Choose roof shingles that complement your home's architecture and exterior color palette, treating the roof as a subtle backdrop that enhances rather than distracts. Factor in your regional climate, ...

Current owners Margo Halverson and Charles Melcher painstakingly re-sided the house with weathered wood shingles; it had worn a variety of more synthetic sidings over the years.

The versatility of wood shingles means they are suitable for many different home styles, including traditional New England cottages like this one in Bellport, New York, by Michael Vincent Design.

READY TO RENOVATE: Meg Lousteau was already skilled at restoring neglected historic houses when she bought a deserted Creole cottage in Treme seven years ago.

Italian studio Pedevilla Architects has used shingles made from trees that fell during a storm to cover the CiAsa Aqua Bad Cortina house in South Tyrol.

UK architecture studio Forgeworks has completed the renovation of a bungalow in Bath, cloaking its entire exterior with a skin of cedar shingles. Aptly named A House of Wood Shingle, the bungalow sits ...