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Hardwood or pine a great choice for the bedroom

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• Jane Eklund

Thinking about a wood floor for your bedroom? It’s a perfect choice, no matter what look you’re hoping to achieve. Depending on the wood and the finishing options you choose, you can create a room that’s rustic or elegant, classic or contemporary, light and airy, or deep and warm. Here’s just a sampling of bedrooms to give you some ideas:

Milled Barnwood Children’s Bedroom

Ash Bedroom

Eastern White Pine Bedroom

Walnut Bedroom

Antique Heart Pine Bedroom

Posted on Apr 26, 2011 AT 10:53 PM in Hardwood Flooring • (2) Comments

Hickory dickory floor: Classy and classic and more!

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• Jane Eklund

Okay, so we may not be Mother Goose, but we still want you to have a gander at this fabulous Hickory wide plank floor, installed last October. With uniform 7-inch face widths, this traditional blend hickory floor by Carlise is a good example of what we can do to create exactly the look you want. The floor was installed and then finished on-site with Tung Oil and a stain created in our Custom Shop of three parts Oatmeal Stout and one part Indian Summer stain. Oatmeal Stout, by the way, is named for a traditional brew whose ingredients include oats, so we’re sure Mother Goose, with her “Peas Porridge Hot,” would approve.

Posted on Apr 24, 2011 AT 10:36 PM in Hardwood Flooring • (0) Comments

Wood: The ultimate Earth Day flooring material

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• Jane Eklund

Happy Earth Day from all of us at Carlisle Wide Plank Floors. On this day that celebrates responsible stewardship of our planet and its natural resources, we’re proud to note that our products are “green.”

A posting on the website of Hardwood Floors magazine lists the many ways in which wood flooring is good for the environment. Here are just a few:

1. Hardwood forests are sustainable. Average annual net growth for hardwoods is greater than average annual removals.
2. Hardwood floors are healthy. Indoor air quality is excellent with wood floors.
3. Wood reduces global warming. It is a carbon neutral product that produces oxygen during its growth cycle and stores carbon during its service life.

Click here to read the rest of the posting.

Click here to learn more about Carlisle’s commitment to the environment.

And have a wonderful Earth Day!

Posted on Apr 21, 2011 AT 10:20 PM in Green Building • (2) Comments

Ordering a custom floor in hardwood, pine or reclaimed wood is as easy as picking up the phone

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• Jane Eklund

We love to meet with customers at one of our several showrooms across the United States, but we’re just as happy to talk by phone with folks who don’t live within driving distance of a Carlisle Design Center. So whether you just want information or you’re ready to buy a floor, give us a call.

Our aim is to make purchasing a floor easy and rewarding for you. We start by listening to your ideas, and then sharing our knowledge. We love to offer suggestions, but we’ll never pressure you into making a decision.

You can start by visiting our website, which is designed to give you a complete introduction to our company and the floors we sell, including the types of wood we offer and how to compare styles, grades, and custom options. Feel free to fill our online shopping basket with your favorite choices for further consideration and discussion. When you’re ready to begin a conversation with a member of our sales staff, call us at 1-800-9663. We’ll be happy to create samples so you can get a sense of the wood, stain colors, and finishing options that you’re considering.

We love to talk floors and we want to create exactly the look you want. Your sales rep will:

* Help you decide on the wood type and finish, based on your input and budget.

* Help you determine your square footage.

* Work with you directly or coordinate the efforts of you and your architect, builder or designer.

* Guide you or your installer through the installation and finishing process with both written instruction and phone assistance.

* Coordinate the delivery and installation with you or your builder/renovator.

* Set up the delivery directly to the job site.

Are you ready for a new floor that will be the highlight of your house? Take a look at our buying guide, browse our floors, then pick up the phone. It’s as easy as that.

Posted on Apr 20, 2011 AT 11:27 PM in Hardwood Flooring • (2) Comments

White Oak floor featured in Luxe Interiors magazine

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• Jane Eklund

A recent issue of Luxe Interiors + Design Magazine features a photograph of a recent home renovation by a California design team. The builder describes gutting the house, removing electricity and plumbing, and adding a redesigned second floor. Large windows were installed to balance out the brick and concrete construction of the house.

One of the designers describes the interior, including the Carlisle White Oak floor: “I wanted to embrace the essence of modernism — the open, airy spaces, the merging of rooms, the big glass walls and lots of light — but, at the same time, I wanted to give the house a more down-home, family friendly personality that I felt could be accomplished through using more imperfect finishes, things with knots and distinctive grains and color variation. So, for example, the Carlisle Wide Plank Floors have a hand-scraped edge, and the hand-carved Robert Kuo marble tile in the master bath also has a sort of handmade quality that encourages a tactile experience.”

Click here for a link to the photograph.

Posted on Apr 18, 2011 AT 10:30 PM in (0) Comments