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Carlisle’s Hickory floors featured in Lighthouse Point “green” development in Plymouth, MA

Posted by Christine Halvorson

We’re excited to be working with Richard McLaughlin of Terrene Sustainable Building Supply in South Yarmouth, MA on a project he’s developing in Plymouth, Massachusetts, with a focus on “green building.” Terrene is one of several retail partners we work with in helping customers find the right floor for the project. You can see our own president, Don Carlisle, speaking about the partnership with Terrene Sustainable Building Supply on ““What’s in Store”“:http://www.wideplankflooring.com/blog/detail/whats-in-store-terrene-and-carlisle-wide-plank-floors/, a Boston-based television program.

The Lighthouse Point Residences were constructed this past summer and eventually 14 homes will be ready for purchase there. Carlisle’s Hickory floors, done in 3- to 7-inch widths, are featured in the development’s model home which opened in August. You can see photos of the model below. The Hickory floors were finished with four coats of a Tung Oil natural finish.

Richard says he’s been selling Carlisle floors to his customers for about 8 months and really wanted to showcase the floors at Lighthouse Point, where the whole focus of the housing project is green building design and construction.

“Visitors to the site are very impressed at the grains and richness in the wood,” Richard said. “The finish is amazing. We have put Cherry into the next unit with the Tung oil as well. We have just received White Oak to be installed in the third unit. I am sure that when the buyers see these floors they will choose Carlisle floors when they go to design their own units at our development.”

“Sustainable building practices aren’t just good for the planet. They also increase energy efficiency, reduce maintenance, and provide a healthier, more comfortable living environment for families and pets,” he writes. “That’s why we made such a strong commitment to integrating green construction and design into the residences at Light House Point.”

Got a question about Carlisle floors? We’re always happy to talk. Call us at 1-800-595-9663.

Posted on October 13, 2009 at 03:50 PM in Green Building • Home Building & Contracting • (0) Comments
Using Carlisle’s antique flooring has “sentimental value” for this customer

Posted by Christine Halvorson

A customer in Pennsylvania sent us these shots of his recently installed Antique Milled Barnwood, which he tells us has “sentimental value” for him. John Cassimatis has been working with Carlisle for a few years and now plans another floor in Antique Oak.

Posted on October 1, 2009 at 11:56 AM in Green Building • (0) Comments
Stunning New York City home gets some stunning Carlisle floors to match

Posted by Christine Halvorson

Bulson Managment, a general contractor that builds and renovates residential and commerical properties in the New York City area, sent along these photos of Carlisle floors recently laid down in a renovation project on Franklin Street in New York. The Carlisle floors included 1,450 square feet of 6- to 9-inch Antique Oak and 1,450 square feet of 3- to 7-inch Country Grade White Oak mixed together. Both have a Tung Oil finish.

Posted on September 4, 2009 at 11:07 AM in Green Building • Home Building & Contracting • (0) Comments
On Broadway, our Carlisle crews have beautified J. Crew’s decor

Posted by Christine Halvorson

Carlisle has now had its floors installed in a number of J.Crew retail stores around the country and the photos below show the latest project, this time on Broadway in Manhattan. The floors and dressing rooms, plus the cabinetry, were all done in custom-graded milled barn wood. These boards were reclaimed by Carlisle from an old building. For just the perfect look, the old barn boards were sorted to use just the medium- to dark-toned ones, and they were also re-milled to remove any of the original saw marks from when the boards were first made into a building. For this Manhatten project, the boards were then given an Extra White Woca Oil finish.

According to Peter Switzer in our Stoddard, New Hampshire offices, Carlilse has been working with the J.Crew stores for some time. Our floors can be seen in their Hampton, New York location, plus three others in New York City, with a fourth one soon to follow. (We’ll be sure to let you know when.) Our floors are also in J. Crew’s Malibou, California location. Here’s a peak at the J.Crew Women’s Store we did on Madison Avenue in New York—complete with Hickory in a herringbone pattern.

Posted on July 10, 2009 at 01:16 PM in Green Building • (0) Comments
A floor to match the boards of an old ship

Posted by Christine Halvorson

Sam Lindstrom, a homeowner and customer from Lakewood, Washington, installed his own Carlisle floor recently, with the help of his uncle. He was kind enough to send along these "before and after" photos of the project, showing his once-tiled floors now turned into a beautiful Antique Oak. (“Before” is above and “After” is below.) We think the makeover works beautifully, don’t you?

Sam came to Carlisle for his floors back in December and began the installation in February or March of this year. He wanted the Antique Oak to match an existing floor in the circa-1949 house that a previous owner had installed. That floor actually came from an old ship! The previous owner had taken the ship’s boards and had them cut into flooring. Reclaimed wood! We like that here at Carlisle.

Here’s how we describe our Antique Oak:

Taken from old timbers found primarily in barns along the Ohio River Valley, our Antique Oak flooring has an extremely fine and figured grain structure, referred to as “tigering.” This handsome Oak wood radiates warm and “nutty” English brown tones, giving each Antique Oak floor a distinguished Old World look. You can almost feel the events witnessed by this Antique Oak. It exhibits rift grain, occasional knots and nail holes, while retaining the rigid strength of new oak.

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Posted on June 22, 2009 at 02:09 PM in Green Building • (0) Comments