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BY LANA

When it came to the exterior of Bonnie’s Dream Home, there were no prizes for guessing what material she was going to choose. She always only had #hearteyes for weatherboard. She’s dreamed about a weatherboard house for ever and this was her chance to bring her dreams to life.

Choosing the exterior of your home is a massive decision, in fact it’s one of the most important decisions you’ll make during a reno. It’s going to set the tone for your entire home and impact the look and feel of the whole design. Lucky for Bon, her choice of style was a no brainer for her #moderncoastalbarn. It had to be white weatherboard. The big decision was exactly which weatherboard product to use.

Bonnie chose James Hardie Linea™ Weatherboard for her dream home and here’s why

+ To give her that real traditional weatherboard look. Linea™ comes in two different widths and Bon chose the 180mm wide boards which she knew would bring the charm and beauty of timber.
+ It has a gorgeous thick profile to create deep shadow lines and looks super high-end. No skinny imposters for Bon! #supermodelsneednotapply
+ It ticks all the boxes in terms of longevity for a forever home. And she liked the bit where it says “resistant to damage from termites, rot and fire” #soundfamiliar? #madeforher! And on top of all that it’s #lowmainty
+ She could add fancy metal edging to give the corners definition for that defined, finished, weatherboard look #itsallinthedetails
+ It’s BAL40 rated. Bon’s rear façade needed to comply with strict bushfire building codes, so she needed a material that would fit the bill #prettyandpractical
+ And to top it all off, we’ve used James Hardie Linea™ in previous renos so Bon had seen it in situ and knew it really was the bees’ knees of weatherboard products. Nothing gives you more confidence in a reno than having used it before.

Picking her weatherboards was the easy part. The challenging part for Bon was which colour to paint them? “White of course” I hear you yelling. Yes, we all knew it would be white, but which white was the challenge for Bon. We tested a few different whites on the cladding (and her brick fence at the front of the property) and she ended up choosing Dulux Snowy Mountain Quarter. Oh, and get this - another reason we love James Hardie Linea™ weatherboards is that they’re super-easy to paint. They actually come pre-primed #yourpainterwillloveyou which means less paint #sowillyourbudget and less time to get that high-quality finish. How good is that?

You can paint weatherboards with a roller, but our painter, Peachy, and his team opted to spray Bon’s house because of the sheer size of it. Amazingly it only took them four days to nail the lot! #legends

I love how Bon’s choice of weatherboard brings the country and the coast together, it’s just perfect for her #moderncoastalbarn. If only the exterior choice in every reno was this easy!