By Kerry Hale

How to Style Mixed Metals In The Bathroom

  • Tuesday 17th September 2024
  • 3 minute read

Want to give your bathroom a modern makeover? Mix metals to add depth to your bathroom and create focal points out of your fittings. We’ll give you a rundown of how to pair up popular metal tones and finishes so you can mix up your fittings to create a unique and stylish bathroom. 

Can you mix metals in the bathroom?

Mixing metals can give your bathroom a modern, designer look. Choose metals of different tones and incorporate them into your bathroom through your fittings or bath panels. You can also mix your sheens to add some dimension to your bathroom. The sheen refers to how shiny the metal is; whether the finish is polished or brushed. Focus on finding complementary colours before you start to think about mixing sheens.

If you’re wondering how to mix metals, start with two contrasting colours and use each colour more than once. Explore our taps buying guide to learn more about which fittings will work best in your bathroom, or discover matching showers and taps and select different finishes for easy metal mixing. 

Can you mix metals in the bathroom?

There are plenty of different metals to choose from, but metal shades fit into either cool, warm or neutral. Mixing metals of different temperatures is the best way to create complementary mixed metal looks – try to avoid choosing different metals of the same temperature. 

Cool metals

Cool metals are grey or silver and are cool-toned. They can have either a polished or brushed finish. Popular colours include:

  • Chrome – shiny, mirror-effect silver.

  • Steel – grey, sometimes with a brushed finish.

  • Nickel – darker grey, with an antique-style finish.

Warm metals

Warm metals are yellow, orange, or brown and are warm-toned. Warm-toned metals can either be polished or brushed, and the most popular shades are: 

  • Gold – vibrant and yellow-toned.

  • Brass – darker yellow and duller than gold.

  • Copper – reddish orange.

  • Bronze – brown with a gold shift in some lights.

Neutral metals

Neutral metals are neither warm nor cool. Black is the most popular neutral shade, and it combines well with metals of all colours, including silver, gold and copper. Discover luxury black bathroom design ideas for inspiration on incorporating black into your bathroom design.

Bathroom mix metals ideas

Mixed metals are the perfect finishing touch when it comes to designing your bathroom. From sprinkling gold and silver fittings around your bathroom to creating a cohesive bathroom, here are some of our favourite ways to make a mixed-metal bathroom. 

Copper style ideas

Discover one of the most striking trends in bathroom design with copper. From copper taps to industrial copper bath panels, create a stylish copper bathroom by incorporating glowy copper through your fittings and accessories. Copper is also often featured in industrial bathroom designs, so you can add some edge to your bathroom by mixing copper with black metal.

Chrome designs

Elevate your bathroom with sleek chrome. Discover shiny, cool-toned fittings like chrome handrails and chrome shower heads that give your bathroom a modern edge. Introduce warm-toned metals like brass or gold to complement your gold fittings.

Gold bathroom inspiration

Add some luxury to your bathroom with chic gold fittings. Complement gold fittings with black or dark grey fittings for a luxurious look, and mix gold shades with sleek greys to create a dimensional look. 

Give your bathroom a mixed metals makeover and learn more about how to tie in your new colour scheme with bathroom accessories. Discover more of our favourite modern bathroom ideas to elevate your bathroom. 

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