What wall corner guards do you use inside your homes?

If you're into wood working or have a friend that is you can be a real DIY'er and make your own corner beads of wood, with a profile you like or Plain Jane as ours required, for about 10 cents / ft. using Poplar lumber and paint. I made a couple dozen using Ash lumber when our house was built because that's what was the IN thing then and they're still doin real good.

I have used these clear plastic corner guards in several areas where one wall had a wall covering ("wallpaper") and the adjoining wall was painted without a covering. This guard kept the covering from peeling and protected the doorways from basic banging and rubbing. It uses screws/nails to attach and the holes are already punched. It lets the natural background color show through and is almost unnoticeable.

@senior, your wood corners do still look good.

But wood corners on my wood wainscoting will look overly woody.

I like the metal ones - thin enough to not make the corners look bulky and conspicuous. They’re aluminum. Depending on how glossy it is. I might have to just spray paint. Don’t want shiny black on the corner. I have anodized dark bronze spray paint that looks quite classic. I’ll have to choose a spray paint color that would go nice with sort of khaki beige plaster (kitchen).

Now, if I could find stainless steel (so far, none in the HD website but saw them on Amazon), I won’t have to do any spray painting. I’ll see how the stainless steel looks like - if it’s not too industrial looking. Our condo has stainless steel corner guards in the lobbies. They look very nice but also very office-like.

I’m tempted to go with aluminum because they’re so cheap compared to stainless steel.

Jboot, that clear vinyl corner guard is what I currently have on the wainscoted corner. I don’t like it. Looks too plasticky.