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It’s the pictures telling this story of ultra-modern decor mixing with traditional wood floors

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• Christine Halvorson

While it’s cliche to say a picture is worth a 1,000 words, it’s easy to see how the cliche came to be when you look at the pictures of this home owned by Heidi Mellin. The recently completed home was built by Old Greenwich Builders and the floor was installed by Front Range Floor Specialists Nate Sauer.  But, it’s the photos that tell the story.

The home style is described as “mid-century modern.”

The floor is all 6-inch wide select and premium grade White Oak with micro beveled edges. The finish is White WOCA oil with Naturale as the final top coat. You can see more about these types of custom finishes here.

Photo credits: (cr) Copyright 2009, Ryan Policky – flickr.com/ryanpolicky

Posted on Aug 30, 2009 AT 11:19 PM in Home Building & Contracting • (2) Comments

Knots and character for Iowa cabin

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• Christine Halvorson

A customer looking to floor his Iowa cabin chose Hickory from Carlisle specifically for its knots and character.  He sent us this note when the floor arrived at his home for installation.

“I unloaded the semi last night and the flooring looks amazing! Thank you and your staff for including so many long and wider boards for the run. I am just thrilled with the way the boards turned out and the ‘rustic look’ that they have. The hard part now will be idenifying which boards will go were for the install to highlight the rustic areas,” wrote customer Robert Goldman.

The order was for 1,000 square feet of 4- to 8-inch random face width long run Hickory.

Posted on Aug 29, 2009 AT 01:01 AM in (0) Comments

Jewett Farms Studios Wednesday Continuing Education Series

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• Chad Cassin

Jewett Farms Studio in conjunction with its partners at Carlisle Wide Plank Floors is pleased to announce a new wednesday continuing education units (C.E.U.S) series

Date	Topic	Speaker	Time
September 9, 2009	Radiant Heat Options	Mark Nichols	7-8:30pm
November 11, 2009	All Things Green	Mark Nichols	7-8:30pm
February 3, 2010	Antique Woods	Mark Nichols	7-8:30pm

Jewett Farms Studio

58 Merrimac Street, Unit 1

Newburyport, Massachusetts 01950

Please R.S.V.P. With Elena Bachrach of Jewett Farms Studio
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Posted on Aug 27, 2009 AT 10:22 PM in News & Events • (3) Comments

A hole in one for this White Oak floor in North Carolina clubhouse

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• Christine Halvorson

Matt Farhm of Carlisle worked long and hard to ace this one — the clubhouse of a golf community in Highlands, N.C.

Matt spent three months working with the designers, another three months with the builder, then with the installation crew that laid down 4,300 square feet of premium White Oak.

Matt reports that the floor was done in 5- to 10-inch widths and glued directly to the slab, which was well cured and showing no moisture problems. The floor was stained with Sturbridge brown, then three coats transparent and one coat satin Tung oil.

As the pictures attest, this project was a hole in one when it came to the results.

Posted on Aug 27, 2009 AT 10:03 PM in (0) Comments

One happy Carlisle customer helps out another

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• Christine Halvorson

Our customers sometimes rely on each other for advice on their flooring, as evidenced by an exchange among two Texans and personnel here at Carlisle. We love it when customers agree to be “references” for us. It’s sort of like we’re applying for a job—which we are, kind of!

So, Rodney Stephenson of Hempstead was thinking about a rustic wide plank floor that would have to be glued directly to a concrete slab. He also had questions about the softness of the pine.

With the help of Carlisle, he got advice from customer Jonnie Steffek in Richmond, who had installed her floor not that long ago. She told Rodney about an installation of Eastern White Pine.

Said Jonnie: “I went with the unfinished wood rather than pre-finished. My reason for that is, I like floors to show wear/pathways/knot holes.”

Carlisle supplied information to the client about gluing to the slab and the softness issue.

Jonnie wrote: “As far as being ‘soft’, that may be; however, in my book, ‘dings’ add character.  I had a friend long ago, that would buy an antique, then refinish it to the point that it looked like it came direct from a furniture store…We have a few antiques scattered throughout the house, but they are old, and they look old.”

Jonnie invited Rodney over to her neck of the woods to see her floors for himself.  We are indebted!

Posted on Aug 27, 2009 AT 09:53 AM in Hardwood Flooring • (0) Comments