I don't think it ever went completely out, just like gold jewelry didn't. But young people especially didn't want it. But now it's new and fresh looking after a couple of decades.

I noticed my 27 year old daughter wearing gold jewelry for the first time ever recently. I sell eye glasses and gold details on frames is very big this year. I think we are going to see more and more warm metals in the coming years.

Lana, nice to hear from you again. You commented on the bronze JennAir appliances that I loved but were discontinued. I ended up with SS.

I am so glad that you found appliances in bisque. Good for you!

I have never stopped wearing my jewelry, which is made up of yellow gold, white gold and diamonds, so always a mix of gold and silver colored pieces.

I never liked brass/gold fixtures in a bathroom and still don't. Don't like bronze or black either ... a bathroom has to be shiny and clean, which for me means chrome.

Happyladi: It definitely looks like warm tones are making more of a presence lately. Just a normal cycle of trends, I guess.

Holly-Kay: Thank you for your kind comment. DH and I have already decided what models would be right for us. Now we're hunting for the best deal. Oh, the thrill!

Chispa: Same here about brass/gold fixtures in a bathroom. I prefer chrome or brushed nickel in bathrooms, although I could agree that other metal tones could look good with certain decor styles.

Did brass in the bathrooms and kitchen in the 80's and it was a huge maintenance headache. My water tarnished the Dornbracht faucets, and waterspots on the basin in the powder room was a nightmare. Had the sink removed, lacquered & reinstalled to eliminate the constant polishing, but use the wrong cleaning solution and you'll damage the lacquer.

The only yellow finish that works around water is gold.

No thanks, no brass for me.

I like antique brass...not so shiny but still warm.

I noticed that these comments are from designers whose clientele have pretty hefty budgets. It is easy for them to gut everything when fasions change back, so it is easy for them to deride choices like chrome or brushed nickel as "safe" or for people "focused on resale value".

I can see brass in the right setting, and I like brass with some patina rather than the shiny look that seemed to be trying to be gold. I think like chispa - that in bathrooms I prefer a shiny chrome or polished nickel finish.

Interesting article. Thanks for posting it, Lana.

Brass clad refrigerators sound awfully pricey.

How do you suppose warm brass will look in the white modern kitchen? I always think of cool white with cool toned fixures/pulls.

I think any finish has a potential place in the right bathroom.

Rubinet offers several whites, maroon, aqua and black. Newport Brass, Phylrich, and others offer 20 or more finishes, some of them. I like brass, but it has to be in right house, just like anything else. (Aqua?)

Somebody must be using those, or they wouldn't offer them. There is more out there than chrome, nickel, (ORB, and brass). Maybe the safest thing to do is something that's rarely used.

The question is, why does someone feel the need to redo fixtures just because they speak to a different era? I usually find the shape or style of faucets dates as much as the finish. (And all the "Victorian" or "Early 20th c." styles so common now are probably going to bug people as much in upcoming decades as the white acrylic knob on brass seems to bug people now.) People don't seem to talk about shapes that much.