Kitchens have a lot of hardware and maintaining symmetry is important to the overall impression your kitchen creates. If you have brass faucets and taps on the sink, chrome kitchen hardware in other places will look out of place. Also the design of all the kitchen hardware, especially the Amerock knobs and Amerock pull sytles should be in sync. Using antique kitchen hardware in a modern design kitchen will give it an unplanned or mismatched look. Your kitchen cabinets will see more use than most other cabinets in the house so make sure that all the hardware is strong enough to take the repeated use without becoming loose or loosing its looks.