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Carlise White Oak floors to grace Habitat for Humanity house in Troy, N.H.

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• Jane Eklund

We are very honored to be part of a Habitat for Humanity project this spring and summer in Troy, New Hampshire, not far from Carlisle’s home base in Stoddard. Habitat for Humanity International brings together volunteers at locations around the world to build houses in partnership with families in need.

The new home that’s under way in Troy, sponsored by the Monadnock Chapter of Habitat for Humanity, will house a family with two young boys. Carlisle is donating flooring and installation for the house. We selected Carlisle Prefinished White Oak, which will be a perfect floor for the family to live and play on.

We expect to be installing the floors in mid to late August. Folks who would like to help out by donating money or time may do so through the Monadnock Habitat for Humanity website.

Here are photos of the house in progress. We’ll post more as the work continues!

Posted on Jun 07, 2011 AT 09:14 PM in News & Events • (0) Comments

Long Island kitchen designers blog about Carlisle Wide Plank Floors!

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• Jane Eklund

Many thanks to Ken and Grace Kelly of Kitchen Designs by Ken Kelly, who posted a lovely account of our New York City showroom grand opening.

That’s Grace and Ken in the photo, with Carlisle N.Y. Managing Director Dan McMillan (center) at the grand opening. Kitchen Designs by Ken Kelly is located on Long Island. In the blog post, Grace wrote:

“Wide plank floor lovers have a new reason to celebrate! Carlisle Wide Plank Floors just opened a new showroom in the Architects & Design Building in New York City at 150 East 58th St., New York, N.Y. Ken and I stopped by to say hello on opening night where we were greeted with great wine, wonderful hors d’oeuvres, and a live DJ. While there, we discovered a ‘must have’ walnut floor that is just perfect for the great-room (currently under renovation) in our Williston Park Showroom.”

Click here to read the rest of Grace’s post. You’ll find some great photos of our floors there, too.

We’re all looking forward to working with Ken and Grace!

Posted on Jun 06, 2011 AT 07:20 AM in News & Events • (4) Comments

The faces of our NYC showroom grand opening

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• Jane Eklund

As promised, we’re sharing with you our photographs of some of the designers, industry professionals, and others who came to help us celebrate the grand opening of our New York City showroom. We had a terrific night introducing the new showroom, located on the fifth floor of the Architects & Designers Building. If you haven’t had a chance to see it yet, please stop by soon! We’d love to show you around.

Here are a few photos to start you off; click on the “read more” link below for more. And watch upcoming Surface Blog entries for shots of the showroom itself!

Jordan Barkin of Kleber and Associates; Lygia Linardi of Westwood Flooring

Michelle Blair, director, National Network; Carlisle CEO Michael Stanek; Luxe Interiors and Design Publisher Jennifer Matthews

Annie Cecil and Kim Brown of Meredith Direct Media

D.J. Carey and K.C. Williams of Connecticut Cottages & Gardens

Alice Liao, editor of K+BB magazine; Shawn O’Neill, Kleber andAssociates

Posted on Jun 03, 2011 AT 02:44 AM in News & Events • (0) Comments

Thank You for Helping Us Celebrate our NYC Showroom!

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• Jane Eklund

Many thanks to all of you — designers, industry professionals, and wide-plank floor lovers – who came to celebrate the grand opening of our new showroom in the Architects & Design Building in New York City. We had a terrific time sharing new trends in wood flooring design with you all.

We invite you to continue the conversation with our NYC Personal Design Consultants, who are on hand to discuss your flooring needs. And if you didn’t make it to last week’s grand opening, please do stop by the showroom. You’ll find us on the fifth floor of the Architects & Design Building, 150 East 58th St., New York, N.Y. You can reach us by phone at 646-666-8276.

In related news: Congratulations to our lucky iPad winner, Young Huh!  She’s third from the left in the photograph, along with, from left, Woody Tomy, Michelle Tong, and a friend.

Thanks to all who entered our iPad contest while at the event.

Check back soon for more images from our grand opening in New York City!

Posted on Jun 01, 2011 AT 04:20 AM in News & Events • (2) Comments

Wide plank Birch and Pine floors a great fit for Rhode Island beach house

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• Jane Eklund

Ray and Nancy Coulombe decided to replace their family’s aging summer cottage in Green Hill, R.I., with a year-round beach house that would accommodate extended family gatherings and have a traditional Rhode Island sensibility. They turned to Carlisle for their floors, working with Glen Ranagan of our Stoddard, N.H., sales and design team.

Azzinaro & Larson Architects of Westerly, R.I., designed the ocean-side house, and Stephen Sullivan Inc. of Peacedale, R.I., was the builder.

The wide-plank floors are Birch and Eastern White Pine.

The Coulombe house is highlighted in Rhode Island Monthly’s 2011 Home Design issue, including a terrific feature story and lots of great photographs. Click here to read the feature. Scroll to page 90; the story is titled “Sea Life.”

We love this house and the story it has to tell. We should also note, for the many interested people who ask us whether wide plank floors are workable when they’re installed near water, that the Coulombe’s house is just one of many seaside, lakeside, and riverside residences that feature beautiful Carlisle floors. Read the story and see for yourself!

Posted on May 30, 2011 AT 04:24 AM in Home Building & Contracting • (2) Comments