterpiece. There is such a thing as too many metals, and we would recommend choosing no more than two or three finishes for one room.
Innovative Materials: Alloy Veining
A unique way to bring another metal into your kitchen space is by introducing a new touch to your kitchen design with an innovative material called alloy veining by Cambria. This is a quartz product with actual metal that brings a unique evolution in texture and luminosity reminiscent of brass and steel. The alloy veining could be a key puzzle piece to tie your mixed metals together.
Craft Your Timeless Kitchen
The art of mixing metals unveils a world of possibilities. Whether you opt for the modern brilliance of chrome or the subdued classicism of brushed nickel, the key lies in crafting a cohesive mix that reflects your unique style and has a specific intention behind it. The best style choices always come from a coherent vision.
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If you have any questions about your kitchen project, contact the team at Sutcliffe Kitchens. We’re here to help!