Hey guys. Thanks for all of the good words. We are very proud of the place. (Hope to be proud of our pond some day soon, too.)
We are very happy so far with the cement siding. It arrived chalky white and we used the same stain that the factory uses. We stained every board with an airless sprayer, two coats. Here are some close-ups of the material. It is then applied just like lap siding. You can buy it in different sizes depending on how much reveal you want. Check out Certainteed.com and go to the Homeowner section, then cement siding.
Hopefully you can see the texture. For giggles I wanted to post our house Circa 1994 when we bought it.
