Brass and chrome do not mix. One is cool (chrome) and one is warm (brass) instead do polished nickel and brass if you would like to mix metals. See the difference ? Polished nickel has the depth to complim,ent the brass/gold. Chrome does not.

As far as the shower stall do not mix anything in there. it should either be all polished nickel or all brass. But they should relate. For instance a shower stall done in polished nickel and the sink faucets in polished nickel creates a tie in then mirrors and lighting in brass.

Its more of an antique brass like this!

Regardless of whether it's unlacquered brass as shown above or antique brass, polished nickel will look much nicer than using chrome.

In case you don't know... I didn't know this until my sister experienced a problem. See link below about the crucial necessity of drilling into studs.

https://affinityhomemedicalequipment.com/how-to-install-grab-bars-in-bathroom/

thank you! yes I knew as I did a shower for my elderly parents. We had to add 2x4s to the studs to accomodate the bar length and preferred location.

Good!

You would still be mixing a warm tone metal with a cool tone metal. If your heart is set on chrome you could mix a graphite metal in with it

IMO all chrome would solve the issue and be timeless.

Couple thoughts:

- No to mixing warm and cold tones.

- Yes to mixing metals within the bathroom, if you must ... no to mixing metals within the shower.

- Yes to sticking to simple chrome. All chrome. No one will ever say, Eww, how basic. No one (including you, after the project is completed) will even notice -- this is one of those things where too more choices just aren't necessary. Chrome is classic for a reason: It always works, and when (not if) you have to replace a fixture in the future, it'll be easy to match.

You wrote "the vanity is oak and will have brass fixtures as well as the vanity mirror and lights." Are you saying that the knobs/pulls on the vanity are brass? Or are there exposed pipes (P-trap) that are brass?

knobs, drawer pulls, vanity mirror, vanity lights are all a dark brass or antique brass. Shower head, taps, etc... and vanity sink faucet are chrome. I wanted to keep 'accessories brass and plumbing fixtures chrome' but now I don't know what color to put the grab bar. I find it odd that one side of the bathroom would be all chome (bathtub and shower) and the other side with the vanity would be mixed brass and chrome. Also, I like the look so much better in brass for the grab bars - they look less ''medical"

Multiple people have stated that the chrome and brass doesnt work together. So are you saying you already have these installed and they are a done deal? Your grab bar (are we talking a safety bar for the shower here?) should be the same as everything else in your shower. Or if you are talking about towel bars then I would match that to to the plumbing as well. Everything , every single element of your shower from the plumbing to the glass clamps to the shower door handle to the drain to the grab bar should all be the same finish. Its unfortunate that you were not given the proper guidance prior to selection on warm vs cool metal selection. The good news is the elements that are the brass can can be easily changed down the road. As others have said chrome is timeless and you can switch to it in the future.