Copper gold PVD base on a marble centre table

Gold, Rose Gold or Black PVD: Choosing One Finish and Carrying It Through the Room

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Nearly every metal piece DecoraHub makes is stainless steel with a PVD coating, and the same finishes run across centre tables, dining tables, consoles, side tables, TV units and partitions. Choosing one finish and keeping to it is the single easiest way to make a room look designed rather than assembled. This guide covers what each finish suits and how to combine them.

The finishes

Finish Reads as Works with
Gold Warm, bright, formal White and beige marble, cream walls, teak, traditional interiors
Rose Gold Warm, softer and pinker than gold Blush, taupe and beige schemes, bouclé and linen upholstery
Copper Gold Deeper and browner than gold Brown and rust tones, wooden flooring
Champagne Gold Pale, muted gold Rooms where full gold would be too strong
Black Graphic, quiet, modern Grey floors, dark marble, dark upholstery
Bronze and Antique Gold Aged, matt Heritage interiors, brass accessories
White and Silver Neutral, recedes Small rooms, all-white schemes

Most designs are available in more than one of these, and several list the choice on the product page. Where a finish is not listed, ask through the contact page. Partitions state directly that the glossy PVD can be changed to matt, rose gold, black, antique gold or a custom shade.

Copper gold PVD base under a marble centre table top

Glossy or matt

Glossy reflects light and looks brighter, which suits a formal drawing room and rooms with limited daylight. It also shows fingerprints on a surface people touch, such as a dining table base or a partition frame near a doorway. Matt hides handling marks and looks quieter. In a home with children, matt on the pieces at hand height and glossy on the pieces higher up is a practical split.

The three-touch rule

One metal finish should appear about three times in a room. Fewer and it looks accidental. More and the room starts to look like a showroom.

A worked example for a living room in gold:

  1. The base of the marble centre table.
  2. The legs of the TV unit, or the frame of a wall clock.
  3. A piece of metal wall art or a mirror frame.

The side table that comes with a centre table combo counts as part of the first touch, not a separate one, because it is the same piece of furniture in two parts.

Do not mix two golds

Gold, rose gold, copper gold and champagne gold look similar on a screen and obviously different side by side. Two of them in one room reads as a mistake rather than a choice. Pick one warm metal and keep to it throughout the room.

Gold with black is the exception, and it is a deliberate pairing rather than a clash. A black base table with gold wall pieces works, and so does the reverse. Several designs are built on it, such as the Golden and Black Base Marble Console at ₹37,499 and the Marvellous Black and Gold Combination TV Unit at ₹60,000. Buying a piece that already combines the two is safer than trying to balance them yourself.

Marble console table combining a golden and black PVD base

Choosing by what the room already has

  • White or cream marble flooring: gold. It is the traditional pairing in Indian homes and the reason gold outsells the other finishes.
  • Grey vitrified tile: black, or champagne gold if you want warmth without full gold.
  • Wooden or brown flooring: copper gold or bronze.
  • Teak furniture already in the room: gold or antique gold. See teak wood sofa sets.
  • Blush, taupe or beige upholstery: rose gold. The Elysian 3 Seater is built with rose gold PVD accents.
  • A dark or dramatic scheme: black, as on Aria Luxe Black and Orion Black Accent.

Carrying a finish between rooms

A single finish can run through the foyer, living room and dining room when they are visible from each other. That is what makes an open-plan home read as one space. Bedrooms are separate rooms behind a door, so they can take a different finish.

If you are furnishing a whole house over several weeks, decide the finish before the first order. Pieces bought a month apart still match if the finish was fixed at the start. This matters most around a festival or a Griha Pravesh, when orders are split to meet a date. See order-by dates for made-to-order furniture.

Why PVD rather than plating

PVD bonds the colour to the stainless steel in a vacuum chamber, which is why these finishes resist tarnishing, fingerprints and corrosion in humid cities. Electroplated gold on ordinary metal wears through at the edges. The difference is set out in PVD coating vs electroplating and in why PVD coated coffee tables last. Clean a PVD base with a dry or barely damp cloth. Abrasive pads and scouring powders mark the coating.

Common questions

Can I mix gold and rose gold?
Better not to in the same room. They are close enough to look like an error.

Can I mix gold and black?
Yes. It is the one combination that reads as deliberate.

Which finish is most popular?
Gold is offered on more designs than any other finish, and it suits the white and cream marble flooring common in Indian homes.

Can I order a design in a finish that is not listed?
Ask through the contact page. Many pieces are made to order. Project orders go through the B2B enquiry form.

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