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Eastern White Pine a great choice for the kitchen

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• Jane Eklund

We just got these photos from a couple who are finishing up their kitchen and adjacent living area, which now feature really beautiful wide plank floors in Eastern White Pine. Coincidentally, the customers recently visited with relatives in Geneva, New York, and took notice of their kitchen floor, too. Turns out it was another Carlisle floor!
Take a look at these great pictures the customers sent to Carlisle Sales and Design Rep Shanon Sterrett of our Stoddard, New Hampshire base.

Posted on Mar 21, 2011 AT 10:54 PM in (0) Comments

Carlisle’s on the cover of Fabulous Floors magazine’s winter issue!

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• Jane Eklund

The current issue of Fabulous Floors features a gorgeous photo of a great room in a log home, complete with a Carlisle Cherry floor, on its cover. Scroll down to page 18 for a two-page spread on Carlisle, with photos and a story that offers a great introduction to the company and the wood floors we make:

“The story begins nearly a half century ago when founder Dale Carlisle, builder of classic homes (those old New England centerchimney colonials, saltboxes and traditional capes), found a common thread among America’s early homes. Wide plank wood floors! Wanting them for the homes he built and restored, Dale wanted to recreate the authentic wide plank floors of our heritage.”

Keep reading to learn more about Carlisle’s hardwood, pine, and antique reclaimed floors – and about Carlisle’s longtime commitment to sustainability.

The magazine’s editor, Deborah Ann Funk, has some nice words about Carlisle, too, in her column to readers on page 2. “With your values, experiences, design tastes and creative touch, you create the home. But that’s so much easier when the professionals you work with have the same values you do — and value your home as much as they do their own. Take Carlisle Wide Plank Floors, a 42-year-old family-owned company. Carlisle’s promise? ‘One board at a time, one project at a time, one customer at a time.’ Isn’t that the way service and products should be? Take a look at the Carlisle story on Pages 18 and 19. I think you’ll be impressed,” she writes.

Posted on Mar 18, 2011 AT 03:59 AM in News & Events • (2) Comments

Have an eco-green St. Patrick’s Day with Carlisle in L.A.

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• Jane Eklund

Hey, all you Carlisle fans in Los Angeles, Carlisle is hosting LA Green Drinks and Eco Trek tomorrow, March 17, 2011, from 7 to 10 p.m. at our East Hollywood showroom. You’ll find us at 405 N. Robertson Boulevard.

What’s LA Green Drinks? Here’s the scoop from the Green Drinks blog: “Green Drinks allows for anyone concerned about environmental issues to get together over a drink. Green Drinks events are simple, informal, unstructured and allow for moments of serendipity. We connect the LA environmental community and have fun doing it!”

The event at Carlisle will be an End of Tour Victory Reception for Tom Holm from Eco Trek Foundation. He has just completed a 10,000 mile across America journey using only cellulosic ethanol (CE85) produced by POET for fuel. Tom will speak at the event.

Check out the Green Drinks blog for complete information. And remember to wear green!

Posted on Mar 16, 2011 AT 03:53 AM in News & Events • (0) Comments

More stellar custom stairways, from Walnut to Chestnut to Heart Pine

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• Jane Eklund

Last week in this blog we took a look at some of the beautiful staircases that have been constructed using Carlisle planks, in pine, hardwood, and eco-friendly reclaimed wood. Here’s one final installment of our trip up the stairs!

Walnut stairway, California

Walnut stairway, California, seen from above

Heart Pine stairway, Georgia

Antique Chestnut stairway, Arizona

Heart Pine dining room, Louisiana

Take a look at our earlier blog posts about staircases, Dig those treads! Our quality wood flooring makes eye-catching staircases, too! and Easy risers: Bad pun, great staircases in classic pine, hardwood, and reclaimed wood.

Posted on Mar 14, 2011 AT 02:39 AM in Green Building • Hardwood Flooring • Home Building & Contracting • (2) Comments

Easy risers: Bad pun, great staircases in classic pine, hardwood, and reclaimed wood

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• Jane Eklund

Yesterday we showed you a sampling of staircases made with Carlisle planks. Today we’ve got more, and are they ever gorgeous! Use our hardwood, reclaimed wood or pine to create just the right effect for your house, be it contemporary or traditional, classic or rustic. Check back next week for one more collection of staircases!

Birch stairway, Colorado

Heart Pine stairway, Maine

Heart Pine stairway, Maine, seen from the top

Heart Pine Stairs, Georgia

Antique Oak Stairs, Mass.

Posted on Mar 11, 2011 AT 12:08 AM in Hardwood Flooring • (2) Comments