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Carlisle partners with Crown Point Cabinetry again

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• Christine Halvorson

Carlisle partners with Crown Point Cabinetry, based in Claremont, New Hampshire—which is not too far from our Stoddard, New Hampshire headquarters. We often provide Crown Point with reclaimed wood for them to make into customized cabinets, and you’ll often see our floors under Crown Point cabinets when they are being shown at trade shows and such.

We wanted to share a few photos with you from a recent photo shoot for Crown Point Cabinets. Three different types of cabinets were used in this extensive remodeling project in Suffern, New York—and all of them are sitting upon Carlisle floors. The photos show the kitchen, the bar and a breakfast room, where Crown Point’s cabinets have been customized to have a look of a vintage sideboard. The kitchen cabinets are Quarter-sawn Oak, the bar features Mahogany and the breakfast room is done in Maple cabinets.

Christine Dunleavy, the designer from Crown Point, was the one responsible for meeting the customer’s specifications in this extensive project. It all looks great and we think the floors are the perfect complement, don’t you?

Read about our other partnerships here.

Posted on Dec 15, 2009 AT 03:22 AM in Home Building & Contracting • Restoration Projects • (2) Comments

Monday Morning Mailbag: Old School Style Hickory

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• Christine Halvorson

We thought this one stunning photograph tells the whole story on this project, a newly built cabin in Overland Park, Kansas. Our customer, Don Gill, worked with Carlisle’s Jason Wolfe to get this project done. The floor is done in 4- to 8-inch wide Hickory with a Tung oil finish. When he sent us this photograph, Mr. Gill wrote, “Check out your floor, it’s really impressive, to say the least. We moved in over Thanksgiving …… three plus years of construction. Thanks for your help and perseverance.”

Well, we think it’s pretty impressive, but we might have a bias.

Got questions about Carlile’s floors? You can request a brochure here: http://www.wideplankflooring.com/request-information/, but rest assured, we’re always happy to talk on the phone. Call us 1-800-595-9663 and we’ll give you a virtual tour of favorite floors and yours.

Posted on Dec 14, 2009 AT 02:17 AM in Hardwood Flooring • (0) Comments

Carlisle’s prefinished hardwood floors save the day in massive renovation project

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• Christine Halvorson

By now, the renovations had proceeded nicely and there was a time crunch to finish the project. It was mid-August and they needed to begin installing by mid-September. Stephanie ultimately suggested McKeon go with Carlisle’s pre-finished option, where the boards would be finished in our own sample shop and delivered ready to install. She said they had some planks just delivered that were 1-inch wider than McKeon had originally settled on, but would offer it at the same price.

“The floor is just stunning. Gorgeous! It worked perfectly with all the other floors in our house, which was really three houses put together and attached to our new addition.”

“I really came to see the beauty of pre-finished as an option. It came and was ready to install, so we had a big savings in time and labor.”

In the end, McKeon writes, “I didn’t want to throw any of the scraps away, so I used them to create a display shelf above my kitchen cupboards. You can’t see them, they’re just holding decorative items—but I love knowing they are there.”

McKeon’s father was born in that farmhouse and had four siblings, all of whom are now scattered everywhere and each have had their own children, of course. Each year in June, his father staged a family reunion called Farm Fest and, again, each fall they gathered for what became known as Autumn Fest. McKeon’s deadline to get the renovations done became Autumn Fest on Columbus Day weekend, 2009.

Some neighbors down the road from the McKeon farmhouse were invited to come see the renovations. They were so impressed they may consider using Carlisle for renovations of their own. McKeon is ready to be a kind of coach to them if they do so. “I’m ready to take on another project and I would certainly use Carlisle again,” he said.

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Posted on Dec 10, 2009 AT 01:12 AM in Restoration Projects • (2) Comments

Carlisle’s Ash Flooring in a Traditional Farmhouse

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• Chad Cassin

Shannon worked with Michelle & Roland Hankey to design a Wide Plank Ash Floors for their new home in Remington, VA. They built a new home, wanted a wide plank floor to achieve a Traditional Farmhouse look, but came to us late in the process so they had to find something that would work for their budget. She designed a floor for them in 3-12” Wide Planks. By mixing the wide widths with the narrow widths they achieved the perfect farmhouse look, and kept the cost down. To save even more money they installed and finished the floors themselves!

I am sending you some of our photos…We love our floors and we love the look it gives our home. My hardwood floor installer, AKA husband, is out of town for another week. When he gets back we will write our account of the installation process. We do have a fair amount of flooring left over and will be ordering a bit more to do another room in the near future…”

Ash with Bradford Umber Stain

Posted on Dec 10, 2009 AT 12:18 AM in (0) Comments

Even the delivery gets praise with Carlisle’s custom hardwood floors

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• Christine Halvorson

We always like to provide great customer service at every step of the process when people buy our custom hardwood floors, but we rarely get praise just for the delivery method we use!

Carolyn and Scott MacGlashan of Maryland were a little anxious about a tractor trailer delivery of their new floor, our unfinished Hickory.

Adam Whitney, who is our guy in Carlisle’s Washington, D.C. showroom, assured them that the delivery would be just fine and, indeed, it was stellar, as the photos attest.

The MacGlashans wrote Adam that our “selection of Con-way Freight as their delivery agent was a most enjoyable experience. The driver, Mr. Troy Carls, is to be commended, to include his most friendly manner, and pride of creating a satisfied customer.”

And they like what they see so far, saying they are “especially pleased with the grade, various width boards, and especially the majority of long board lengths” that came in the delivery. The next step is installation.

We look forward to their report — and their pictures — when they’re done.

Posted on Dec 06, 2009 AT 11:59 PM in Home Building & Contracting • (0) Comments