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Heading to New York, by chance? See Carlisle at Architechtural Digest Home Design Show

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• Christine Halvorson

We’ll be in New York at the end of March and we hope to see you there. You can see our floors in our booth, but you can also see them on display with Crown Point Cabinets at the show.

Here are all the details:

Architectural Digest Home Design Show
Pier 94 - 12th Ave at 55th Street
New York City, NY
Booth # 960

Exhibit Hours
Friday, March 27 - Sunday, March 29
10:00am-6:00pm

You can order tickets on-line if you like. Members of the trades are admitted free with proper credentials, as are students of design.

Posted on Mar 17, 2009 AT 11:05 PM in News & Events • (0) Comments

Choosing a Carlisle floor to go with your cabinets

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• Christine Halvorson

Earlier here on “Surface,” we talked about how we partner with Crown Point Cabinetry, a company in our very own homestate of New Hampshire, in providing reclaimed woods they use to make some of their cabinets.  You can see these antique woods in action in cabinets here.  Talking with the Crown Point gang got us to thinking how cabinets and floors are inter-related, or not.  Here’s our design and sales consultant, Lynn Rafuse, on choosing cabinets to go with floors, and vice versa.

Q:  In a major kitchen remodel or new construction, would you decide the floors or the cabinets first?

Lynne: When customers come to us, we always tell them that if it’s at all possible, they want to choose their floors first. Of course, with some remodels or small projects, that’s just not possible. Or, they may be totally in love with their cabinets, but need new floors. But when possible, it’s best to go “floors first” because the floors are the largest “backdrop” in the space and the one most likely to remain longer than any other. It’s one of the biggest surfaces in your home. Almost everything else is more “changeable.”

Q: So, after that’s decided, what are the other considerations when matching cabinets to floors and floors to cabinets?

Lynn: Of course, it’s the style of their home. Is it a timberframe, an 1800s farmhouse in New England or a modern high rise in Chicago . This will somewhat narrow down the flooring choices (though these days, almost “anything goes” in décor; see below). Then there are considerations

Posted on Mar 16, 2009 AT 03:03 AM in Green Building • (0) Comments

Premium White Cherry really stands out in Pennsylvania home

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We just got these photos sent to us from McCloskey Builders, who were working with one of our Carlisle customers down in Pennsylvania.  The floor is our Premuim Cherry pre-finished with a Gingerbread stain.  Our sales rep, Lauren Power here in the Stoddard offices, helped with this project. Doesn’t it look gorgeous? We mean, the floor is fanastic, of course, but look at that house! (We just had to show you a glimpse of the exterior, even though we can’t take credit for any of it.)

Posted on Mar 11, 2009 AT 11:53 PM in (0) Comments

Small room, big floors? Yes! Wider is better

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• Christine Halvorson

We noticed the folks over at the Unique Glass Home Decor blog returned to our discussion about using wide plank flooring in small rooms.  One’s intuition may say smaller would be better, but in fact the opposite is true. The fewer seams in the floor, the more light and airy the room may feel. 

Take a look at the other great advice for decorating a small room from these folks. Then, you might want to read further on the subject with this article, “Wider is Better,” written by our own Lynne Rafuse. Lynne’s article appears on page 7 of the newsletter.

Care to comment? Have you used wide planks in your small room? We’d love to hear from you or even see photos if you’ve got ‘em! Just click onto “Comment(s)” just below.

Posted on Mar 05, 2009 AT 11:44 PM in (0) Comments

One of Carlisle’s sales reps in Atlanta offices gets much-deserved recognition

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We got a lovely note from customers Jim and Georgia Connell in Atlanta, who took the time to let us know how much they enjoyed working with a member of our team in the Atlanta Design Center—Sharon Bondie. Jim actually wrote to Don Carlisle, Carlisle’s president:

Don,

I’m emailing you to let you know how pleased we are with the Wide Plank floors we just recently purchased from Carlisle. We have been researching these floors for more than three years and they look great in our house. The real purpose of my email is to recognize one of your employees Sharon Bondie.

We started engaging with Sharon more than 6 months ago. She is extremely knowledgable of the product, how the colors differ all the way to best practices on how to install the floors. In addition to that she was EXTREMELY responsive in dealing with me and my wife whenever we needed information. This is a large purchase for me and my wife and we told ourselves that when we started this project we were going to do it right. Making the decision to go with Carlisle floors was absolutely the right decision but having Sharon as our consultant in this project made the experience that much better. She is a valuable asset to your company and I wanted to make sure you knew she is great at what she does and we appreciate all of her help.

Thanks very much,

Jim and Georgia Connell

Well, Sharon seems a little embarassed about this attention, but Don had this to say to Jim about his note:

“Sharon is an incredible asset to the Carlisle family business.  I hope you enjoy the floor we craft for you for many years and if you ever are visiting New England stop in and visit us….we love to meet our customers.

So, just to embarass her further, here’s a photo of the Atlanta Team.  She’s the one on the far right in the green dress.  Yay, Sharon!

Posted on Mar 05, 2009 AT 08:29 PM in (0) Comments