that faced is not old and tired it needs some tlc and could be made to look realy nice if one worked with it but if u want to change it ok..
as for what u have for a design cedar is the wood u want.. it turns grey over time but that takes a long time
but u can take that grey colour off with a pressure washer and u can also get a seal for it but cedar ages better when it can breath and if u have this thing of urs built right u could just change out the boards down the road with ease
heres a home that was done 20-25yrs ago
http://www.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&ll...29.02,,0,13.69