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• White Oak shines in this Maryland bedroom makeover

  Posted by Christine Halvorson

  White Oak can be a wood with a thousand personalities. It changes patterns depending upon how we cut it here at our Carlisle mill (quarter-sawn versus rift-sawn) and is known as the wood used in Mission Oak furniture. It can look nearly white, ash gray, or golden—depending upon the stain and finish. Here the floor is finished in finishedFumed, followed by Rubio Cotton White.

  In these photos of a bedroom makeover in Rockville, Maryland, you’ll see the floor planks laid down in 6- to 11-inch widths and 4-feet to 14-feet lengths.

  This floor was installed by Majestic Wood Floors of Frederick, Maryland, one of our preferred installers..
  

  
  

  Posted on June 1, 2010 at 04:19 PM in Hardwood Flooring • Home Decor • (0) Comments

• From beige carpet to beautiful with Eastern White Pine

  Posted by Christine Halvorson

  Homeowner Robert Leonard of Dousman, Wisconsin sent us these great photos of his recent do-it-yourself installation of a Carlisle floor. Mr. Leonard had chosen our Eastern White Pine done in a hit-or-miss style. The floor is stained with Gingerbread and finished with Tung Oil. This family room makeover started with removal of a beige carpet. We think this is a great choice, don’t you?

  
  
  
  

  Posted on May 27, 2010 at 04:56 PM in Customer Stories • Hardwood Flooring • (0) Comments

• Cherry, a wood with few knots

  Posted by Christine Halvorson

  We got these wonderful photos from customers Deb DeNardo and Bill Jackson, who are in the process of installing Carlisle’s Cherry floors in two rooms in their home. So far, they’ve completed an 850-square foot bedroom. The photos here show the floor, in 4- to 8-inch widths, finished with four coats of Tung Oil. They purchased a total of 850 square feet and are installing it themselves. We helped them choose original grade Cherry, chosen from the heartwood. Notice there are no knots in the shots.
  

  Posted on May 25, 2010 at 03:15 PM in Customer Stories • Hardwood Flooring • (0) Comments

• Herringbone’s hot, according to the Chicago Tribune

  Posted by Christine Halvorson

  In this article from The Chicago Tribune on trends in wood flooring, the writer starts with an idea we’ve long endorsed here at Carlisle—wide plank floors were the foundation upon which America was built, literally. The Best-Grown Wood we give you a brief history of American hard woods.

  The article also states that wood floors finished with dark stains are “out” and that wide planks reclaimed from old buildings across the U.S. are “in”—something we’ve known for some time. You can see just how we go about reclaiming wood from old barns and other structures here.

  From a design standpoint, the article suggests that large herringbone designs are “in”, replacing the once popular parquet. We’ll let you decide that one for yourself, but if you click through to Parquets and Patterns, you can read about and see both types of floor designs.

  Posted on May 24, 2010 at 07:50 PM in Hardwood Flooring • (0) Comments

• Time to toss the carpets? Maybe

  Posted by Christine Halvorson

  Carpets may become old and outdated, but wood floors can add color, warmth and texture to rooms, according to this article Why not replace your carpet with wood flooring? from the United Kindom. Of course, we agree. Think about it. A carpet actually can wear out sooner than one of our floors, plus it has the added challenges of being harder to get and keep clean and possibly harboring dust mites and other allergens.

  The article also touches on the differences between engineered hard wood floors and solid wood hard wood floors. Here at Carlisle, we sell both and you can read about the differences here. Solid floors expand in warm, humid weather, as this article points out, and they contract when it gets cool and dry. As this article states: “Changing shape is a fundamental characteristic of natural wood and is something that never stops during its lifetime, no matter how old the wood flooring gets.”

  This, however, hasn’t been a problem with Carlisle floors, as they are so well-fitted at the time of milling and of installation. You can also install our floor over radiant heat without problem.

  Finally, this article suggests that finishing a floor with an oil finish is trendy. We’ve often recommended it, before it was a trend. Tung Oil is often the preferred finish for our floors.

  Posted on May 17, 2010 at 08:00 AM in Hardwood Flooring • (0) Comments

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