When it comes to completing the finer details of your home such as the interior hardware, there are plenty of finishes to choose from.

If you're not sure whether anthracite is the right finish for your home, we explore exactly what it is and how you can incorporate it into your home.

What Is Anthracite?

Dating back to the late 16th century, anthracite was discovered and described by Pliny as something that resembles coal. The name has a Greek origin of anthrakitēs, from anthrax, anthrak- ‘coal’.

In its purest form, anthracite, otherwise known as 'coal' is a hard, compact type of coal. It has a sub metallic lustre and is one of the highest ranking forms of coal. Coal has the highest carbon content of any mineral, it has a carbon content of between 92.1% and 98%. This means that it contains very few impurities.

What Is Anthracite Finish?

The anthracite rock is black, with a metallic gloss, this is why the dominant colour is black, but it simultaneously falls into the grey spectrum of colours. However, Anthracite can come in a wide range of colours from black to steel grey, and even blush pink. As you can imagine, this makes for a wonderful finish once polished for decorative purposes in your home.

Anthracite remains a very sought after finish in home interiors, renown for that lovely, smoky dark charcoal colour. It remains a very contemporary finish in both industrial and modern interiors. Anthracite is one of the most expensive minerals available, because of this, it does give that added edge of luxury when used in an interior.

When it comes to interior hardware, anthracite finish looks stunning on sockets and switches, door handles, radiators and other interior hardware. This is a finish that is a wonderful for giving your home that luxurious edge.