Stainless steel/Brushed Steel/Chrome taps and sink - quick opinions please?

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Help please.

Exciting stuff - going to finalise some of the details on the kitchen design...we are getting there..but I am not sure whether to go for stainless steel or brushed steel for the tap/sink/cupboard handles...

I have a black cast iron Esse range - with shiny stainless steel lids over the hotplatewww.esse.com/range-cookers/
I have a brushed steel fridge freezer.www.lg.com/uk/fridge-freezers/lg-GM5148AERV-multi-door-bottom-freezer
Have not yet decided upon tap/sink/door handles.
Kitchen will be white shaker, black granite worktops, smoked oak floor.

So, quick opinions. Should I go for brushed or stainless steel/chrome for the tap/sink. And what about cupboard handles - shiny or brushed.

Oh pants.. I hate this. Please anyone with the "flair" help. I don't want it too look botched after all this time and money..

Brushed.
Less "shouty" than chrome or polished s steel.
Also, much more importantly it is far easier to keep clean as it shows finger marks much less and is easier to buff up.

So subtle and understated? Classy? Will this be O K with the shiny range lids (think black Aga). We want the range to be the absolute focal point of the room - so by going understated/brushed on the other bits will this work? It will not look odd (though to bloody late- range tis ordered, paid for and being delivered in just over a week - am sooooooo excited)...but this being the only shiny bit will look....well....not botched...

I think it will look fine, after all your fridge is brushed too so it wont just be the taps etc.
I quite like a natural look with not everything too matchy, much more individual IMO.
You will find the range lids will dull down a bit in time anyway, from everyday use.

And of course they will be covered in folded clothes as they double us as a way to dodge the ironing too....whoooppppeeee...

We have shiny cupboard handles, and they are a bit of a pain with food splashes and fingermarks. Taps don't matter as much because there's only one and it's pretty easy to wipe down, but there are flippin loads of handles!

Trust me on this one.......

Either option will look great! Just choose one or the other and don't give it a moments more thought . Mixing and matching is fine. Promise

FWIW. I would choose shiny for the sink and taps and brushed for the handles. I would make sure the shiny S/S is good quality.

brushed stainless sink.

Mirror finish stainless shows every drip and watermark, and it will gradually get scratched from pans, knives and utensils.

Brushed. And very of your new Esse.