The shingles came out so pretty, it’ll be a shame to paint them. Many have already asked about that, and we gave thought to all the options. In the end, we decided to go with paint for two reasons… first, it was always painted, and second, because we don’t have the stamina to reside the whole house right now, and the addi tion’s shingles are the only part ready to take stain over paint right now.