Choosing the color and style of your siding can be made easier with online design tools.
Siding, besides keeping the elements at bay, is an important aesthetic and stylistic factor for any home. If you are repairing old walls, making your own home, or simply want to update your house's look, siding is an important element to consider. The sheer variety of different wood and plastic sidings can be overwhelming but there are a number of online tools that can help you find the perfect combination of material and color.
Amazing Siding & Windows
Amazing Siding & Windows has an online home design option that allows you to browse a gallery of 20 pre-formatted homes for which you can choose whatever siding you like. Alternatively, you can upload a picture of your own home and, by using a simple masking process, you can choose different sidings and colors to get a feel for what the options are if you're considering a home renovation.
Heartland Siding
Heartland Siding operates a more basic design tool. Although you're not able to choose from different house models, or import your own, you can use their example home to select from a multitude of different colors and imagine what they may look like on your own. The design tool also has trim and roof color options so you can get a feel for what all the pieces will look like when they're put together.
James Hardie
James Hardie operates an exterior design center that allows you to choose from a number of example homes and then select from many different products and sizes including shingles. You can also choose from different trim, roof and accessory styles to create a very detailed example image. The design tool also has color and zoom options to get a closer look at the subtleties of the different products and sizes.
Exterior Portfolio
Exterior Portfolio has an extensive site with different planner and design options and long lists of different materials to consider. Features include a design planner and recommended styles. Their do-it-yourself design planner is available for $14.95 (as of March, 2011) and includes a number of recommended styles, as well as an information packet that will take you through the process of choosing a home exterior right form the beginning.
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