The porch areas have little if any weathering. They still look as good as the day we stained them. We used a transparent stain with cedar color when we did it to keep the natural look as much as we could. We learned when we built the storage house the easiest way to appy the stain was to use a pump sprayer and follow with a brush to catch the runs. It covers a lot of area very fast.
Good luck with the design tool I couldn't ever make mine draw a Rap around porch, I lost interest and gave up on it.
The road goes on forever and the party nevers end...............................................
