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Blogger highlights our eco-friendly Reclaimed flooring

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• Jane Eklund

We love it when people spread the word about Carlisle floors through their blogs. A June 14 post in the Cabinets & Furniture Trends & Information blog takes an admiring look at our Antique Reclaimed wide plank floors.

Lumber from buildings slated for demolition is increasingly being salvaged and repurposed, the blogger writes. “One of the companies that is leading the charge in this regard is Carlisle Wide Plank Floors. Their reclaimed flooring has achieved full FSC certifications for the chain of custody, meaning each board has been in its care from old building demolition to new customer purchase. They even provide a commemorative personalized portfolio that sets forth the history of the wood, which just has to be the ultimate conversation piece when you’re showing off your new floor!”

Click here to check out the entire post.

Click here to read more about our commitment to the environment and the community.

Posted on Jun 24, 2011 AT 03:02 AM in Green Building • (2) Comments

Custom finished Hickory floors a perfect fit in new home in seaside Rockport, Mass.

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• Jane Eklund

Thanks to architect David Mehlin for sending along these terrific photos of our Heirloom Hickory floors, which were recently installed in a Rockport, Massachusetts home that Mehlin designed. Builder Tom Anderson of Rockport did the installation. Carlisle Sales and Design Consultant Glen Ranagan of our Stoddard, New Hampshire location worked on the project from our end.

Those of you who aren’t familiar with Hickory will be interested to know that, in addition to being an extremely tough wood, it offers contrasting patterns of clear yellow and rich brown heartwood, making for a really striking floor (as you’ll see in the photographs).

The flooring in the Rockport house has 8-inch face widths, and was prefinished at our Custom Shop with Whitewashed Fence stain.

Posted on Jun 20, 2011 AT 01:04 AM in Hardwood Flooring • (0) Comments

Carlisle introduces Watermill flooring

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• Jane Eklund

Carlisle Wide Plank Floors unveils its Watermill texture for wood flooring — a new process that replicates the look of older floors whose boards were originally rough sawn through the use off riverside watermills. These floors, installed centuries ago, were never planed or scraped smooth prior to installation. Over the years these saw marks became worn smooth through foot traffic, but they remained as undulations in the board.

By leaving the original saw marks on its timber, Carlisle’s Watermill texture is an authentic reproduction of this process, compared to faux marks put into boards in an obvious pattern. Carlisle’s planks are then individually brushed to soften the texture, while also adding texture to the entire surface, creating a more harmonious worn look. Scroll down to the photo below to see a sample of our Walnut flooring finished with Watermill texture.

“Our Watermill texture replicates a historic process, allowing us to craft floors with the eternal reminder of a bent tooth in the original sawyer’s watermill saw,” says Chris Sy, national sales director for Carlisle. “We incorporated the brushing technique afterwards to give the boards a naturally worn look. By doing this you can have a floor that looks 200 years old the day you install it in your home.”

What makes Carlisle’s Watermill texture so unique is that it is an exact replica of the original, easily seen marks representing the original production methods. Custom-made Watermill floors will perform the same and have the same life span as all other Carlisle floors, each of which is capable of lasting more than 200 years.

For more information on brushing or Carlisle’s other wood texture options, call 1-800-595-9663 or visit www.wideplankflooring.com.

About Carlisle Wide Plank Floors:

  For more than 40 years, Carlisle Wide Plank Floors has produced the finest restored and reproduced premium wood floors, available nationwide in a vast selection of lengths, widths and finishes that rival the flooring industry. Every Carlisle floor is custom-made, created one board at a time and tailored for the customer by skilled New England craftsmen. Specializing in wider planks, Carlisle uses only the sturdiest center from the best-grown trees to ensure customers receive a floor that is treasured for generations. The Carlisle team is proud to not only give a deserved second life to a cherished resource, but the company also helps to reduce the stress on American forests. Put simply, Carlisle believes that the surface inside the home or commercial establishment should reflect and respect the living surface nature created outside of it. For more information or to find the nearest Carlisle showroom location, call 1-800-595-9663 or visit www.wideplankflooring.com.

Posted on Jun 16, 2011 AT 10:38 PM in Hardwood Flooring • News & Events • (2) Comments

We’ll be on hand at ASID Meet-and-Greet in Boston June 22

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• Jane Eklund

We’re looking forward to meeting members of the American Society of Interior Designers’ New England chapter Wednesday, June 22, at a New Member Meet-and-Greet hosted by Design Within Reach, 519 Tremont Street, Boston. The event is scheduled for 6:30-8 p.m., and will include wine, light refreshments, and an opportunity to meet ASID’s president and president elect.

Carlisle Design Consultants Lynne Rafuse and Shanon Sterrett will be on hand to talk with members of ASID about our wide-plank floors in hardwood, pine, and antique reclaimed woods.

Carlisle is an industry partner with ASID.

For more information on the event, click here to see the ASID New England calendar, or e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

We hope to see you there!

Posted on Jun 15, 2011 AT 03:23 AM in News & Events • (0) Comments

Cherry Creek, Colo., Walnut floors featured in Luxe Interiors + Design magazine

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• Jane Eklund

A stunning herringbone-pattern Walnut floor from Carlisle graces the cover of Luxe Interiors + Design, Colorado, spring 2011 edition. Our Walnut floors are featured in the entry hall, the dining room, and the kitchen of the house, a grand, newly built home in Cherry Creek, Colorado, that combines the look and feel of earlier times with contemporary sensibilities.

The entire house is the focus of a multi-page story and photo spread in the Luxe issue. Says David Neumann of Neumann Lewis Buchanan Architects in Washington D.C.: “Our firm is all about designing new houses that look old, with layouts that work with contemporary life yet speak of a different era.”

It’s a perfect fit for Carlisle!

Click here to take a look at the cover and read the entire story

Posted on Jun 10, 2011 AT 12:06 AM in News & Events • (0) Comments