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Earthfest April 23—25, 2010

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• Chad Cassin

Jewett Farms Studio & Carlisle Wide Plank Floors

Two of New England’s premiers craftsmen have joined with other local businesses to create a truly gourmet Earth Day celebration. Earthfest. Featuring a whole weekend’s worth of the freshest all natural foods prepared by the finest local chefs.  Join us for entertaining cooking demonstrations and delicious food and drink.

In addition, you’ll be able to peruse examples of the Earths’ most beautiful, sustainably grown, custom wood floors, cabinetry, and furniture from Jewett Farms Studio and Carlisle Wide Plank Floors.

Earthfest
40th Anniversary of Earth Day

Jewett Farms Studio
58 Merrimac Street – Unit 1
Newburyport, Massachusetts

When:
Friday through Sunday
April 23–25, 2010

Date	Restaurant	Host	Time
Friday	David’s Tavern	Stephen Pfingst — Chef & Owner	7-8:30pm
Saturday	Not Your Average Joe’s	Mike Fraser — Chef	7-8:30pm
Sunday	Chococoa Baking Company	Julie Gagnon – Owner Alan Mons – Owner	10am-2pm

Both Friday and Saturday evenings organic & biodynamic wine selections will be offered by New England Wine & Spirits of Newburyport, Massachusetts paired especially with each Chef’s preparations.

Art Show
Artist in Residence
Barrie McDowell
Prints & Fiberglass

Posted on Mar 29, 2010 AT 04:27 AM in News & Events • (0) Comments

Prefinished floors are great choice in this home remodel

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• Christine Halvorson

A customer of ours, Shelly, sent along these photos of her recently installed Prefinished Eastern White Pine floor.  Her floors were also done in our hit-or-miss style.  Prefinished floors are a great option for families who don’t want or can’t take the time to store the boards upon arrival and to go through the staining process.  For a long time, Carlisle did not offer prefinished floors because we wanted to do it right.  We wanted to be sure we could deliver the traditional look for which we had become known, and we wanted to make sure we could do it in an environmentally responsible way.

Prefinished floors are done with Carlisle’s Custom Coat stains and topcoats and these are different than any others you’ll find on the market.  They are different in the way they were formulated and the are different in how they are applied. First off, we put the stains onto the BOTTOM of the boards as well—the part that isn’t going to show once you install it. This helps eliminate any moisture problems and is one of the things that makes us unique. We use the stain to seal the board up tight. Our stains also have an additive that inhibits the growth of mold and mildew.

Our stains and topcoats contain no VOCs—that’s Volatile Organic Compounds—which can escape into the air and cause health problems.

The hit-or-miss style is one of the handmade surfaces we offer to give your floor a bit more personality.

As with our unfinished floors, we can create virtually any look and style you want to build the floor of your dreams.

Posted on Mar 27, 2010 AT 12:36 AM in Hardwood Flooring • (2) Comments

Small kitchen transformation dramatic with the addition of wide plank floors

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• Christine Halvorson

Proving that wide plank floors can really change the look and feel of a kitchen, our customer Michele Johnson sent along these before-and-after photos of a project recently completed in her home. She added our Eastern White Pine to her floor and look at the dramatic transformation!

Furthermore, we often get questions regarding using such wide planks as ours in smaller rooms.  Some just aren’t sure small rooms and something that wide go togehter.  We think these photos prove what we’ve said all along—the answer is “Yes! It works!”

We discuss this idea of wide boards in small rooms here ,

Here’s what Michele wrote to us when she sent the photos:

“We finally got the beautiful new floor laid and I couldn’t be happier! It is truly lovely! I’d like to share the before and after photos with you. I think you will agree that there is a huge difference in the way the kitchen looks.”—Michele

Posted on Mar 26, 2010 AT 12:15 AM in (0) Comments

Near West Hollywood? Find Carlisle at the Art & Design Walk March 26 and 27

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• Christine Halvorson

Our west coast design center will be taking part in the celebration of the 25th anniversary of West Hollywood this coming weekend, March 26 and 27, so if you’re in that neighborhood, stop on by. Our showroom is in the same neighborhood with some of the top design firms and upscale home and interior retail shops, all of which will be opening their doors for this weekend walk, with special events and refreshments at many of them. Check out the full itinerary here.

Posted on Mar 22, 2010 AT 05:39 AM in News & Events • (0) Comments

Ceiling beams anybody?

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• Christine Halvorson

We love it when we stumble upon something like this home listing that shows the living room of a home that is for sale. This one—somewhere in the Atlanta, Georgia region—sports ceiling beams that apparently were provided by Carlisle and are now being used as one of the home’s selling points.

Posted on Mar 20, 2010 AT 04:08 AM in News & Events • (2) Comments