Among other things, this Carlisle floor matches the family Golden Retriever

Warren and Tassie Crellin of Townsend, Delaware have been married 21 years and had always dreamed of building a log home. In March 2008, they purchased an 11- acre, partially wooded farmette. “We spent months clearing the necessary trees to make room for our dream home,” Tassie writes. “Finally, in January 2009 the logs were delivered and construction began.”

Tassie reports that she first saw Carlisle floors in her Log Home Living magazine.

“I first contacted Carlisle back in November 2008 and was connected with Shanon Sterrett. She was extremely helpful in helping us pick out the perfect floor for our rustic look. We ended up with 10-inch wide planks in hit-or-miss pine flooring. The roughed up texture really blends with the log walls. Not to mention, the wear and tear that two boys and two dogs provide!” Tassie wrote. “I love the hit-or-miss imperfections because any scratches or dings simply blend right in once touched up with stain and simply add to the ‘character’. Our stain color is a combination of 2 parts Concord Honey/1 part Ginger Bread. We love it! It also matches our Golden Retriever, Maddie.”

The Crellins moved into their new home on Halloween of this year, after having sold their previous home rather quickly and needing to stay in a camper or five months. “Now we can barely see our beautiful floors for all the boxes,” Tassie wrote. “They are gorgeous and we are very happy with how they turned out.”

Warren and Tassie actually did all of the staining and oiling (a total of four coats) of the new floor in their 1,200-square-foot rec room, just to save on time. They left the rest of the floors to their builder and his crew. “The floors were easy to install and the overall staining process wasn’t bad,” she writes.

“We really enjoyed working with Carlisle and Shanon was always there to guide us through the decision process, making sure our flooring was just what we wanted!”

The photo above shows Warren installing the flooring in our rec room. Below are a few more photos from the family album.

Posted on November 30, 2009 at 12:23 PM in Customer StoriesDIY(0) Comments

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