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Get the Most Value When Remodeling Your Kitchen Part III - Choosing Kitchen Components

• Posted by
• Patrick Kennedy

In the first two articles of, Get the Most Value When Remodeling Your Kitchen, we covered two main points, how to gaint he most value from your remodel investment, and important considerations for your floor plan you remodel. 

In this final segment, we will discuss the next consideration – Choosing Kitchen Components - determining the price-quality category of the kitchen components – cabinetry, appliances, plumbing fixtures, counter tops, tiles, flooring, lighting and all the individual items that create your kitchen.

Posted on Mar 30, 2012 AT 09:52 AM in By Room • Kitchens • By State • Pennsylvania • Carlisle Customers • Home Building & Contracting • (0) Comments

A little convincing…and a beautiful Wide Plank White Pine Floor

• Posted by
• Shanon Sterrett

  Beth Bromage and her husband write to us about the installation of our Wide Plank Eastern White Pine flooring, a floor they designed with Wide Plank Specialist Lynne Rafuse almost 4 years ago.  Although these were the floors of her dreams, she admits that it took some convincing of her husband to accept it, after all this floor is known for its softness, even the installer was a bit skeptical.  So much so that about three years after he installed the floor he knocked on the door to see if they were still “holding up”. 

I’d say they “held up” got even better with time wtih age.  This floor now almost 4 years old gave Beth “another layer of character” to her home, and just the look she wanted.

Posted on Feb 27, 2012 AT 02:16 PM in By State • Pennsylvania • Doing Business with Carlisle • Home Styles • Colonial • Country • Pine Flooring • Eastern White Pine • Planning for your New Floors • Testimonial • Wide Plank Specialists • Lynne Rafuse • (0) Comments

Carlisle Welcomes Superior Woodcraft to our Surface Blog

• Posted by
• Shanon Sterrett/Patrick Kennedy

This month we are excited to introduce Patrick Kennedy and his company Superior Woodcraft, a premier custom cabinet company in Doylestown, PA.  We work with a collection of fantastic companies and we know that they can provide information about their industry that our customer will really find helpful.  Learn more about Superior Woodcraft and the knowledge they will bring to the Surface.  Just like Carlisle floors are hand-made per order, Superior Woodcraft also makes each cabinets to order resulting in unparalleled quality and beauty - not to mention happy customers because they are getting exactly what they want!

Posted on Jan 13, 2012 AT 10:37 AM in Carlisle Customers • Eyes On Carlisle • News & Events • Pennsylvania • (0) Comments

Save the date! October 27, Doylestown, PA: Wide plank floors, kitchens, and radiant heat

• Posted by
• Jane Eklund

Attention, designers and homeowners in greater New York City and Philadelphia: Have we got an event for you! Carlisle is linking up with Superior Woodcraft,, a premier custom cabinet/kitchen shop, and Warmboard, a radiant flooring technology company, for an evening devoted to kitchens, flooring, and radiant heat. Stop by Superior Woodcraft’s shop in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, from 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, October 27, 2011, to get an overview of wide plank flooring, custom kitchens, and radiant heating systems.

Dan McMillan and Shanon Sterrett of Carlisle’s sales and design staff will be on hand (with sample panels of some of our new textures!), as will Greg Pine of Warmboard and Patrick Kennedy and his staff from Superior Woodcraft. E-mail Shanon at ssterrett@wideplankflooring.com for more information or to RSVP.

Click here to see examples of Carlisle floors in kitchens.

Click here to see examples of Carlisle floors installed over radiant heat.

And check out our poster, below, for more information on the October 27 event. We’re looking forward to seeing you there!

Posted on Oct 18, 2011 AT 11:47 PM in Doing Business with Carlisle • Eyes On Carlisle • News & Events • Pennsylvania • (4) Comments