As someone who bought – and returned – at least four sets of kitchen handles before finally shipping some over from the US, take it from me, not all silver-toned metals will work with your cabinets nor, necessarily, with any other metals on show in your kitchen. It’s a process of trial and error. If your budget is stretched, go for high-quality taps but affordable handles – there are plenty of bargains available online. Stick or twist, the choice is yours.
Teddy Edwards
Go for tradition with brass
Brass adds lustre and softness to a kitchen and looks particularly striking against dark cabinet colours. In this Georgian-inspired kitchen, simple wooden stools serve to accent the brass tap and pendants and emphasise their warm glow.
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Brass adds lustre and softness to a kitchen and looks particularly striking against dark cabinet colours. In this Georgian-inspired kitchen, simple wooden stools serve to accent the brass tap and pendants and emphasise their warm glow.
Get more ideas for illuminating your kitchen island
Gabriel Holland Interior Design
Nab some nickel
A favourite of interior designers and architects due to its subtle, warm tone, nickel is available in both brushed and polished finishes. It coordinates well with stainless steel and suits most colour schemes. In this kitchen, the brushed nickel tap glows softly against the royal blue wall.
A favourite of interior designers and architects due to its subtle, warm tone, nickel is available in both brushed and polished finishes. It coordinates well with stainless steel and suits most colour schemes. In this kitchen, the brushed nickel tap glows softly against the royal blue wall.
Rikki Snyder
Stick to steel
Stainless steel is a timeless choice for taps and hardware and has added versatility because its colour reads neither warm nor cold. When making a feature out of steel finishes, as here, try to ensure all elements have matching ‘grain’ that runs in the same direction.
If your kitchen incorporates an exterior door, stainless steel makes for a hard-wearing handle, as opposed to plated finishes, which will tarnish over time.
Stainless steel is a timeless choice for taps and hardware and has added versatility because its colour reads neither warm nor cold. When making a feature out of steel finishes, as here, try to ensure all elements have matching ‘grain’ that runs in the same direction.
If your kitchen incorporates an exterior door, stainless steel makes for a hard-wearing handle, as opposed to plated finishes, which will tarnish over time.
Chantel Elshout Design Consultancy
Go for chrome
Chrome has a distinct blue hue and is best partnered with cool-toned or neutral colours and matching hardware. Choose chrome for contemporary kitchens with an urban edge or to sit alongside stainless steel for a utilitarian space.
Chrome has a distinct blue hue and is best partnered with cool-toned or neutral colours and matching hardware. Choose chrome for contemporary kitchens with an urban edge or to sit alongside stainless steel for a utilitarian space.
Tim Jasper
Pick out pewter
When other metals feel too light and bright, pewter can offer a characterful alternative. Gunmetal grey handles work with both warm and cool tones and can lend a hint of industrial style to your space.
This kitchen combines pewter shelves and hardware with cream metro tiles and stone-coloured cabinets for a French country vibe.
When other metals feel too light and bright, pewter can offer a characterful alternative. Gunmetal grey handles work with both warm and cool tones and can lend a hint of industrial style to your space.
This kitchen combines pewter shelves and hardware with cream metro tiles and stone-coloured cabinets for a French country vibe.
Woodford Architecture and Interiors
Add iron appeal
With their rustic black finish, iron-effect handles lend contrast to pale schemes or blend seamlessly with dark colours. Less suited to mixing with other metals, iron hardware looks best when used throughout the kitchen, as here.
With their rustic black finish, iron-effect handles lend contrast to pale schemes or blend seamlessly with dark colours. Less suited to mixing with other metals, iron hardware looks best when used throughout the kitchen, as here.
Simon Eldon Photography Ltd
Take a mixed metals masterclass
Steel + brass
For a low-commitment taster of the mixed metals look, try swapping out your plug sockets for a different finish. Here, Crittall-style windows and steel taps sit alongside polished brass sockets, dark wood cabinets and marble worktops in an eclectic mix that shouldn’t work, but does.
Steel + brass
For a low-commitment taster of the mixed metals look, try swapping out your plug sockets for a different finish. Here, Crittall-style windows and steel taps sit alongside polished brass sockets, dark wood cabinets and marble worktops in an eclectic mix that shouldn’t work, but does.
Tipfords
Brass + copper
For a subtle colour clash that adds character to your kitchen, try combining brass and copper. Here, a traditional-style brass mixer tap looks at home next to a copper worktop – both old-school kitchen materials, yet the setting is contemporary.
The result is an unfussy, scullery-style look, a nod to history rather than a period pastiche, achieved because the backdrop is crisp and minimal with plenty of white. These stop the mix of metals from looking too busy and ramp up the utilitarian ‘downstairs at Downton Abbey’ mood.
Read more about the style appeal of copper and brass
For a subtle colour clash that adds character to your kitchen, try combining brass and copper. Here, a traditional-style brass mixer tap looks at home next to a copper worktop – both old-school kitchen materials, yet the setting is contemporary.
The result is an unfussy, scullery-style look, a nod to history rather than a period pastiche, achieved because the backdrop is crisp and minimal with plenty of white. These stop the mix of metals from looking too busy and ramp up the utilitarian ‘downstairs at Downton Abbey’ mood.
Read more about the style appeal of copper and brass
deVOL Kitchens
Copper + nickel
When you’re craving a hint of copper to add flair to a classic kitchen, try adding bright copper pendant lights. Team them with warm-toned nickel for taps and cabinet handles – a polished finish is particularly luxe against this sludgy greige cabinetry.
When you’re craving a hint of copper to add flair to a classic kitchen, try adding bright copper pendant lights. Team them with warm-toned nickel for taps and cabinet handles – a polished finish is particularly luxe against this sludgy greige cabinetry.
deVOL Kitchens
Nickel + brass
Like copper, brass also combines well with nickel for a rich, layered look. Brass cup handles and hinges on these navy, Shaker-style cabinets introduce an apothecary atmosphere to this stylish space, as well as complementing the warmth in the nickel tap.
TELL US…
Which metals feature in your kitchen and what was behind the decision? Share your tips and photos in the Comments below.
Like copper, brass also combines well with nickel for a rich, layered look. Brass cup handles and hinges on these navy, Shaker-style cabinets introduce an apothecary atmosphere to this stylish space, as well as complementing the warmth in the nickel tap.
TELL US…
Which metals feature in your kitchen and what was behind the decision? Share your tips and photos in the Comments below.
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