What is Board and Batten Siding?
This wildly versatile and incredibly popular siding style is made from vertical panel siding with batten strips applied over the seams, which adds dimensionality and emphasizes the height of the building. The batten strips are commonly placed either 12″ or 16″ apart. The former is best on compact walls, while the latter is used for expansive walls.
Board and Batten Siding pairs well with a variety of architectural styles, from cottage to farmhouse to modern. Board and Batten Siding also works beautifully on single-story and multi-story homes.
Here are three ways to use board and batten on your home’s exterior.
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Full Exterior Siding
Using a single siding style creates a bold, uniform look, and Board and Batten Siding is often used to add a modern touch to older homes when remodeling.
Accent Walls
Many homeowners opt for a mix of siding styles to add visual variety. Use Board and Batten to elevate and highlight gables, chimney columns, porch walls, bump-outs, and more. Vertical siding like Board and Batten is an excellent complement to horizontal Lap Siding and Shake Siding, and the possibilities are nearly endless.
Ceiling Designs
Every detail matters when you’re bringing your vision of the perfect home to life. Use Board and Batten Siding to bring a dramatic elegance to entryways and a cozy sophistication to outdoor gathering spaces. Board and Batten is a great way to elevate places that are often overlooked on a home. Use a classic Board and Batten pattern or switch it up for a completely unique and one-of-a-kind design.
Customize With Color
Diamond Kote Siding System offers 28 siding colors in Solid or two-toned DuoBlend Premium. Here is a list of popular siding colors used for board and batten siding:
- Blue board and batten: Midnight, Cascade, Smoky Ash
- Dark board and batten: Onyx, Coffee, Emerald
- Light board and batten: Light Gray, Glacier Fog, White
- Wood-toned board and batten: Elkhorn, Canyon, Denali
Bring your board and batten design and color ideas to life in our Home Visualizer, and order color samples to see the colors on our engineered wood substrate with an authentic cedar grain texture.
