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We love it when our customers send us their love

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  • Christine Halvorson

A customer from McMurray, PA, filled out a comment card with praise for her original grade Heart Pine flooring.

“We love our floor and as we get ready to redo our kitchen we will be in touch for more flooring,” wrote the customer.

The order was for 280 square feet of the Heart Pine, pre-finished with Gingerbread Stain with 7, 9 and 11-inch random face widths and 11-inch average lengths. (Read more about our stains here.)

[That’s a sample of our Heart Pine to the left.]

Posted on Aug 20, 2010 AT 05:29 AM in (2) Comments

Eastern White Pine really shines in this New Jersey home

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  • Christine Halvorson

Just take some really wide boards of Eastern White Pine.  Treat them naturally, with just a coating of Tung Oil. Here’s what you get! This project was in the home of Charlie and Sarah Hatfield of Lambertville, New Jersey. Check out the many personalities of Eastern White Pine here on our sample page and read more about this famous wood here. This wood was the first choice of the early Colonists in New England, who used it not just for floors but for their structural timbers and siding.  This wood was so plentiful that it had been called “the wood that spawned the American Industrial Revolution.”

It comes in widths from 6 to 20 inches and lengths up to 11 feet.  You might also wish to check out its southern cousin Longleaf Heart Pine.

Posted on Aug 17, 2010 AT 03:52 AM in Hardwood Flooring • (0) Comments

Customer says she’s in wood heaven

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  • Christine Halvorson

Rita Causey of Brea, California was kind enough to send us a note about her experience with installing one of our Hickory floors. She ordered 768 square feet of Premium Grade Hickory in 5- to 10-inch widths. The boards were delivered prefinished with Amber stain.  She said: “I am in wood heaven! My Carlisle wide plank Country Grade Hickory is beyond beautiful and I am in love with it…I have a Walnut kitchen island (distressed) and the contrast is gorgeous! Love real wood!”

Don’t take our word for it.  See Nancy’s note for yourself:

Comment_Card_Nita_Causey.pdf

We love real wood, too, obviously.

For more about our pre-finished options, click here.

Posted on Aug 13, 2010 AT 05:24 AM in (0) Comments

Beautiful Walnut floor for custom home in Rochester, NY

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  • Christine Halvorson

A customer in Rochester, NY had Carlisle craft the beautiful floor in these pictures for his custom home.

The floor is 8-inch wide heirloom grade American Black Walnut and finished with our high resin tung oil finish.

In the photos at left, note the rich dark chocolate color, purplish overtones and complex swirling grain patterns.

As Carlisle’s Glen Ranagan noted: “What a gorgeous floor in an incredible home!”

Posted on Aug 13, 2010 AT 04:57 AM in Hardwood Flooring • (0) Comments

Not your average floor staining project

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  • Christine Halvorson

We just loved this innovation in floor staining, used on one of Carlisle’s White Oak floors, done in 6-inch wide planks.  The floors were rift and quartered as well. This is the floor in a home builder’s own home, and the lovely pattern on the floor was created by Bill Corcoran of Neighborhood Hardwood Floors in nearby Nashua, New Hampshire.

What do you think? So far these boards don’t have a finish on them. We’ll show you those photos a little later.

Posted on Aug 10, 2010 AT 04:34 AM in Hardwood Flooring • (2) Comments

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