Members of our facebook group for midcentury home owners were happy to help.

Below are some examples of members thoughts on the topic. These are only a few of the thousands of tips that are shared in our exclusive Facebook Group dedicated to midcentury modern home owners. If you own a midcentury house and are not already a member, join us now!

• “You can do vertical nashita cement siding, I think they have a similar color too.”

• “James Hardie makes vertical siding with wood grain texture in a warm cedar brown color.”

• “Consider some of the newer environmentally friendly and durable siding options.“

• “Vesta siding by Quality edge is environmentally friendly. They have different options. It’s steel and it has 5 varying patterns of wood grain. I have it on my house in certain sections and everyone that sees it thinks it’s cedar.”

• “Check out Delta Millworks. It’s heat treated. We’re about to replace ours as well due to water damage.“

• “Look up Shou sugi ban. Method of burning (and brushing in some methods) the Japanese cedar wood. It preserves it naturally. Low maintenance and beautiful.”

• “Look at fiber-cement board products.”

• “Quality Edge Vesta Plank steel siding. It is an amazing product. This siding can be installed both horizontal and vertically.”

• “Can you afford Kebony? That’s what we’re looking at but $$$. I think it was $8 per linear foot.”

You can read more tips about this topic and offer your own suggestions here.