Ways to use Corrugated Metal in Interior Design

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1. I too love the look, but we haven’t incorporated it into our home. I first fell in love with it when we were on vacation in South Africa and have been noticing it since. It was even used in the Tahoe HGTV Dream Home a couple of years ago. It’s so versatile – from contemporary to farmhouse to vintage industrial. Great inspiration here.

   1. I totally agree with you Cyndi and wow a vacation in South Africa sounds amazing! I LOVE the Tahoe HGTV Dream Home {we loooove the Tahoe area!}, and actually included one of the photos in this roundup 🙂

2. I’ve never used it before, but I will definitely give it a go after these inspirational photos. I especially like the mix of wood and metal. Gives a really unique feel!

   Thank you!
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   1. Me either but after seeing these photos I know we are going to incorporate it one way or another into our RV. The wood + metal mix is my favorite 🙂

3. Wow! So much great inspiration!

   1. Thanks Alexis! There are so many cool uses for corrugated metal that it was difficult for me to narrow it down.

4. I LOVE all of these! As in REALLY REALLY LOVE them all. We have a cottage and our condo, but this would look fabulous especially in our cottage. Thank you for sharing these.

5. I really like the way that these people have used roofing on the inside of their homes. I think the mud room/laundry room one is my favorite. I love this style, but I don’t think it would work very well with the style of my home.

6. i have wainscoates my cabin porch and bathroom with corrugated metal and board and baton cypress. Put it above my tub and shower units. Put it on the ceiling in my open kitchen are over a island and eating area framed in 1×6 rough western cedar. Still undecided on some other areas. It’s great mixed with wood. Also going to use it behind the frigde stove and back splash.

7. Hallo there Katie, I have never seen anyone using corrugated iron sheets to do an internal decor before but frankly speaking I really love the idea and the decor ideas that you have shared here. I mostly fell in love with the last one where you have used it for the ceiling (gorgeous). Thanks a lot for sharing and keep up the good work.

   Cindy

8. I love the little touches throughout the home. Thank you for sharing!

9. Great ideas! I love the use of new and used tin in a home. I have used corrugated tin on my ceiling and has a backsplash in my kitchen. It looks really good with reclaimed barn wood in my opinion. I especially love the idea of using it in the laundry room and in the shower. Now to get my husband on board with my ideas! Thanks for sharing!

10. Wow! Very innovative & inspirational. Thank you for sharing these.

11. I really love this decor idea, I have never seen any idea of using corrugated metel for decoration before. Thanks for sharing with us, Katie.

12. Hi Katie! I am having trouble finding interior corrugated ceilings! Are you just using roofing corrugated steal for the interior?

13. How does this hold up in a shower? Does it change color? Get rusty looking?

14. Hi Katie
    Came across you wonderful pics and inspiring article on a Pintrest board and will be adding it to one of mine too.

    I live in South Africa and have been in love with this type of look for many years. We have used it in our own home on and off over the years, but are currently designing a cottage to put up on a small farm we recently purchased and are looking for places to bring it back again. It is a beautiful texture in any rusty state especially when used with wood and I also love that it is available ready painted in some wonderful colours. Thank you so much for a lovely blog :-)))))

15. p.s I trust you had a lovely holiday here when you visited!

16. So glad to stumble into your site! We have an old ranch house in Tahoe and took off the cheap 1080’s paneling & found old chipped (perfectly) bluish ship lap! Can’t wait to use old sheet metal with no sheen in our mud room! Your photos will make it easier for hubby so catch this vision. Thank you!

17. Katie, I like your unique style!

    1. Thanks!

18. HI! Love the site! Love the look. I am from the Karoo, South Africa. Wondering about insulation if I use double layer corrugated. What do I put inside for our extreme temperatures.

    1. Hey Melina, to be honest, we’ve used corrugated metal in many projects but we haven’t used it in the way you’re talking about. If you look at the post we link to the people who’ve used the metal in that way. I would suggest maybe reaching out to one of the contacts from the original sources. Anyway I hope this helps 🙂

19. Katie, Thank you! Very helped with the choice.

20. But how do you keep it clean? I clean house for a lady that has it in her shower. The hard water has really left white residue on it that just won’t come off. I’ve tried all kiinds of cleaners and nothing works. Short of hauling a power washer in there, I have run out of ideas.

    1. Hey Bridgette, to be honest I’m not 100% sure how to get them clean when they are positioned in a shower. Though I will say, when I was camp hosting I used a product called “Cameleon” in the bathrooms I had to clean and it worked like a charm at removing the white residue off of multiple surfaces. I’m not sure how “natural” it is but it got the job done. Something you may want to look into, anyway I hope that helps

21. I love these ideas. I really want To incorporate into my home. Trying to figure out the easiest way to cut the sheets.

    1. Hey Francine, to be honest we haven’t found an easy way to cut the sheets of metal, but we did have some success at least with the Aviation Shears, they are designed to cut hard material such as sheet metal. With that said the job can still be difficult. They do have electric cutting ones that may make it easier but we haven’t tried them. Anyway I hope this was helpful but feel free to let me know if you have any other questions.

22. hi Guys, thank-you for your inspiration, we live in a very small country town in queensland australia, our home is almost 140 years old and we are planning to create a rustic barn in our backyard as our entertaining area, we love the look of rusty CORRUGATED iron, gorgeous ideas. good luck with your venture

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