To Match or Not To Match – Plumbing Fixtures, Decorative Lighting , and Other Ornamental Metals

The Questions:

“Do my plumbing fixtures need to be the same color as my lighting fixtures?”

“Should my cabinet hardware match my stainless refrigerator or my champagne colored island lights?”

“Is there a rule about mixing gold and silver metals?”

 

The Answers:

No, nope, and absolutely not.

To quote the wisdom of my precious mother, “If I only had a nickel for every time I’ve been asked these questions, I could afford to live in Paris.”

Let’s be honest, nothing truly artistic or original was ever created by following a list of rules. We aren’t living with a free spirit or being true to our own personal sense of style if we concern ourselves with someone else’s rules. So if you want a champagne colored chandelier in your kitchen, hang it. And if you want cabinet pulls of silver, glass, antique brass, or bronze, then by all means, install them on your cabinets! When we expand the boundaries of our imagination, so also do we enchant the magic wand of our imagination.

I really don’t live by design rules. I prefer to drift with the flow of inspiration, regardless of which boat it sails in on. Collaborating with clients adds a sense of purpose to my work, and I live for those moments when heads are put together and expressive new ideas emerge.

So mix the metals! The more mixology we allow, the more possibilities we create. Please don’t limit your mind to a house full of silver or a room full of gold. And most importantly, believe in your ability to envision something beautiful. Allow your imagination to run wild, to the places you’ve been or wish to go, to the people and things that warm your spirit and enlighten your soul. Once your imagination sails to your happy places, so will you!

By | 2018-02-12T19:10:18+00:00 February 12th, 2018|

About the Author:

Lisa was born and raised in a small town on the outskirts of Baton Rouge. She moved to Acadiana to attend college and immediately fell in love with the unique culture that abounds here. It was this rich and contagious joie de vie that seeped into her soul and never left. After college, Lisa set her sights on a career in corporate Accounting. But as life sometimes goes, the professional pairing wasn’t a perfect fit. Regardless of the dedication and hard work she extended, Lisa continuously felt as though something wasn’t right, as though something pivotal was missing in her life. And then she met Beau. Within three weeks of their meeting, Beau had proposed and decided to move to Louisiana with Lisa. Together, they discovered what each of them had been missing—each other. These days Beau and Lisa are co-owners of C.Mac Construction. Through individualized collaboration with clients, Lisa helps design houses specific to the form and function of each particular family. Her mission is inspiring families to use creativity and originality when bringing to life the spaces they will soon call home. The couple is now embarking on yet another joint adventure. They’re busy restoring a historic building in downtown Breaux Bridge, which will soon be the home of Antiquity, a design center and destination storefront for Louisiana-styled interior decor. Beau and Lisa hope Antiquity will inspire C.Mac Construction clients, local visitors, tourists, and online shoppers to decorate their homes with the twist of creative flair that is so completely unique to South Louisiana. Beau and Lisa’s favorite saying is, “we work better together than we ever could alone.” It is their heartfelt wish that you’ll feel the same way about working with them as together you create the home of your life story.

Lisa McDaniel

Lisa and her husband, Beau, are co-owners of C.Mac Construction and Antiquity. Through individualized collaboration with clients, Lisa helps design houses specific to the form and function of each particular family. Her mission is inspiring families to use creativity and originality when bringing to life the spaces they will soon call home.

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