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Carlisle Hardwood Walnut Flooring featured in Architectural Digest

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Carlisle's Wide Plank Walnut in Wisconsin Lakeside Home Featured in the October issue of Architectural Digest!

Architect Thomas R. Jones designs his parents, Ray and Janette, a cabin of their dreams on shores of Lake Superior. A beautiful combination of elaborate floor to ceiling windows, curved timber frame roof and other natural materials such as Carlisle’s wide plank walnut floors. Seen on page 170, the walnut floors are a natural fit with the Douglas fir beams and ledgestone.

Posted on September 12, 2008 at 03:02 PM in Hardwood Flooring • (0) Comments
DIY: Walnut wide plank floor installation in Colorado

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Sarah Bergren of our Denver office shares this information and personal letter from her clients Stan and Tracy!

Sarah -
We installed the floors this weekend. They look great. Everyone was impressed with the quality product. Installation went smoothly. I had to leave before we started to apply the oil, but Tracy has been able to get a couple of coats down. It looks like the brochure! Magnifico! You can check out our pictures here:
We're calling in a friend (professional) to do the stairs in a couple of weeks. Next up, new moulding and casing that we can match to the floors. Your advice is certainly welcome on that topic.
Thanks for helping me get through this. Let me know when you're coming up to Summit, and we'll get you in to take a look.
Regards,
Stan and Tracy

Posted on September 2, 2008 at 07:00 AM in DIY • (0) Comments
Designer Spotlight: Katharine Posillico McGowan-Katharine Jessica Interior Design of New York.

Posted by Megan Sprague
At Carlisle Wide Plank Floors, working with designers is part of our passion. Whether it’s a fifty floor high rise, private residence or a boutique hotel our design consultants have had countless opportunities to work on their share of stunning projects with the best of designers.

While researching one such project, Katharine Posillico McGowan came across Carlisle on an Internet search when a client of hers wanted to do a solid wood floor over radiant heat.

This particular project was a French chateau style home in Lloyd Harbor, Long Island. She chose our White Oak wide plank floors as they are a perfect fit for the old world/French chateau style and well suited over the radiant heat system the homeowner chose. “The wood captures the essence of the home’s old world look and adds an aged character to a new home,” mentions Katharine. She chose to use a dark stain on the white oak and in the dining room selected a very special Versailles pattern. Katharine adds, “my client loved the oak grain and how beautifully the wood took the stain”.

Katharine enjoys working with Todd Waterman, regional manager of our New York sales department. In commenting on the Lloyd Harbor project Katharine states, “he answered all of my questions and willingly sent numerous samples to make the process easier”.

Her work has been featured in Distinction Long Island magazine and was recognized as a one of the “10 New Designers to Watch” by New York Spaces magazine.

Just last month, Katharine was recognized at the 2008 Mansions and Millionaires Designer Showcase as the “Notable Designer” of the Mill Neck Manor Showcase.

To enjoy a video of a special interior design project we’ve done, click here.

Looking for a designer in the New York area—visit Katharine’s website.

Posted on September 1, 2008 at 02:00 PM in (0) Comments
True Hardwood Story: Green Frontier Festival in Denver, Colorado

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A few folks from our Denver office presented our wide plank wood floors at the Green Frontier Festival this past Sunday!

Here’s the report from Kevin, regional sales manager for Carlisle’s Denver office:

“This festival was a very pleasant surprise. While my hopes were high for a decent showing I wasn’t really sure what to expect. The fact it was occurring while the Democratic National Convention is here in Denver made me more excited at the possible opportunities. Booths varied from acupuncturists to “zero-net energy” neighborhoods (these neighborhoods actually produce their own energy). While organic food booths, environmentally friendly bag and clothing companies were around there were also more industrial based companies exhibiting that were focused on solar and wind power.

We purchased the last available space at the show and obviously had no ability to select its location. As luck would have it we were in the busiest thoroughfare in and out of the festival.

Chris Acosta and Mike Schuster were very helpful splitting the day with me at the booth. Booth received about the same number of leads and talked about Carlisle and our Green approach to flooring very well”

Posted on August 26, 2008 at 02:14 PM in Green Building • News & Events • (0) Comments
Carlisle Wide Plank Floors Teams up with Warmboard and Build It Green for an education Green Seminar

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It was an exciting event and drew sixty people to the seminar held in Palo Alto. The 30-minute presentation format allowed for each company’s educational snippet and a thorough question and answer session—where the audience was very enthusiastic and involved.

The speakers were: Amy Dryden from Build It Green (a LEED-like organization), Terry Alsberg of Warmboard, Paul Izenstark also of Warmboard (on the subject of solar heat) and Dan O’Neill from Carlisle Wide Plank Floors.

John Noble, also a member of the Warmboard group, gave me these details, “We diligently held to the speaker’s 30 minute allotment, as it became clear we’d blow past the time we had committed. We had two speakers go, then took a short bio break, and got right back to work. We decorated the walls with some plan sets that Jennifer (Build It Green) printed- a nice array of projects and I observed many people checking them out before the start and during the break. The room was extremely attentive and packed. Excellent questions were asked, the audience was clearly engaged in the material.”

“This was a very strong event. Because I spoke last, I had time to mingle and gauge the interest levels and subjects that people were in attendance to learn about. The group was very diverse with professionals, and different levels of knowledge on the various subjects. One of the most positive things was the amount of questions and interaction throughout,” shares Dan O’Neill Regional Manager of Carlisle’s West Hollywood location

Posted on August 21, 2008 at 08:06 AM in Green Building • (0) Comments