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DIY: New England Red Pine in Colorado!

Posted by Megan Sprague

Laura Leier of our Denver Sales team sent in these photos of her DIY project, prefinished wide plank Red Pine!

See her notes and photos below!

Here are some pictures of Our New England Red Pine prefinished with a cherry stain 8-12” wide. The install would go much faster if we did not have so much help but it fits together perfectly. The only trick with really long wood is when squaring the ends you have to really push down on the boards to keep it flat and flush with the fence on the saw. Additionally, we have not experienced any “regional contraction” in the wood. All of the boards have remained the same width and it has been in Colorado since May! This will be a huge selling tool for me when I am selling pre finished in more arid climates where this tends to occur more often!
Thank you to the mill and prefinsihing for making us such a beautiful floor that every neighbor has stopped in to covet!

Laura and family

Posted on October 21, 2008 at 11:40 AM in DIY • Home Building & Contracting • Home Decor • (0) Comments
Getting Ready for the Log and Timber Show, Chantilly!

Posted by Megan Sprague

We're getting ready for the Log and Timber show in Chantilly, Virginia! The show is this weekend, October 24-26 at the Dulles Expo and Conference Center. In preparation for the show, we built two floors to show off! Here's a few pictures of one of the floors, our wide plank Eastern White Pine! It's unfinished in the photos, but our crew at the sample shop finished it by hand with our Gingerbread stain and Tung Oil finish.

Stop over and see us at the show! We'd love to give you free tickets, call us today: 800.595.9663!

Stay tuned...for a recap of the show when I return next week!

Posted on October 20, 2008 at 01:55 PM in Home Building & Contracting • (0) Comments
Exceeding Expectations: Achieving a Similar Look, on a Budget!

Posted by Megan Sprague

An email from Shanon of our New England Sales staff:

Good Morning -
Here are some amazing shots of our Hit or Miss Eastern White Pine wide plank floors
stained Gingerbread in a new home in Hollis, New Hampshire. This was a
customer that came to us loving the milled barnwood
and for budget reasons had to "compromise" - but I'd say this is far
from a compromise. Great job to the stoddard guys for another amazing
floor.
Enjoy!

Here's the nice letter and photos from her clients in Hollis, New Hampshire!

Hi Shanon,

We finally finished the last tung oil coats on the floor and it looks
BEAUTIFUL!!! So many people (including the town inspector!), have fallen in love with our Carlisle wide plank floor. I thought you might like to see a few pictures of the final product. I don't have the greatest camera -but you'll get the idea! We are moving in this week and will enjoy these floors for many years to come.

Thanks so much for all your help - you all have been wonderful to work with!

Fondly,

Wendy

Posted on October 20, 2008 at 09:05 AM in Home Building & Contracting • Home Decor • (0) Comments
Wide Plank Eastern White Pine in Maryland!

Posted by Megan Sprague

After all of the work Shanon's client Dale Gertz's does building homes in Maryland and ordering custom Carlisle floors for his clients, he thought Carlisle floors would be well suited for his home! He purchased our 8-15" Eastern White Pine wide plank floors, which can be found throughout his home. In addition, he used our beams in the ceilings.

Posted on October 8, 2008 at 02:28 PM in Home Building & Contracting • (0) Comments
Farhm Home Improvements: A Carlisle Wide Plank Floors’ Preferred Installer

Posted by Megan Sprague

At Carlisle, we are proud to work with some of the finest wood floor installers. We tend to pair ourselves well with, who we feel, are “the chosen few” of wood floor installers. They have taken the time to learn about wood, our passion for wood, trees and the forests, and carry that same passion through to the designing of a wide plank wood floor.

One of our best installers, Matt Farhm, sends us his new website, where he proudly displays a few “before and after” photos of some projects he’s done. A native of New Hampshire, Matt recently relocated to the Atlanta, Georgia area where he continues his passion for wood and installing/designing beautiful floors for his clients.
Check out his website http://www.farhmhome.com/

Posted on September 17, 2008 at 10:22 AM in Home Building & Contracting • (0) Comments