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Massachusetts kitchen floor gets Carlisle White Oak as compromise between antique and rustic

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  • Christine Halvorson

Earlier this summer, the Keanes from Weston, Massachusetts, had prefinished Carlisle floors installed in their kitchen. The couple settled on the prefinished Old Growth White Oak when she wanted Antique Oak, but he was looking for something less rustic in character. The perfect compromise was Old Growth White Oak and we think the results speak for themselves. Beth Keane wrote us to say that her visitors “gush” about the floors everytime they come in the kitchen. “They’re a real hit,” she writes.

These floors are done in 5- to 10-inch widths and have an Amber finish and a very slight bevel. The floor is also installed over radiant heat, which some customers wonder about. It’s one of the most common questions we get and we always answer by saying radiant heat is our favorite heat source for our floors. When these floors began their lives way back when as trees, homes were heated with inefficient wood stoves or fireplaces and wood was the most common floor choice. With a radiant heat system, the heat is distributed much more evenly and it’s much more stable for the wood. The wood we use is of the highest quality and extremely stable, which makes it a perfect match for radiant heat floors.

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Posted on Oct 06, 2009 AT 05:40 PM in (3) Comments

Hemphill’s in Costa Mesa, California now offering Carlisle floors

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  • Christine Halvorson

We were thrilled to see Hemphill’s Rugs and Carpets of Costa Mesa, California adding us to their stellar list of suppliers. Hemphill’s serves southern California with carpet, rug and hardwood floors. They also have a blog and recently mentioned Carlisle in it with a look at how we harvest the trees, work with loggers and sawyers and how we dry the wood. Thank you to Hemphill’s!

Posted on Oct 06, 2009 AT 08:24 AM in News & Events • (0) Comments

Monday Morning Mailbag: Carlisle floors seen as centerpiece of new Pennsylvania home

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  • Christine Halvorson

Chad and Erin Shaffer of New Bethlehem, Pennsylvania dropped us a note to tell us the Carlisle floors they had installed in their new home have become the centerpiece of that home!
The Shafers worked with Carlisle’s Scott Ogden to choose 610 square feet of our Premium Grade Old Growth Hickory, in 8-inch nominal widths. It was pre-finished with our Amber Custom Coating. They also got 440 square feet of the same floor with a hand-scraped face and edge for a custom look.

You can see what they had to say here:
Scanned_Card_Sept_14_arrival.pdf

Posted on Oct 04, 2009 AT 08:29 PM in (0) Comments

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