If current design trends are any indication, wood siding is back. Design professionals are recommending one species in particular: cypress. What’s behind this revival of cypress siding?

Watch as host Ty Pennington details the construction of NextGenHomeTV’s “First to the Future Home” in Palm Coast, Florida, and its use of cypress siding, soffit, and interior ceilings.

As Americans design their dream homes, or plan the remodel of their existing ones, wood is once again becoming a prominent feature in their interior design schemes. One species in particular—cypress—is attracting the attention of both millennials in the suburbs and boomers along the shoreline.