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DIY: Wide Pine Floors

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• Megan Sprague

Lynne Rafuse of our New England sales team received this email and photos from her client Bruce of Walpole, New Hampshire!

Lynne- Just a note to let you know that the floor is finished. The floor looks like I expected it to, and there is a consistency of finish on the knots as well as the rest of the planks.

I am attaching a few pictures of the floor, although the rooms still need door and window casings and mopboards. The radiators seen under the windows can now be hooked up too.  There are other features to be added to the fireplace (mantle) and a wall of bookshelves to finish the look in one of the rooms. I’ll send you those pics when the job is finalized.

Thanks, Bruce
—
Bruce Blanchette
Visual Artist

Posted on Oct 21, 2008 AT 12:41 AM in (1) Comments

Carlisle Sponsors The Fall Collection 2008 event in Chicago

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• Megan Sprague

Sotheby’s Sudlers Realty The Fall Collection™ 2008 event is set for Wednesday, October 22nd,  (7 to 10pm) at the Ann Sacks showroom at the Merchandise Mart.

This exclusive event will also have a raffle for a local charity that benefits underprivileged Chicago children, TOP.  We anticipate about 200 persons to attend the event.  The event is invitation-only and fully catered evening by a top caterer, J&LCatering.

Carlisle is a sponsor of the event!

Visit the event’s website here.

Posted on Oct 20, 2008 AT 09:48 PM in News & Events • (0) Comments

Getting Ready for the Log and Timber Show, Chantilly!

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• Megan Sprague

We’re getting ready for the Log and Timber show in Chantilly, Virginia! The show is this weekend, October 24-26 at the Dulles Expo and Conference Center. In preparation for the show, we built two floors to show off! Here’s a few pictures of one of the floors, our wide plank Eastern White Pine! It’s unfinished in the photos, but our crew at the sample shop finished it by hand with our Gingerbread stain and Tung Oil finish.

Stop over and see us at the show! We’d love to give you free tickets, call us today: 800.595.9663!

Stay tuned…for a recap of the show when I return next week!

Posted on Oct 20, 2008 AT 03:25 AM in Home Building & Contracting • (0) Comments

Exceeding Expectations: Achieving a Similar Look, on a Budget!

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• Megan Sprague

An email from Shanon of our New England Sales staff:

Good Morning -
Here are some amazing shots of our Hit or Miss Eastern White Pine wide plank floors
stained Gingerbread in a new home in Hollis, New Hampshire.  This was a
customer that came to us loving the milled barnwood
and for budget reasons had to “compromise” - but I’d say this is far
from a compromise.  Great job to the stoddard guys for another amazing
floor.
Enjoy!

Here’s the nice letter and photos from her clients in Hollis, New Hampshire!

We finally finished the last tung oil coats on the floor and it looks
BEAUTIFUL!!!  So many people (including the town inspector!), have fallen in love with our Carlisle wide plank floor.  I thought you might like to see a few pictures of the final product.  I don’t have the greatest camera -but you’ll get the idea!  We are moving in this week and will enjoy these floors for many years to come.

Thanks so much for all your help - you all have been wonderful to work with!

Fondly,

Wendy

Posted on Oct 19, 2008 AT 10:35 PM in Home Building & Contracting • (0) Comments

Getting It Right..the Second Time Around!

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• Megan Sprague

Lisa and Keith Hatch purchased their Brown Maple floor (with hand scraped edges) earlier this year. They received the floor and proceeded to stain it with one of our custom stains, to match a sample that we had sent them. After a few rounds of the stain, it was turning out way too light.

Sales Manager Kevin Crowder remembers, “They were having trouble getting the same dark color on their floor that we had sent them in the sample. They called me with their concerns and I took good care of them.  I paid them to have it sanded back down to raw wood.  Once they did that it took the stain darker as the photos show.”

Lisa and Keith are very happy with their floors! See this note that Lisa sent earlier this year: 

Hi Kevin,

Our floors turned out great!  It was a pleasure working with you and the rest of the Carlisle Wide Plank Floor staff.  I will certainly recommend your company to others interested in exceptional wood floors.

I’ve attached pictures.  I apologize for not sending these photos sooner.  If you need additional ones, please let me know!

Many thanks again for everything!

Lisa and Keith Hatch

Posted on Oct 17, 2008 AT 04:05 AM in Hardwood Flooring • (1) Comments