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Monday Morning Mailbag: Orlando couple writes with news of durability in Carlisle’s White Oak

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• Christine Halvorson

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Justin and Debbie Coble of Orlando, Florida, had a Carlisle White Oak floor installed in their home over a year ago. They recently dropped us a note (attached here) to say how impressed they were with the way the floor has held up to their two toddlers and their frequent guests. The Cobles worked with Peter Switzer of Carlisle and had actually used Carlisle floors before.

Posted on Dec 28, 2009 AT 03:31 AM in Hardwood Flooring • (0) Comments

Will your remodeling investment pay off?

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• Christine Halvorson

According to Remodeling Magazine’s 2009-10 Cost vs. Value Report, a major kitchen remodel costs $57,215 with 72 percent of those costs recouped in a sale of the home. Of course, the recoup numbers are down significantly from just a few years ago because of the current economic crisis and the ongoing credit crunch. So, it’s probably a scary time to think about remodeling your home. Real estate conditions vary widely throughout the country and even within very narrow local markets. But, one of the things we like to point out to people about installing a Carlisle floor as part of a remodeling project is that the floor “pays back” in several ways.

A Carlisle Wide Plank Floor can improve the home’s beauty and increase its value at the same time. Because a Carlisle floor is made from the heart of a 100-year-old (or older) tree, it will last for generations, which generally can’t be said about any other flooring product. Carlisle wood is selectively harvested from well-managed forests or, as in the case of our 100 percent post-consumer reclaimed antique wood, is recycled from an old barn or mill. The initial investment in a Carlisle floor more than pays for itself over the years given its durability and dollars saved on maintenance. Unique methods of fine milling and periodic finishing with Tung Oil make these floors virtually maintenance free.

Remodeling is pretty much how Carlisle got started in this business in the first place. In our neck of the woods in New Hamphisre, people wanted to add rooms onto historic homes—some dating back to Colonial times—and wanted the flooring to match. We fulfilled that need, and then some.

If a remodeling project is in your future, yes, today’s economic conditions are scary, but you just might add a little bit of “insurance” to your future resale with the addition of a Carlisle floor.

Posted on Dec 24, 2009 AT 02:26 AM in Home Building & Contracting • (1) Comments

Monday Morning Mailbag: L.A. home gets a rustic touch with Eastern White Pine

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• Christine Halvorson

Our Design and Sales Consultant Dan O’Neil, in our West Hollywood: http://www.wideplankflooring.com/get-started/ showroom sent along this note he got from one of his customers in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles. Lowell and Heydie Frazee had chosen Carlisle’s Eastern White Pine with a Bradford Umber stain for their kitchen floor remodeling project. The Frazees installed the floor themselves and then sent us the photos. The planks were all 11 inches wide and finished with a low VOC Tung oil.

They wrote: “Everyone that sees it comments on it and thinks it is beautiful. Thanks for all your help. We struggled for some time with what manufactured wood or vinyl floor material we would use with everything coming up unsatisfactory. This floor seems now to be the perfect choice. It’s like having a piece of beautiful furniture on the floor. We could not be more pleased. Now our daughter wants us to extend it throughout the whole house. Hmmmm…. Maybe in a few years.”

Thinking about Carlisle floors? We don’t blame you. Get started with your exploration here where we explain how one goes about the fun yet daunting task for choosing just the right floor for your home.

Posted on Dec 21, 2009 AT 02:11 AM in Hardwood Flooring • (0) Comments

Carlisle partners with Crown Point Cabinetry again

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• Christine Halvorson

Carlisle partners with Crown Point Cabinetry, based in Claremont, New Hampshire—which is not too far from our Stoddard, New Hampshire headquarters. We often provide Crown Point with reclaimed wood for them to make into customized cabinets, and you’ll often see our floors under Crown Point cabinets when they are being shown at trade shows and such.

We wanted to share a few photos with you from a recent photo shoot for Crown Point Cabinets. Three different types of cabinets were used in this extensive remodeling project in Suffern, New York—and all of them are sitting upon Carlisle floors. The photos show the kitchen, the bar and a breakfast room, where Crown Point’s cabinets have been customized to have a look of a vintage sideboard. The kitchen cabinets are Quarter-sawn Oak, the bar features Mahogany and the breakfast room is done in Maple cabinets.

Christine Dunleavy, the designer from Crown Point, was the one responsible for meeting the customer’s specifications in this extensive project. It all looks great and we think the floors are the perfect complement, don’t you?

Read about our other partnerships here.

Posted on Dec 15, 2009 AT 03:22 AM in Home Building & Contracting • Restoration Projects • (2) Comments

Monday Morning Mailbag: Old School Style Hickory

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• Christine Halvorson

We thought this one stunning photograph tells the whole story on this project, a newly built cabin in Overland Park, Kansas. Our customer, Don Gill, worked with Carlisle’s Jason Wolfe to get this project done. The floor is done in 4- to 8-inch wide Hickory with a Tung oil finish. When he sent us this photograph, Mr. Gill wrote, “Check out your floor, it’s really impressive, to say the least. We moved in over Thanksgiving …… three plus years of construction. Thanks for your help and perseverance.”

Well, we think it’s pretty impressive, but we might have a bias.

Got questions about Carlile’s floors? You can request a brochure here: http://www.wideplankflooring.com/request-information/, but rest assured, we’re always happy to talk on the phone. Call us 1-800-595-9663 and we’ll give you a virtual tour of favorite floors and yours.

Posted on Dec 14, 2009 AT 02:17 AM in Hardwood Flooring • (0) Comments