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Boston Magazine Features Carlisle Pre-Finished Walnut Floors and Tom Murdough of Murdough Design

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Shanon Sterrett

Murdough Walnut

This beautiful home designed by and for the family of Tom Murdough of Murdough Design is featured in the Fall 2011 Boston Design magazine, “Doing Wright” by Marni Elyse Katz! We worked with designer Tom and builder Wood & Clay Builders to design this gorgeous Wide Plank Pre-Finished Walnut floor for an equally gorgeous home featuring in-floor radiant heat and conveniently located for family retreats on Squam Lake.

Posted on Feb 16, 2012 AT 11:15 PM in By Room • Kitchens • By State • New Hampshire • Carlisle Customers • Builder • Designer • Doing Business with Carlisle • Shipping & Delivery • Eyes On Carlisle • News & Events • Floors meant for Families • Hardwood Flooring • Walnut • Install & Finish: Stories/Information • Radiant Heat • Pre-Finished • waterfront • (3) Comments

Elements Architecture offers Design and Remodeling Tips

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Shanon Sterrett

Wide Plank Specialist, Peter Switzer, has worked with Bill Scholtens of Elements Architecture, Inc in Chicao, Illinois have worked together now for over 5 years. Two of the homes they have collaborated on have been published this year!

Renovation Styles Magazine, Winter 2011 ~ Disbrow Residence, Winnetka, Illinois

* Learn how to work with an open floor plan

* Learn how to create natural boundaries when you don't have walls

* Why move when you make the space just the way you want it!

* Follow Before and After Floor Plans!

Chicago Home & Garden, July/August 2011 ~ Emory Residence, Chicago, Illinois

* Find out how Bill turned an iconic 19th century rowhouse into a 21st century home

* Find out how you can "take back the light" and bring natural light into your home

* Learnabout Green design tips and efforts toward LEED for Home: Platinum rating!

* Explore the use of beautiful colors in every room

Posted on Nov 17, 2011 AT 02:18 AM in By State • Connecticut • Illinois • Carlisle Customers • Architect • Designer • Doing Business with Carlisle • Eyes On Carlisle • News & Events • Green Building • LEED • Hardwood Flooring • Walnut • Home Styles • Contemporary • Showrooms • Chicago, IL • Wide Plank Specialists • Peter Switzer • (0) Comments

Rich, complex, and dynamic, Walnut floors make a statement

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Jane Eklund

There are so many things to love about Walnut. With its warm, dark chocolate color, rich maroon overtones and intricate swirling grain patterns, it’s a spectacular choice for a floor, whether it’s left natural or it’s stained.

Carlisle Walnut is particularly striking because of its exceptional lengths, widths and heartwood content: the result of ideal growing conditions in both Ohio and Kentucky, where Walnut is sustainably harvested. But don’t just take our word for it. Check out photos of our Walnut floors. Here are a few to pique your interest.

Walnut living room, Chicago