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• Cherry, a wood with few knots

  Posted by Christine Halvorson

  We got these wonderful photos from customers Deb DeNardo and Bill Jackson, who are in the process of installing Carlisle’s Cherry floors in two rooms in their home. So far, they’ve completed an 850-square foot bedroom. The photos here show the floor, in 4- to 8-inch widths, finished with four coats of Tung Oil. They purchased a total of 850 square feet and are installing it themselves. We helped them choose original grade Cherry, chosen from the heartwood. Notice there are no knots in the shots.
  

  Posted on May 25, 2010 at 03:15 PM in Customer Stories • Hardwood Flooring • (0) Comments

• Herringbone’s hot, according to the Chicago Tribune

  Posted by Christine Halvorson

  In this article from The Chicago Tribune on trends in wood flooring, the writer starts with an idea we’ve long endorsed here at Carlisle—wide plank floors were the foundation upon which America was built, literally. The Best-Grown Wood we give you a brief history of American hard woods.

  The article also states that wood floors finished with dark stains are “out” and that wide planks reclaimed from old buildings across the U.S. are “in”—something we’ve known for some time. You can see just how we go about reclaiming wood from old barns and other structures here.

  From a design standpoint, the article suggests that large herringbone designs are “in”, replacing the once popular parquet. We’ll let you decide that one for yourself, but if you click through to Parquets and Patterns, you can read about and see both types of floor designs.

  Posted on May 24, 2010 at 07:50 PM in Hardwood Flooring • (0) Comments

• Sometimes our wood goes into making…birdhouses!

  Posted by Christine Halvorson

  As a company, we’ve recently joined up with Farmsteads of New England based here in nearby Hillsborough, New Hampshire. Farmsteads of New England is a working, residential farm for adults who have autism and other developmental disabilities. The farm has its own seasonal farm stand from which they sell home-grown produce, crafts and baked goods made by the resident farmers. This season, Carlisle helped provide scrap wood to the farm so that residents could build bird houses, bat boxes and other small wooden items to sell at the farm stand. We were thrilled to do it and can’t wait to head over to the farmstand when this New England weather produces what New Hampshire has come to be known for—fresh produce grown locally! Our manufacturing employees really made this happen, so a shout out to them.

  If you happen to be within driving distance, here’s how to find Farmsteads of New England. Perhaps we can get our hands on a photo of one of those bird houses or bat boxes to show you here soon.

  Posted on May 24, 2010 at 03:41 PM in News & Events • (0) Comments

• One room leads to another, and another in Heart Pine

  Posted by Christine Halvorson

  This project in Marathon, Florida involved 2,300 square feet of Carlisle’s Heart Pine, which we delivered pre-finished. When the customer first ordered from us, he had enough left over to do another small room, and, then, he liked it so much he did yet another room!

  The final room was finished on-site, in 5- and 7-inch widths. According to our Sales & Design Consultant Rick Menard, Mr. Miller, the customer, called us to et advice on how best to do the finishing on site to match the pre-finished we had delivered. After Rick talked him through the process, he had this to say:

  “Thanks for your advice on finishing my floor. It turned out very nicely…I have been very pleased with Carlisle’s products and hope I can use it in future projects.”

  

  Posted on May 19, 2010 at 03:57 PM in Customer Stories • (0) Comments

• Time to toss the carpets? Maybe

  Posted by Christine Halvorson

  Carpets may become old and outdated, but wood floors can add color, warmth and texture to rooms, according to this article Why not replace your carpet with wood flooring? from the United Kindom. Of course, we agree. Think about it. A carpet actually can wear out sooner than one of our floors, plus it has the added challenges of being harder to get and keep clean and possibly harboring dust mites and other allergens.

  The article also touches on the differences between engineered hard wood floors and solid wood hard wood floors. Here at Carlisle, we sell both and you can read about the differences here. Solid floors expand in warm, humid weather, as this article points out, and they contract when it gets cool and dry. As this article states: “Changing shape is a fundamental characteristic of natural wood and is something that never stops during its lifetime, no matter how old the wood flooring gets.”

  This, however, hasn’t been a problem with Carlisle floors, as they are so well-fitted at the time of milling and of installation. You can also install our floor over radiant heat without problem.

  Finally, this article suggests that finishing a floor with an oil finish is trendy. We’ve often recommended it, before it was a trend. Tung Oil is often the preferred finish for our floors.

  Posted on May 17, 2010 at 08:00 AM in Hardwood Flooring • (0) Comments

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