We got a good start on the want to finish projects before putting our beloved Star Hill on the market over the holiday break.
This is what the wall in our main room has looked like since we moved in.
We recently got a new-ish wood burning stove off Craig’s List for our near the lake house, Star Hill. ($200 for a stove used one season. It is still for sale at Tractor Supply for over $600. That was a score.) It has a glass door and an electric blower, the two things that the old stove in the house did not have. We can now heat the whole house with it when we want and get to see the flames. We are already enjoying it. We knew that we would want a metal wall behind the stove and had planned for it to be put in for the seven years we have owned the place. Stuff always gets in the way of projects. Stuff like rescuing roadside furniture.
A cold, wet, weekend after Christmas was the perfect time to knock this particular project out. Hubby figured out how much tin to buy. It comes to about fifty cents a square foot. You can buy it in up to 12 foot lengths.
How nice of Home Depot to provide gloves.
First we cleared the wall and found the studs. I love projects where we will cover the wall because we get to write directly on the wall.
Next, attach this wooden support stuff to the studs.
The tricky part here was making sure curves lined up vertically. Hubby chopped off the ends to make sure they all started out the same way then made sure they lined up with each other at the start of the wall. Our roofing nailer attached the wood to the wall.
Our wall slopes up so that adds a level of difficulty to the project that we wouldn’t have had to deal with on a plain flat ceiling.
Using the very scary grinder, Hubby (AKA Mr. Math) cut the angles on the tin along with the vent cover and electrical outlet using rise over run math.
If you plan on doing this project you will need these special screws, gloves (or a box of Band Aids- that tin is sharp), something to cut the tin (if a grinder is too scary for you too, they make a metal cutting blade for a jigsaw) a level, a stud finder, tin, and wooden corrugated strips.
Plan on this project taking a whole day. Cutting around vents and outlets slows the process. Full disclosure here; it took us two days and a trip to three hardware stores. If we planned better and didn’t have to drive all over creation looking for supplies we forgot to bring, we could have finished in one day.
We decided to use some of our natural edge cedar for a shelf on the wall. The brackets were garage sale finds that we used for years with a funky swirl on the bottom. The grinder took care of the swirl. I love the industrial, rustic feel that the wall gives the cabin.
The wall looks great. It is exactly what I hoped. We have it set up with our free or almost free furniture, but I also wanted you to see it with more modern furniture and fabric. It would be a great wall for a modern wall. I really like the look.
Thank you for taking the time to read my blog. I hope it inspires you to tackle your own projects.
Jan 05, 2015 @ 13:40:08
Love it, & lots of good knowledge for my upcoming tin project!!! Thanks
Jan 05, 2015 @ 14:38:34
It really was easier than I thought.
Jan 05, 2015 @ 13:49:44
Love this!!
Jan 05, 2015 @ 13:50:24
Selling? how sad
Jan 05, 2015 @ 14:37:54
We are hoping to purchase another property near this one with acreage, It all depends on selling what we have.
Jan 05, 2015 @ 14:29:50
I love that! I want to use that tin in the future for a basement family room makeover.
Jan 05, 2015 @ 17:53:05
Very cool!
Jan 05, 2015 @ 18:12:19
Thanks! We really like the look.
Jan 05, 2015 @ 23:08:26
Love how it looks. Mike wants us to do the entire down stairs in Colorado cabin. Like this I think the hole thing would be to much I like it as a accent wall. Great kob cousin
Jan 06, 2015 @ 00:46:01
I agree that a whole room might be overwhelming but wainscotting in a room or an accent wall would be great in your off the grid cabin.
Nov 13, 2017 @ 21:25:58
how did you cut around the outlets?
Nov 14, 2017 @ 01:51:40
With a rotary grinder that had a metal cutting wheel. After we cut it we had to sand the opening.
Nov 17, 2017 @ 19:57:59
Hello.
How did you attach the shelf brackets without smashing the corrugated metal? Also those wood wavy pieces-does Home Depot sell those? Thanks!!
Luv it. Doing a similar project in kitchen behind the stove and some open shelving. It’s the brackets that had us confused
Take care.
Nov 17, 2017 @ 23:58:51
We attached the shelving on the stick out part of the wave and planned ahead so that the wood wavy stuff was where we needed to hang the shelf. I️t took some planning. Yes, Home Depot sells the wavy wood. Good luck and send pictures!
Nov 19, 2017 @ 04:40:19
Thanks a bunch. Will send pics if possible soon.
Jan 14, 2018 @ 02:01:04
Where, oh where did you find the corrugated furring strips? Perhaps my internet skills are failing in my old age, but can’t find them anywhere. Help out a weekdat country boy, please
Jan 14, 2018 @ 02:08:42
We found the wooden ones at our Home Depot but they are not online so I am not sure if they still have them any longer. We hated the plastic type.
Aug 28, 2018 @ 05:48:00
Where did you buy your corrugated metal panels?
Aug 28, 2018 @ 10:40:49
We bought them at Home Depot but they are also at Lowe’s or any other building materials store. Good luck.
Aug 28, 2018 @ 14:53:05
What would you use to cut the corragated metal panels? We are only going to do a half wall.
Aug 28, 2018 @ 15:01:49
Just reread the blog and saw the answer in it. (Sorry for the question)
Aug 29, 2018 @ 02:17:25
No problem. I hope it goes well for you.