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Montclair Homeowneres Experience Floor-Envy from all their Neighbors!

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• Shanon Sterrett

Great comments from a happy customer in Montclair, NJ!

"Our floors are the high-light of our new home.  "Floor envy" seems to be the feeling among our admirers" It wasn upgrade, but well worth it"

Mr. and Mrs. Agostirelli

 

Posted on Mar 15, 2012 AT 02:01 AM in By State • New Jersey • Carlisle Customers • Homeowners • Testimonial • (0) Comments

A new look “drifts” into Carlisle’s NH Showroom

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• Shanon Sterrett

The term "Driftwood" has been heard throughout the design community for many years now, and conures up images of the weathered grey appearance that is the hallmark of ocean front homes, wood remnants found along the beach, lobster traps and the like.  Today, design professionals want to replicate this look for their clients, but who wants to wait for years to do this?

Our Stoddard, NH showroom was ready for a makeover so what better way to test out this look!  So our expert finishers at Carlisle created a perfect treatment to achieve the driftwood look on 10-15" Wide Red Oak planks installed in our showroom.

Are you looking for this for your project?  Check out our photos and tips to create your look!

 

Posted on Mar 08, 2012 AT 03:32 PM in By State • New Hampshire • Commercial Projects • Eyes On Carlisle • Home Styles • waterfront • Showrooms • Stoddard, NH • (0) Comments

Hickory Floors shine in new Vail, Colorado Home

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• Shanon Sterrett

Kevin Crowder of our Denver, Colorado showroom recently received photos from a happy customer in Vail, Colorado.  They had purchased All 10" Wide Heirloom Grade Wide Plank Hickory floors. 

Since Hickory is a naturally lighter wood and the customer  wanted a darker finish Kevin worked with them to customize a stain to achieve just the right look!

Carlisle made it easy for the customer to achieve the look they wanted by referring them to a Preferred Installer.  Matt Farhm of Farhm Floors installed, stained and finished the floors on site!

 

Posted on Mar 06, 2012 AT 12:54 AM in By State • Colorado • Carlisle Customers • Homeowners • Doing Business with Carlisle • Hardwood Flooring • Hickory • Home Building & Contracting • Install & Finish: Stories/Information • Residential • Showrooms • Denver, CO • Wide Plank Specialists • Kevin Crowder • (0) Comments

Get the Most Value When Remodeling Your Kitchen-Part 2

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• Patrick Kennedy

In the first article, Getting the Most Value When Remodeling Your Kitchen – Part 1, we learned that to gain the most value from your investment you should expect to invest between 10-20% of the value of your home in your kitchen. In this segment we’ll discuss the next critical consideration – your kitchen floor plan.

Posted on Feb 28, 2012 AT 08:39 AM in By Room • Kitchens • Eyes On Carlisle • News & Events • Home Building & Contracting • Planning for your New Floors • (0) Comments

A little convincing…and a beautiful Wide Plank White Pine Floor

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• Shanon Sterrett

  Beth Bromage and her husband write to us about the installation of our Wide Plank Eastern White Pine flooring, a floor they designed with Wide Plank Specialist Lynne Rafuse almost 4 years ago.  Although these were the floors of her dreams, she admits that it took some convincing of her husband to accept it, after all this floor is known for its softness, even the installer was a bit skeptical.  So much so that about three years after he installed the floor he knocked on the door to see if they were still “holding up”. 

I’d say they “held up” got even better with time wtih age.  This floor now almost 4 years old gave Beth “another layer of character” to her home, and just the look she wanted.

Posted on Feb 27, 2012 AT 02:16 PM in By State • Pennsylvania • Doing Business with Carlisle • Home Styles • Colonial • Country • Pine Flooring • Eastern White Pine • Planning for your New Floors • Testimonial • Wide Plank Specialists • Lynne Rafuse • (0) Comments