Antique brass..

Brass.

How's that for brevity? :)

Haha!!!! I love it! I am leaning toward the brass... R makes my heart happy..

I have the same faucet and love it!! However, my granite fabricator didn't space the hole far enough apart from the middle faucet to the soap dispensor so there wasn't enough room to center the side handle, which sticks out quite a bit. Mine had to be installed on the diagonal which really bothered me for about a week then I forgot about it. This was literally the only casualty of my entire kitchen install so overall it's not a biggie, but easily preventable.

Danza has the BEST customer service i have ever experienced. We had a teeny tiny issue with our soap dispensor (the "stick" was not quite long enough so sometimes you'd pump air and have to reconnect it) but after a single phone call, the overnighted an entire new dispensor (they could have just replaced the plastic tube) with no cost, no questions. You will love your faucet!!

Oh, to answer your quesiton I like the antique brass better. What will your cab hardware be?

If you were doing a matching antique copper hood vent of some sort then I'd say go for the antique color. Both will look good. Brass is coming back and I've seen many beautiful spaces with brass and never once thought it was dated. This is coming from someone with a 90s oak and brass kitchen. I removed all the brass but kept it for my next kitchen ... You just never know lol

I have the same faucet but in a chrome finish. Love it so far!

Sorry, can't be of much help with copper vs brass, besides to say I don't like brass in general, so I don't think my opinion should count ;-)

I like the brass, I'm not a fan of that copper finish in particular, although I generally like copper.

I thought I didn't like brass, but I think that the brass finishes that are being made now do not look like the '80's too-shiny fake-looking brass I remember. The 2014 "This Old House" project was a vintage rowhome. The renovated kitchen in that project has a gorgeous Waterstone polished brass faucet. Note that the homeowner also tied the faucet finish with the pendant lamps and drawer handles (I love those drawer handles), which I think was a key design decision.

After seeing how polished brass looks in the This Old House rowhome kitchen, I would vote for the polished brass finish for your faucet. However I think you should find a couple other places to use polished brass in the kitchen so the faucet isn't the only thing with that finish.

Here is a link that might be useful: This Old House Charleston Rowhome

I've mainly seen copper used with a warm color palette, rustic cabinets, and natural stone.

Our original faucets in our bathroom were brass when we first moved in. I loved the look of brass, I gravitate toward warm colors in my house, natural woods, etc and brass works with warm shades so well. But, with our hard water and water softener, those brass faucets got a lot of black tarnish and discoloration on them. Eventually we replaced them with brushed nickel.

I like the polished brass. This is Lauraed's brass faucet, a different style.

Neither.

Chrome.

Honestly, do what makes your heart sing :-) The chrome is what made me happy, and I'm still happy with the faucet itself.

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Well, if we're going going there, here's my polished nickel (Perrin & Rowe).
Edit:This pic will also give you an idea of what 3 holes (6 in my case) looks like. I still love the brass. Now, if the copper was polished, that might change my opinion. I agree that the copper in your pic looks more rustic & the other elements in your kitchen sound more classic.

This post was edited by romy718 on Sun, Feb 8, 15 at 17:47

The polished brass faucets we had ALL failed on the finish. They did not hold up and the company wants me to send them back at my expense. I already had to pay to have them taken out because they had broken internally (corroded parts), and now, after waiting 3 weeks and sending pictures and calling many times to only get to voice mail, I will get to wait even longer. Stay away from Danze and go look at Moen, Delta or Kohler. All of them have much better customer service. I have never had to send a fixture back in 35 years of owning multiple homes. ONLY EVER had to call and send pictures or talk with the local plumbing supply place to get refunds or replacements.

That's terrible. We have that Danze faucet, but in ORB. The finish failed and Danze was awesome at replacing. I don't even remember sending a picture, but I'd assume they had me do that. It has been several years and the replacement faucet looks great! Could you call back and try speaking to another rep? I'd be super frustrated, the reason I purchased Danze was the warranty.

jennsbabysky - I have had to return the old faucets to them in additional to sending in photos. They did agree to pay for the shipping after I pressed the point and spoke with someone in the corporate office in Canada. It has taken me many hours on the phone and many emails to try to resolve this issue. They did and do offer replacement parts pretty easily, but honestly after the failure of the shower valve and tub valves which caused us to tear out a huge fully tiled custom shower and tiled tub deck, I do not want to chance putting this brand back into my home, so I asked for a refund instead. I had my original receipts. After many calls it appears at this point that they will refund part of the fixtures that are not involved in an insurance claim due to the amount of damage that our shower and wood floors sustained. I will say that they have been very professional on the phone during every single call. But their process is very slow and I asked right up front when I filed the claim initially if they needed the faucets returned as stated on their website and was told repeatedly, no by all of the representatives. So three weeks later I can say that some of the communication between departments seems to be lacking. We are not talking about a lot of money relative to the amount of time and effort it has taken to resolve the matter. Their ability to balance the monetary value of a potential lifetime customer verses the bottom line, in my opinion, is not balanced. Perhaps a change in policy so that under a certain amount the customer is offered an opportunity to receive either parts or refund, might enable their customer service department to execute these claims more quickly. But that's just my opinion.

What is the door hardware, window (if it has hardware) lighting finishes in the same area?