Polished Nickel Vs Polished Chrome Bathroom Fixtures

A polished brass faucet helps give the bathroom shown here a vintage look.

Polished nickel vs polished chrome bathroom fixtures.

I have a bathroom with brushed nickel light fixture vanity pulls and door knob. Brushed nickel find out what sets these two classic fixture finishes apart to help you choose the best look and feel for your kitchen or bath. Bathroom faucets shower system or just shower heads those bathroom fixtures are available in many finishes such as polished brass satin brass oil rubbed bronze brushed nickel chrome finish etc. Two of the most popular ones are polished chrome and brushed nickel due to how easy it is to match them to different hardware.

More expensive than other finishes such as chrome and brushed nickel. We have a polished nickel faucet in our powder room and it has not been a problem to keep clean with our young children. Like every design components faucet finishes out of fashion at the certain time. Polished chrome is generally less expensive than polished nickel.

If the fixtures will be close you will be able to tell the difference when placed together chrome is definitely blue and nickel is definitely yellow but spaced out not so much. All of my light fixtures are polished nickel but all hardware and faucets are satin nickel. Easy to clean and easy to find. To me fixtures in chrome tend to look more modern than what you usually see in polished nickel.

The brushed nickel is softer. When picking faucets for the bathroom or kitchen much is to be considered from function and size to cost and finish. But i suspect you won t have too much problem finding all polished nickel items. It seems to be more widely available so it is often easier to find accessories to match polished chrome finishes.

While there are a few other finishes stainless steel chrome and brushed nickel seem to lead the pack for popularity and aesthetic flexibility. Polished brass an all time favorite. Easy to match with accessories and other fixtures. Polished chrome is cool metal and polished nickel appears warmer.

I am not sure about polished nickel with polished chrome but mixing brushed nickel with polished chrome works fine. I sometimes think all chrome is too much. Personally i find the polished nickel delicious and infinitely richer than chrome. Just the sink and bath faucets are chrome.