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Wide Pine Floor adds warmth to Georgia Remodel!

• Posted by
• Kerry Carlisle

Sharon Bondie and Jennifer Sanderson from our Atlanta, GA office assist homeowner with a transformation to her kitchen floors!  Homeowner Patricia Jackson had a vision from the first day she called Carlisle:  A warm, inviting, old looking floor to make our house a home.

“My new Carlisle floor is awesome!  It has transformed an important room in my home.  It’s very rich and warm and rustic, which is exactly what I wanted.  The Carlisle staff were so professional and easy to work with – I really couldn’t ask for more.” 

—Patricia Jackson, who installed our wide eastern white pine floors with a Plymouth Pumpkin stain

Posted on Nov 18, 2008 AT 10:08 PM in (1) Comments

DIY: Log Run Hickory Floors

• Posted by
• Megan Sprague

Lauren Power of our New Hampshire design team received this photo and letter from her clients in Walpole, NH! The floor is unfinished… but GORGEOUS just the same. We hope to get some additional photos once the finish is applied!

Hi Lauren. Hope this email finds you and the baby in good health. Thought I would send you a small section of the floor. As of yesterday, it is all in. Moe and I are so pleased. It is absolutely beautiful!! Thank you so much for your time and your help through the process. We will never forget all you did. Are you all settled into your house?

Posted on Nov 12, 2008 AT 04:57 AM in (2) Comments

Beautiful Walnut: Los Altos, California

• Posted by
• Megan Sprague

Here’s a nice letter and photos that Dan O’Neill of our West Hollywood Design Center received from his clients in Los Altos, California. 

Hi Dan,
How are you doing?  We moved into our place this past summer - the floor looks great and everyone that comes in admires how it looks.
Thanks,
Mike

Posted on Nov 07, 2008 AT 01:10 AM in Hardwood Flooring • (1) Comments

It’s a Small World Indeed

• Posted by
• Megan Sprague

While bow hunting for whitetail deer in the beautiful
state of Illinois last week, I was reminded how it is a small world we
live in, and the genuine kindness of people stretches across our lands.

Having filled my tag, I had an extra day to kill so I decided to look up

a friend of an old client to ask permission to hunt his farm. I drove to
the road I had written down two years earlier, and knocked on the first
door I came across, without luck. I proceeded up the dirt road and
came across a large steel building, with the most beautiful view.

After knocking on the door, the gentleman that answered turned out to be
the friend of my client. I introduced myself as having worked with his
friend and before I could tell him what company I was with, he asked me
to step into the building, then he had me turn around to see the wall
behind us. He said, “look familiar?” It was a large wall of our
beautiful wide heart pine from end-to-end, leftovers from his friend’s
home I worked on.
When Jim said to me, “I have been waiting for you to stop in, and you
are more than welcome to hunt here”, I couldn’t believe it. This is from
a conversation I had with a client two years ago, and this gentleman
still remembered! The genuineness and kindness the man showed me is just
another of the many reasons I do what I do, and enjoy it so much. 

Rick

Posted on Nov 03, 2008 AT 03:36 AM in (2) Comments

Carlisle Attends Avenues Fall Release Party!

• Posted by
• Megan Sprague

Carlisle’s West Hollywood office is located in the heart of the Avenues of Art and Design. The magazine of the Art and Design district is called Avenues and they had their Fall Release party this past week! Dan O’Neill, a Sales and Design Consultant in our West Hollywood office, attended the event held at Fendi.

To view more photos, click here!

Here’s Dan chatting at the event.

Posted on Nov 02, 2008 AT 11:45 PM in News & Events • (2) Comments