The same is true for metals like aluminum, stainless steel, or powder coated steel. These can be scrolled and decorative or simple and contemporary. You can carry that look throughout the home by using wrought iron railings, banisters, and door and cabinet hardware. Steel connector plates or other steel joinery give a log or timber frame home an industrial look, sometimes painted black to look like wrought iron and enhance the contrast. Corrugated metal makes a fun kitchen backsplash in any home. Another popular application is metal wainscoting, often seen in rustic or cottage designs, which can be bright and galvanized or painted to complement your interior design. These are often seen around fireplaces, to wrap chimneys, or around a kitchen island.
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Metal can also help break up-and highlight-the abundant wood in a log or timber home, much like stone does.Ĭonsider covering a full accent wall with reclaimed corrugated metal panels in your log or timber home or use flat steel in black or silver in a contemporary design. Bare metals that will continue to age naturally are right at home in a traditional rustic log or timber home, but you can also use painted or weathered panels to add color and warmth to a space.
For example, MossCreek’s “Millenia” plan features a mix of glass, wood, and corrugated metal to highlight the contemporary design’s straight lines and angles, while their “Summit” plan uses a metal roof to complement the rustic exterior’s shingles, stone, and wood.įor interior applications of metal, your imagination is the limit. The mix of materials adds visual interest and can help add identity to the home.
MossCreek, based in Knoxville, Tennessee, is known for creative use of mixed materials in their stunning rustic and contemporary home designs, and frequently incorporate metal from sleek steel stairs and railings to rustic corrugated steel panels. Metal is also a gorgeous accent used by many home designers for exterior walls.
If you live in a climate with high temperatures, you can paint your metal roof to help reflect solar energy and keep your home cooler, while a metal roof in a cold climate can help save on heating costs. Most metal roofs are made of aluminum, alloy-coated steel, copper, galvanized steel, or zinc, and new coatings mean the appearance can go from painted standing-seam panels to stone-coated colors and textures to complement any home. Teton Heritage Construction, Centre Sky Architecture, Carole Sisson Design, Custom Log Homes / Photo by Roger Wade You can get metal roofs that look like standing-seam panels, or stamped to look like traditional shingles, cedar shake, tile, or slate. If you’re in an area with extreme weather–snow, ice, wind, heat, even fire–a metal roof might be your best choice.Īccording to the Metal Roofing Alliance, the overall cost of a metal roof over its lifetime makes it an economical choice and adds value to your home. Not only do metal roofs look fantastic, they are low maintenance and last 40-50 years or more. The first place many of us think to use metal is for the home’s roof. “Metal accents can also help a design feel more modern when you choose sleek angles, rounded materials, or lighter finishes.” In a more contemporary home design, you might consider brushed, satin, or polished metal finishes. Matt Franklin, M.T.N Design Architect: “If you are trying to achieve a rustic feel by incorporating metal with your wood home you may consider a treatment or finish that gives the appearance of rusted or reclaimed metals.” Think of antique finishes that look like they’ve developed a patina over time, hammered metal, or oil-rubbed finishes on brass, bronze, or copper. Your home’s design will naturally suggest features that lend themselves to metal accents, and there are different ways to use a variety of metal finishes. That’s where complementary materials like metal can really shine. Yet often the supporting cast is just as important. Whether you are building a cabin in the woods, or a mountaintop rustic contemporary home, logs and timbers are the stars of the show. Many of us are attracted to the idea of building a log or timber home because we love the warmth and natural beauty of wood. Metal accents are increasingly popular to complement log and timber home designs.
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