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Kennebunkport home gets Eastern White Pine makeover

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• Christine Halvorson

Some customers who re-did rooms in their Kennebunkport, Maine home recently sent us these photos of the finished product.  The Carlisle floors are Eastern White Pine boards that were hand-scraped in 13- to 20-inch widths. They are finished in Concord Honey and Tung Oil.  The floors were installed a year ago and they tell Crystal, our sales and design consultant, that when they have visitors to their home, everyone wants to measure the boards because they are so wide.  These folks may be doing a another floor with us real soon.

 

Posted on Jul 29, 2009 AT 04:31 AM in (0) Comments

What’s in store: Terrene and Carlisle Wide Plank Floors

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• Chad Cassin

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Come see us at the Capital Home Show

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• Chad Cassin

Capital Home Show

September 25-27, 2009
Booth #2833 in South Hall

Dulles Expo Center
4368 Chantilly Shopping Center
Chantilly, VA 20153-1075
www.capitalhomeshow.com

Show Hours:

Friday	September 25th	10:00am-9:00pm
Saturday	September 26th	10:00am-9:00pm
Sunday	September 27th	10:00am-6:00pm

Posted on Jul 28, 2009 AT 01:16 AM in News & Events • (0) Comments

Down in Louisiana, Carlisle’s Eastern White Pine is a hit

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• Christine Halvorson

Here’s a homeowner who has installed 10-inch wide Eastern White Pine with hit-or-miss miling.  The floor is stained with Bradford Umber and finished with Tung oil.  This was completely a do-it-yourself project. The installation and finishing were done by the customer. He’s so happy he may be doing a bedroom floor soon. He writes:

“We get complements all the time. People love it and can’t get over the fact that I did it myself. It’s funny. Some people just go on and on about it. We’re very pleased.”

Posted on Jul 27, 2009 AT 04:24 AM in (0) Comments

Carlisle partners with Crown Point in contributing a little something to Homes for Our Troops

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• Christine Halvorson

We were delighted when our good friends at Crown Point Cabinetry asked us about building materials for a project they were doing for Homes for Troops, a favorite group of Crown Point’s president Brian Stowell.  Back in May, Brian came to us looking for some Antique Heart Pine for cabinets he would donating to the organization. We rustled some up for his project, which is now well underway and the cabinets are due to be installed in the new house very soon.

As you’ll see by this blog post over at Wood Shavings, Crown Point has been working with Homes for Troops for some time now, having completed five projects with them. Homes for Troops raises money, finds building materials and recruits skilled labor to build adapted homes for members of the military who come home from their tours of duty with injuries. The most recent project is for a young man who is now paralyzed from the upper chest down as a result of sniper fire in Iraq.

This particular home will meet a very high standard for energy efficiencies and being environmentally friendly. Crown Point handcrafts universal cabinetry from Carlisle’s responsibly reclaimed Antique Heart Pine. Production for the home for Visnu Gonzalez (upper left)  in New Jersey is underway now at Crown Point headquarters (left). The cabinetry includes such adaptations as open areas under the counter space and cabinets that are shorter than standard. There are also pull-down features to the upper cabinets, according to Crown Point’s designer Melissa Billings.

Crown Point Cabinetry has been our partner for a while. We provide them with reclaimed wood for use in making their wonderful cabinets.  We often work together when there’s a trade show, by using their cabinets in our booth and our floors in their booth. It’s a great partnership and we’re delighted to have gotten involved in this worthy cause with them.

[Photos courtesy of Crown Point Cabinets and Homes for Our Troops.]

Posted on Jul 24, 2009 AT 05:05 AM in (0) Comments