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Carlisle floors make bold statement in Steamboat Springs “dream home”
Posted by Christine Halvorson
Jason Wolfe, an associate in our Los Angeles Design Center, got these great photos from Priya Garcia, a designer he recently worked with in creating the floors for a new vacation “dream home” for a family in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Garcia had visited the Design Center and “fell in love” with Carlisle’s floors and so, when the opportunity came up with this project, she knew Carlisle floors would be the perfect match.
Three rooms in the vacation home were all finished the same way, with our antique Eastern White Pine, distressed with Carlisle’s custom Hit-or-Miss treatment and done in 8- to 12-inch widths. All were then finished with our Gingerbread Stain and Tung oil. The primary wall in the living room (below) is finished with Carlisle’s 400-year-old reclaimed brown barn siding.
Jason says this is the type of project he really loves to work on because he can see the vision of the client transformed into reality, step by step. “For this one, we had players on both sides of the Rocky Mountains involved!”
Posted on September 28, 2009 at 08:59 AM in Hardwood Flooring • (0) Comments
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Premium Heart Pine wide plank floors in living room leads to possible Country Pine next
Posted by Christine Halvorson
Gregg and Marsha Martin in North Carolina installed a Carlisle floor in their living room back in 2006 and now they’re back considering another floor for their house. They were kind enough to send us this photo of the Premium Grade Heart Pine they had put in their living room then. It was finished with Autumn Leaf and Tung Oil. Now they are back for more, considering the installation of a pre-finished floor.
Posted on September 17, 2009 at 09:22 PM in Customer Stories • Hardwood Flooring • (0) Comments
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Hit-or-Miss is a not a miss in this family cottage
Posted by Christine Halvorson
Roya and Ian Young, a custom-cabinet maker by trade, chose Carlisle’s Eastern White Pine to create a great, casual look in their cottage. The floor was done with a hit-or-miss technique. Hit-or-miss is just one many handmade surfaces that Carlilse’s woodworking team can create.
Posted on September 9, 2009 at 01:44 PM in Hardwood Flooring • (0) Comments
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One happy Carlisle customer helps out another
Posted by Christine Halvorson
Our customers sometimes rely on each other for advice on their flooring, as evidenced by an exchange among two Texans and personnel here at Carlisle. We love it when customers agree to be “references” for us. It’s sort of like we’re applying for a job—which we are, kind of!
So, Rodney Stephenson of Hempstead was thinking about a rustic wide plank floor that would have to be glued directly to a concrete slab. He also had questions about the softness of the pine.
With the help of Carlisle, he got advice from customer Jonnie Steffek in Richmond, who had installed her floor not that long ago. She told Rodney about an installation of Eastern White Pine.
Said Jonnie: “I went with the unfinished wood rather than pre-finished. My reason for that is, I like floors to show wear/pathways/knot holes.”
Carlisle supplied information to the client about gluing to the slab and the softness issue.
Jonnie wrote: “As far as being ‘soft’, that may be; however, in my book, ‘dings’ add character. I had a friend long ago, that would buy an antique, then refinish it to the point that it looked like it came direct from a furniture store…We have a few antiques scattered throughout the house, but they are old, and they look old.”
Jonnie invited Rodney over to her neck of the woods to see her floors for himself. We are indebted!
Posted on August 27, 2009 at 08:23 PM in Customer Stories • Hardwood Flooring • (0) Comments
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Red Oak highlights rustic kitchen
Posted by Christine Halvorson
Nancy, a customer in Stow, Mass., did her kitchen floor with pre-finished Red Oak and the result, as you can see from the photos, is striking.
The flooring, done in 10-inch widths, mixes beautifully with the other touches in the kitchen, especially the 1850s-era reproduction cast iron cookstove.
In combination with the floor, the kitchen, the cabinets, the appliances and the cabinetry give it all a rustic, homey look and feel.
After completing the floor and living with it a few weeks, Nancy wrote us to ask how best to clean it. Should she use vinegar and water? Yes, we answered! That’s the best way to clean our floors.
Posted on August 26, 2009 at 09:03 PM in Hardwood Flooring • Home Decor • (0) Comments
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