I was going to suggest a tung and groove as well. My friend put it on her outside porch ceiling. They painted it a cream color and it looks really nice. I rarely get up her way (she is 70 miles from me each way) or I would take a picture for you. I will ask her what type of wood they used though.

Good luck!

Acountry- I would love to see a pic if you have one. Knowing that yours is doing well against your Oregon weather makes me feel so much better. I hadn't even thought about the seams. It is a great thing that you mentioned them.

Ours will be painted as well. I had to pick out the color at the same time this issue came up. I did samples this morning and selected a great blue called, Atmospheric. It is from Wodka's recommendation from the home decor forum and is absolutely *perfect*. Sorry to ramble, I am just so excited!

I had warning bells go off when I saw the "beadboard" at Home Depot -reminded me of cardboard or that junk they use to make cheapie dorm furniture. Wood would make me feel so much better!

Our porch is like an inch shy of 8 feet deep (400 square feet total) so I will check into the lengths available. A 16 foot board would be ideal since I hate paying for waste and the environmental impact of it. It was made 8' just to minimize waste (it could of been 6', but I wanted to put a breakfast table on it).

Has anyone used a product that is wood and in sheets? An 8 foot sheet would be ideal as well.

Hardi REALLY needs to make a beadboard line.

: )

SO many decisions! I am glad that this is wonderfully fun and that I have you y'all to turn to.

Azek makes a beadboard, but it is very expensive.

paint chips ---

here is some of my tung & groove. We are still under construction so not painted yet.

let me also add...
... there are 2 different types up (yes it bugs me) our builder put up the first porch when I was out of town. He had a 4 inch " V Groove" t & G . I wanted the 2 1/2 inch bead instead. The other 2 porches are the right stuff. The knots have to be under a certain size, not sure what that is, and completely smooth so they can be painted. Hope this helps, oh and they are 16 feet, I measured our remaining pieces when I was at house today.

"Hardi REALLY needs to make a beadboard line".

Fiber cement is heavy, might be a reason hardie hasn't come out w/ something for porch ceilings. Otoh, out here stucco porch ceilings are done and stucco is extremely heavy, so whatever the choice, the framing members above need to be able to handle it.

WOW, Thank you so much, Acountyfarm! It was so nice of you to post your pictures and measure for me.

Your home looks beautiful! I know you said it bugged you, but I really didn't notice the difference in the material until you said something.

After seeing it in place, that is exactly what I had envisioned. This afternoon I am going to specify the product you used and print out your picture.

I hope my house turns out as cute as yours will be. Thank you again.

Second the compliment to Acountryfarms woodwork and home. Beautiful!

Paint chips- I hope you post pictures after your T & G is installed. I love to see other peoples home.
Thank you and sierraeast for compliments.
Sierraeast did I see your beautiful home on here ? Up in the mountains somewhere, I think? I had just joined this forum and seems like I remember that.

This has been such a long, trying experience (almost 3 years) . 1 st. builder embezzled and then went bankrupt, new builder is just plain unethical and uninvolved. We have about 40 days left, I hope the joy of finally moving will make us forget these last 3 years. Thanks again for the nice words.

Here is a just a couple of pics (have many) , this was a complete gut and renovation. We bought an existing structure, that they had continually added on to. Gutted it to studs, even roof and siding, re-did entire floor plan and now this is what we have. My goal was to make a large house warm and inviting, and to not see where old owners old house was and where new started.
It has exceeded my expectations.

Thanks for letting me share, finding this forum 2 months ago has been a bright spot in our building experience.

Hi Acountry, you are probably thinking of mikeyvon who has been posting pics of their build in the sierras. Finally got a digital and will be up for the summer on our build, so will post pics when i get back in the fall. Our porch ceiling has v-groove ship lap cedar, but it's a very small porch! Again, your home is awesome!