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Design Tips fromMonica MacKenzie Designs and This Old House on Historic Home Renovations

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• Shanon Sterrett

This Old House magazine and television series has always been a great source for home renovation and resoration advice when it comes to old homes. 

Recently Monica MacKenzie, interior designer and general contractor from Hingham, MA was featured on This Old House, for her work at the historic Benjamin King House.  She called to share the good exciting news that among other amazing architectural details, Carlisle Wide Plank Long Leaf Heart Pine Floors were chosen for the new kitchen addition! 

Open the video and click on can watch the entire video but you will find the Monica MacKenzie series if you click on "Segment 4".  Gather some great ideas for your historic home renovation. (photo from http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/tv/video/0,,20552167,00.html)

Posted on Apr 09, 2012 AT 12:46 PM in Accessories • Beams • By Room • Kitchens • By State • Massachusetts • Carlisle Customers • Builder • Designer • Eyes On Carlisle • News & Events • Floors meant for Families • Home Building & Contracting • Home Styles • Restoration • Install & Finish: Stories/Information • Pine Flooring • Eastern White Pine • Reclaimed Flooring • Reclaimed Heart Pine • Residential • Restoration Projects • Showrooms • Stoddard, NH • Video Library • Wide Plank Specialists • Lynne Rafuse • (0) Comments

2012 Best Blogger Nominee Mentions Carlisle Floors In a Recent Post

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• Shanon Sterrett

Todd Vendituoli of Todd Vendutioli Construction, and 2012 Best Blogger of the Year for the Construction Industry, gave a nice mention to Carlisle Wide Plank Floors in a recent blog post. 

We can tell he has been doing his homework about our floors!  "Did you know that when most mills make 5000 quare feet of flooring PER HOUR we do about 350 square feet PER HOUR!"  It is not because of our machines, our molders could run about 10 times faster than they actually do, but we made the decision to deliver the best milled product in the industry by milling each board slowly, one at a time, one floor at a time.

Check out the blog post here: http://www.thebuildingblox.com/2012/03/carlisle-wide-plank-floors.html.

Follow Todd on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/#!/TALV58.

Thanks Todd for the great blog post and for sharing the word about Carlisle floors.

 

Posted on Mar 16, 2012 AT 07:06 AM in Eyes On Carlisle • (0) Comments

Colorado Bungalow gets a makeover - Wide Plank White Oak and Rubio Finish

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• Shanon Sterrett

This cute Western Colorado bungalow went through some major renovations.  Part of the renovation included Carlisle floors.   The customers worked with Wide Plank Specialist, Sarah Bergren, of our Denver, CO showroom. 

Check out the before and after photos including Carlisle wide plank White Oak flooring, 6-10" wide and finished with a Rubio treatment.

 

Posted on Mar 15, 2012 AT 10:45 AM in By State • Colorado • Carlisle Customers • Homeowners • Doing Business with Carlisle • Eyes On Carlisle • Hardwood Flooring • White Oak • Showrooms • Denver, CO • Site Finishing • Wide Plank Specialists • Sarah Bergren • (0) Comments

A new look “drifts” into Carlisle’s NH Showroom

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• Shanon Sterrett

The term "Driftwood" has been heard throughout the design community for many years now, and conures up images of the weathered grey appearance that is the hallmark of ocean front homes, wood remnants found along the beach, lobster traps and the like.  Today, design professionals want to replicate this look for their clients, but who wants to wait for years to do this?

Our Stoddard, NH showroom was ready for a makeover so what better way to test out this look!  So our expert finishers at Carlisle created a perfect treatment to achieve the driftwood look on 10-15" Wide Red Oak planks installed in our showroom.

Are you looking for this for your project?  Check out our photos and tips to create your look!

 

Posted on Mar 08, 2012 AT 03:32 PM in By State • New Hampshire • Commercial Projects • Eyes On Carlisle • Home Styles • waterfront • Showrooms • Stoddard, NH • (0) Comments

Get the Most Value When Remodeling Your Kitchen-Part 2

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• Patrick Kennedy

In the first article, Getting the Most Value When Remodeling Your Kitchen – Part 1, we learned that to gain the most value from your investment you should expect to invest between 10-20% of the value of your home in your kitchen. In this segment we’ll discuss the next critical consideration – your kitchen floor plan.

Posted on Feb 28, 2012 AT 08:39 AM in By Room • Kitchens • Eyes On Carlisle • News & Events • Home Building & Contracting • Planning for your New Floors • (0) Comments