The first thing anyone notices about your home is its siding. The right look, color scheme, and aesthetic design can make your home pop from the curb and stand out as a desirable house to own in your neighborhood. And knowing you’ve chosen a durable, gorgeous siding gives you both peace of mind and lasting pride in your home for years to come.
That’s why so many homeowners who want their home to have luxurious, high-end elegance turn to America’s top-performing siding—James Hardie with Siding & Windows Group. And more and more, discerning Chicago homeowners are opting for James Hardie’s latest innovation—the eye-catching, customizable, bold look created by their impressive Aspyre Collection.
Here’s a closer look at how this luxury siding line can elevate your home and give you lasting satisfaction.
What Makes the Aspyre Collection So Desirable to Homeowners?
The James Hardie company is well-known and respected for their ongoing commitment to creating the very best home exterior siding. Out of their passion for state-of-the-art designs and styles comes the Aspyre Collection—a unique line of siding products that open up amazing design possibilities for architects, builders, and homeowners who want more than just an average look for their dwelling.
Luxurious Aesthetics that Are One-of-a-Kind
Bringing home siding to a higher level, the Aspyre Collection makes it possible to get the lasting durability and impressive performance of fiber cement siding alongside one-of-a-kind designs that make homes stand out as unique. You’ll love how gorgeous your home appears, and you’ll love the long-lasting value you get with James Hardie’s Aspyre Collection.
Ideal for New Home Builds and High-End Renovations
For Chicago area residents who are building a new home to fit their specific vision, the Aspyre siding products are especially appealing. Make your dwelling boldly personalized not just on the inside, but on the outside too. Its elegant style is outstanding.
Bold, Vibrant Styles that Are Extremely Versatile
The Aspyre Collection has been specifically designed and curated to give homeowners the highest level of customizability. No matter what type of home you have—contemporary, Farmhouse, Tudor, Colonial, or any other architecture you can name—there’s a way to adapt James Hardie’s Aspyre Collection to fit your home.
In fact, its unique customizable designs are a perfect match for even historic houses. You can enjoy a look that fits in with your historic home’s aesthetics while also getting the protective power of durable fiber cement siding—the best of both worlds!
Superb, Lasting Performance You Can Count On
The Aspyre Collection features all the top-performing aspects of Hardie Board siding that homeowners love so much:
- Outstanding durability, giving homeowners the confidence that their siding will last for decades
- Superior resistance to weather elements such as hail, snow, ice, high winds, excessive heat and humidity
- Topnotch resistance to pests including termites, carpenter ants, woodpeckers, and rodents
- Reliable non-combustibility so boards don’t contribute fuel to a fire, keeping your home safer
- Beautiful range of siding colors that resists fading and lessens the need for frequent repainting
- Low maintenance and easy care that ensures you’re getting lasting value without constant, costly upkeep
- Superb return on investment that boosts your home value and gives you peace of mind
Simply put, the Aspyre Collection performs as well as every other James Hardie product available, ensuring you don’t have to compromise durability for looks. James Hardie makes sure you get both!
Eye-Catching Aspyre Products to Choose From
The Aspyre Collection of James Hardie siding products includes two specific lines that can be used alone or in combination to achieve dramatic, unique looks.
Artisan® Siding
Artisan Lap from James Hardie is at the forefront of design innovation and sets your home apart from all others in your neighborhood. This luxury, high-end exterior building product turns any house into a dream home. Artisan Lap provides stunning visual impact and curb appeal, far surpassing anything else on the market.
Artisan Lap is 5/8″ thick but light enough for a single person to handle. This thickness allows Artisan Lap to show off distinctively deep shadow lines for premium aesthetics. The product is available in both smooth and texture* surfaces. Each lapboard back is beveled to lie flat against the wall ensuring stability and smooth lines. Artisan Lap’s unique tongue and groove ends, allow end joints to fit tightly together for precise fit and finish.
Options include:
- Lap Siding — Gives a traditional, simple and elegant design that retains its beauty superbly over time
- Shiplap — Mimics the distinct, unique look of cedar wood to create distinctive lines and rustic appeal
- Beaded Lap — Provides a traditional, tailored, strongly defined appearance typical of homes on the water
- Bevel Channel — Gives the look of distinct, deep, chiseled channels between boards for an upscale design appearance
- Square Channel — Offers a streamlined, clean design that looks equally attractive on traditional and modern high-end homes
- V-Groove — Produces eye-catching shadow lines that recreate the look of authentic natural wood without the maintenance hassles
- Artisan Trim — Polishes the look of your Artisan siding with thick boards that provide distinctive shadow lines and boost your home’s overall look
Reveal® Panel System
Hardie’s Reveal panels come in a smooth, attractive 7/16-inch thickness that creates a clean, smooth, ultra-modern appearance that is unmatched.
Options include:
- Reveal Panel with Surround Trim — Raised trim catches the light to give homes a strong geometric appearance. Homeowners enjoy the dramatic, modern feel this yields.
- Reveal Panel with Recess Trim — Hidden trim blends neatly with the panels to create a smooth, contemporary façade and eye-catching simple elegance.
- Specialized Fasteners — Choose either countersunk fasteners to enhance your Reveal Panel’s smooth look, or exposed fasteners that catch the eye and offer a chic industrial look.
Mix and Match to Create a Personalized Design
The Artisan and Reveal Panel lines can be mixed and matched to produce stunning architectural designs that you won’t find on other Chicagoland houses—ensuring that your home stands out from the crowd.
Invest in Luxurious, Lasting Siding that Boosts Your Home Lifestyle
The way your home looks on the outside can give you great enjoyment every time you pull into your driveway. Gorgeous James Hardie fiber cement siding will increase your dwelling’s curb appeal and overall value, especially when you make a statement with the high-end Aspyre Collection line of siding products.
The best way to get a vision for how your home will look with beautiful Aspyre Collection siding is to see homes that have it. Browse our gallery for inspiration as you plan your exterior upgrades—and see firsthand how we’ve helped homeowners in and around Chicago be proud of their abode.