Are you building new, changing for resale or just updating your house for your own enjoyment?

I just built two high end contemporary homes, both had some stainless steel, satin nickel and polished chrome. One also had some finishes in matte black. Neither had a white door, what finish is on the inside, you want the transition from exterior to interior to flow. Think of curb appeal and interior transition.

"...hogwash. Quality is never out of style..."

Great words to live by JN3344.

This is the United States of America. You are free to choose any color, style, finish, and design of hardware that you like.

What is "contemporary" and "trendy" today will be passé tomorrow so don't give it a second though, unless you love it.

In the grand scheme of this universe, the color of your door handle is not important. The people that open that door and step inside to visit with you are important!

all of it is hogwash. depends on a house, doors and their styles, and yes, interior transition

I don't prefer stainless steel or chrome but if that was in tune with how I see my place and what it is, I'd go for it.

Polished brass is not my favorite either yet if it don't bother me in a space I'd never change it too.

I'd say also that the shape of the hardware can be more hinting on a house's style, than the hardware color

I personally chose ORB for our remodel..the house is distinctively traditional, with some retro elements mixed in decor

My friend who has a more or less traditional house yet is driven to modern, and more restricted plallette, is currently remodeling to her tastes. pretty well I'd say,, and her choice of hardware is matte black.

I knew what was/will be going on in my place, as a general picture, so I went with levers in ORB. White interior doors.

she knows het place-she preferred simpler levers in matte black. Her doors are white too yet detailing is different and more streamlined.

US(or so we are told) seems to think something else every several years, then everybody does it regardless, then this things is thrown off the pedestal, condemned as dated, and new contemporary upscale thing is proclaimed.

That's all pretty normal I guess, except for the part "then everybody does it regardless".

Choose whatever your choose with regard to your specific house, then it wouldn't matter what's in style right this very moment and what's not. Since then it'll look relevant whatever trends are or will be.

cmarlin is right by saying also doors don't have to be white either..so the question is also whether you pick doors too now, building, remodeling for yourself with some existing element in place already, or update existing doors to sell soon.

All my doors are white including the exterior doors. Just trying to get with the current trend in the modern contemporary U.S. I guess some people are still into the transition, while others are caught up to it. Just trying to find out which color is the most popular right now and it seems matte black seems to going strong follow by matte red. Undecided as to my final choice since it all kind of new to my eyes. I love to go with polish brass or at least satin brass. But I want to be current and not live in the past. So I have to rule what I like out for the sake of being in modern, contemporary realm!

PLEASE see the brass hardware pics in the attached link and see that brass can be very contemporary, no matter who gave you that incorrect information.

Contemporary satin brass door hardware

Not sure who's giving you advice or guidance, but I think I'd find someone else. There are so many factors that come into play with the selection of hardware. What is the style of your home, your doors, etc.? I just replaced all of our 30 year old door hardware from "shiny" brass to matte black. It seems to fit the style of our small cottage style house better.

Check out some of these....

http://emtek.com/hardware-gallery.php

The more current "satin" brass that I'm seeing used by designers.

Matte black - contemporary style.

"But I want to be current and not live in the past. So I have to rule what I like out for the sake of being in modern, contemporary realm!"

there was a book I read as a child. a great fictional book-about time

there's no "now". as we speak, "now" turns to be the past, this very moment. the now is most elusive of them all. that's why we try to capture it so hard..

it seems there's only past and future anyway..:)

it's not decor-related of course..your words just brought my memories.