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DIY: New England Red Pine in Colorado!

Posted by Megan Sprague

Laura Leier of our Denver Sales team sent in these photos of her DIY project, prefinished wide plank Red Pine!

See her notes and photos below!

Here are some pictures of Our New England Red Pine prefinished with a cherry stain 8-12” wide. The install would go much faster if we did not have so much help but it fits together perfectly. The only trick with really long wood is when squaring the ends you have to really push down on the boards to keep it flat and flush with the fence on the saw. Additionally, we have not experienced any “regional contraction” in the wood. All of the boards have remained the same width and it has been in Colorado since May! This will be a huge selling tool for me when I am selling pre finished in more arid climates where this tends to occur more often!
Thank you to the mill and prefinsihing for making us such a beautiful floor that every neighbor has stopped in to covet!

Laura and family

Posted on October 21, 2008 at 11:40 AM in DIY • Home Building & Contracting • Home Decor • (0) Comments
DIY: Wide Pine Floors

Posted by 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 October 21, 2008 at 11:11 AM in Customer Stories • DIY • Home Decor • (1) Comments
Carlisle Sponsors The Fall Collection 2008 event in Chicago

Posted by 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 October 21, 2008 at 08:18 AM in News & Events • (0) Comments
Getting Ready for the Log and Timber Show, Chantilly!

Posted by 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 October 20, 2008 at 01:55 PM in Home Building & Contracting • (0) Comments
Exceeding Expectations: Achieving a Similar Look, on a Budget!

Posted by 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!

Hi Shanon,

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 October 20, 2008 at 09:05 AM in Home Building & Contracting • Home Decor • (0) Comments