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Inspired by installing a Carlisle floor, one man now uses them throughout his spec home

Posted by Christine Halvorson

Laura, from Carlisle's Denver showroom, sent along these photos of a recently completed project featuring 7- to 12-inch Heart Pine. Seth, a person who installed the floors at the Denver showroom, fell in love with our dark Heart Pine at the time. When he ventured into designing and building a home to sell, he of course chose the Heart Pine, as you can see here in his kitchen (above) and dining room (below). This past spring, when the house was complete, he put it on the mark and it sold within three weeks. Dare we say it was the floors that did it? Well, maybe...or Seth's beautiful design and craftmanship throughout. Seth has a degree in architecture, owns a floor installation company and now is designing and building--as you can see.

Posted on June 10, 2009 at 02:08 PM in Customer Stories • (0) Comments
Three very different offices, same Carlisle floor

Posted by Christine Halvorson

Gary Ryer in our Stoddard offices sent along these photos from a repeat customer based in Fairhope, Alaska. Customer Gary Cox sent these along to show us the Carlisle floors he had installed in three offices in his company. Each of the offices is a bit different, but they all have our Country Premium White Oak, in 4- to 6-inch widths. We think they all look smashing. You? The customer says the first thing any visitor comments on is his floors.

Posted on June 1, 2009 at 01:22 PM in Customer Stories • (0) Comments
From New Hampshire to Michigan, this kitchen project got done

Posted by Christine Halvorson

Cheryl Workman and her husband came by Carlisle’s showroom and offices in Stoddard, New Hampshire last summer and fell in love with our Antique Oak floor. Six months later, they untook the renovation project—installing the Antique Oak in their small kitchen in Michigan. The floor shown here was prefinished with an Amber stain and is 7-inch widths. Cheryl writes…

…(The kitchen project) was a lot of mess, but so worth every minute of it. Thank you so much. I could not be happier.

—Cheryl Workman

Posted on May 22, 2009 at 02:02 PM in Customer Stories • (0) Comments
High-end builder has high praise for Carlisle floors

Posted by Christine Halvorson

We got a nice note from Von Salmi in April, letting us know he had a new website. He builds and designs homes and is based in Westminster, MA. Mr. Salmi wrote:

I have worked with Carlisle Wideplank Flooring and Rick Menard for almost 10 years. It has been a pleasure to work with such a professional organization. I work on very large homes with very discriminating clients who look for the unusual and most beautiful floors that we can install. I had an instance where the client wanted a mahogony floor in a master bath. Traditional Honduran Mahogony was the wrong look and Rick provided an Asian Mahogony as an alternative that completely fulfilled the interior designers' and clients' needs.

I have purchased everything from 4-inch White Oak quartered and rift sawn, quartered Walnut Herringbone, Custom Oak parquet to antique all Heart Pine flooring and Carlisle has delivered consistantly in quality and time on every order.

Whenever I am asked who I use for my flooring there is only one name that comes out of my mouth, Carlisle Wide Plank Flooring. I hope it is the only name that I will ever have to say.

A very satisfied customer,

Von Salmi, Pres.
Von Salmi and Associates, Inc.
Construction, Consulting and Design
P.O. Box 425
Westminster, MA 01473

Well, we're very satisfied when we hear this kind of thing from folks we've worked with over the years. Thanks, Von!

Posted on May 6, 2009 at 01:46 PM in Customer Stories • (0) Comments
All-American oak floor from Carlisle makes its way to New Zealand

Posted by Christine Halvorson

The team of designers in Carlisle's West Hollywood offices, including Dan O'Neil, recently got involved with something a little out-of-this-world. Okay, it was only half-way out of this world, all the way around the globe from Carlisle's headquarters to New Zealand and a home flooring project where the home owner wanted something a little out of the ordinary. He needed something that was big enough and unique enough to set off his marvelous view (see below).

The team created a series of samples and sent them, as well as photos and emails, to the homeowner. Ultimately he settled on a 12-inch wide, super long-length version of our White Oak flooring. The surface was finished with a light wire brush as well. The floor will ultimately be finished with some natural oils to keep them supple and able to move with the seasonal changes and the moist climate of New Zealand. The oils will keep them looking good as well, according to O'Neil. The boards were shipped by sea and allowed to acclimate to their new environment before they were installed, as usual. The photos here were taken by Peter Jones, who helped with the installation.

Posted on April 27, 2009 at 01:40 PM in Customer Stories • (0) Comments