Western Red Cedar has a light-colored hue with an attractive red tinge, adding a beautiful aesthetic quality to your residential fence as it ages to gray. The wood has a lot of strength but is still soft enough to shape into various fence styles and is often used with intricate and attractive lattice designs.
Some homeowners choose to stain and seal this type of wood in order to maintain its appearance.
Opaque or solid stains tend to need replacement every five years or so. A solid stain visibly fades in 3-5 years. However, if you are concerned about having a certain color for your fence then this may well be the way to go, as you can get creative with blues, greens, golds, roses, grays, and other colors.