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Terracotta floors / Mediterranean style home

6 years ago

Hello,

Please can someone advise me, I have terracotta floors in my house and am now working on wall sconces and chandeliers. Can I use antique bronze wall sconces and chandeliers with terracotta floors ? I see a lot of black rod iron in pictures, but I prefer the antique bronze.

I like the Mediterranean style in my house. Thank you,

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havingfun

6 years ago

actually she posted it correctly, if you look at the top of the thread, it looks like houzz/gweb may have made that decision

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BeverlyFLADeziner
6 years ago

Bronze could work. But don't select Mediterranean fixtures, just fixtures that are complementary to Mediterranean.
Maria Orr
Original Author
6 years ago
thank you very much. I certainly appreciate your assistance.
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Hi Priya Arun, You posted this on 5th May, so probably this is coming in late. You certainly have a dilemma. Without any info as to the location of your home I'll stick my neck out and say go with Mediterranean for the same reasons you mention — the muted colours of the sea and sand, plus the contemporary style of furniture. I would not personally treat each floor/area in the house in a different style, as you say it may be a bit jarring. However that should not prevent you from introducing a piece or two of furniture for instance a comfortable wing chair or a carved wood accent table. I think the Houzz site can give you ideas for any of the themes you go with.
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Maria Orr
Original Author
6 years ago
one more question please then, will terracota floors work with light wood cabinets in the kitchen? I want to change my cabinets I need to upgrade my kitchen.
sushipup1
6 years ago
You'll get a lot more responses porting to the Home Decorating forum. This is Appliances!
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BeverlyFLADeziner
6 years ago
That wouldn't be my choice. View kitchens with Saltillo tiles and make a decision.

https://www.google.com/search?q=saltillo+tile+kitchen+floor
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plllog
6 years ago
This is the appliances forum. To answer, It all depends on all the colors together.

Look at the undertones. Some terracotta are very rosy. Others are more like Saltillo which are more orange to yellow. Some are very dark. Some are very light.

If you go with a dark reddish terracotta, a medium oaky cabinet, and dark antique bronze fixtures, it'll look like an old time hacienda. If you go for paler than flowerpot terracotta, natural cherry cabinets and old gold patina bronze, it'll look a mess.

Audition all the finishes together, big enough pieces to fill your sight line, in person, in sunlight and at night with the kind of lighting you'll have, and on cloudy days. If you like them together, go for it.
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Leo Dowell Designs
6 years ago
Although a lot of people theses days think your tile or even you cabinet finish determines your faucet finish, it doesn't. Metals do not have to match your color sceme! A brass door knob will work with any color, so will oil rubbed bronze. It's like asking what color of bedspread should go on a brass bed? Any color! When mass manufacturers starting making door knobs and towel rods and yes faucets all in the same color everyone became brain washed to thinking, Oh, everything has to match. In the Grand Mansions of Europe everything was hand made. Fancy doors had fancy gold hardware, simple doors had painted hinges to match the doors. Faucets were made from inexspensive metals not expensive ones, so nothing matched and guess what? It was a whole lot more interesting.
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plllog
6 years ago
Leo, I agree with you about the interesting. Also about the latitude for combinations and mixing. But the hardware, as goes the old saw, is the "jewelry" of the design. The color does matter if it's going to enhance the overall look, be kind of blah and disappear, or clash and create the wrong kind of tension.

And an aubergine velvet comforter is going to look a lot better with a nickel bedstead than brass.
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havingfun
6 years ago
finally leo someone on the same page as i!!! just like matching things to your floor. you are not going to change the floor to match your decor when you change, and no way you can just eliminate it as you must walk. sometimes i just feel all alone on it.

pillog, did you forget the royal robes with golden scepters. lol
plllog
6 years ago
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No, I didn't forget, but it doesn't really compare. Gold isn't brass. Gold reflects mightily in low light and glows in a way that brass can only stand in the corner and envy. Purple was reserved for royalty, not because it looked good with the other colors, but because it was very rare and very expensive.

The point is that there are exceptions to every rule and contravention for every blanket statement. There's also the rule that 2 reds might clash but 20 reds don't, which often works, but when it fails it's really really bad...

Look at the things together. Look at them together with different lights. Choose what you like. If you're colorblind you might make choices that don't make sense to others who can't see what you see, but if it's for yourself, go for it. If you like aubergine and brass, please don't let me stop you! (Anyway, it's meh, not shudder-worthy.)

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