We’ve been working on giving our home a facelift with some Board and Batten siding, and we’re painting it white to give it that Farmhouse style look!

We started by removing the vinyl siding that came with our home. Looking dingy, I held off on washing it because I knew it would be taken down soon. What bothered me the most was all the different directions of the lines, and how high up the skirting was. We also made sure to be extra careful removing the old vinyl siding because it’s getting repurposed on our well house.

James first built a frame to extend the wall down and shorten the look of the skirting. The frame is made with 1x4s across the top and bottom and 1×2 furring strips for vertical supports.

We’re using the LP engineered panel siding from Lowes. The panels come primed and are light weight which makes them really easy to work with and they come primed with Smart Guard technology helping make them resistant to water damage, pests, and fungal decay. We liked the panels because they didn’t require a special blade and you could cut them with a regular saw.

For now we’re just redoing the front until we decide if the garage will be attached or not. Don’t want to do all that work if it’s going to be covered up!

And we’re just cutting down the original skirting and putting it back up, so no animals get under our home, but we do plan to add a brick skirt soon.

Here you can see the height difference on the skirting

In total we ended up spending $1640 but we were able to save a little money by keeping the trim around the windows and top edge of the home.

Here’s a cost breakdown with links showing just exactly how we spent our money:

Wood for frame $96.76

House wrap $36

Caulking $63.84

Flashing tape $28

Z channel drip edge $34

Battens $111.20

Lp Panels $933.24

Paint $234.32

Screws $102.64

Stay tuned to see what we tackle next, if it all works out we plan to widen the front steps or add a big front porch!