Some times you need a really hard floor--like when wheelchairs are involved.  For this home in Cumberland, Rhode Island, the design firm Inclusion by Design, used Carlisle's 8-inch Brown Maple boards, which were finished at the home site with a Gingerbread... Read Full Story

Sam Lindstrom, a homeowner and customer from Lakewood, Washington, installed his own Carlisle floor recently, with the help of his uncle.  He was kind enough to send along these "before and after" photos of the project, showing his once-tiled floors now turned into a beautiful Antique Oak.  ("Before" is above and "After" is below.) We think the makeover works beautifully, don't you?Sam came to Carlisle for his floors back in December... Read Full Story

Laura, from Carlisle's Denver showroom, sent along these photos of a recently completed project featuring 7- to 12-inch Heart Pine.  Seth, a person who installed the floors at the Denver showroom, fell in love with our dark Heart Pine at the time.  When he ventured into designing and building a home to sell, he of course chose the Heart Pine, as you can see here in his kitchen (above) and dining room (below).  This past spring, when the h... Read Full Story

We showed you this unfinished project a few weeks ago, in the home of Susan & Kevin Rowe. While the floor was still unfinished, the television program "This Old House" was considering using the house for one of their shows. Well, the film crew showed up this week and here's a photo of them at work. The floors are done, too, in a lovely Antique Heart Pine model with 4 to 12" inch widths. The home is in Massachusettes and the Rowe found us at Carlisle with a vis... Read Full Story

 We completed another wonderful project in Palm Beach, Florida with the D.C. Twin Company doing the installation.  The clients had us here at Carlisle working with their home design company  to come up with a dark floor with a unique finish. After many samples produced by our sample shop in Stoddard, NH, everybody ultimatelly settled on 6-inch Select Grade Ash and a custom color that was a blend of Antique Farmhouse and Blacksmith. They were pre-fi... Read Full Story

On June 27 and 28, the Dwell on Design trade show in Los Angeles is open to the public and Carlisle will be displaying two special floors--our Eastern White Pine with a Gingerbread stain, and our Antique White Oak prefinished with a Whitewashed Fence finish. You can see more about this event at the Dwell on Design website. The event bills itself as a three-day festival of modern design featuring an exhibition, design conference, home tours and special events. If you happen to be in the L... Read Full Story

  We got these nice photos of a home recently remodeled in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The customers were Rick and Kathy Horowitz, who had come to Carlisle originally in December. They first decided to go with another flooring company, but changed their minds long about February of this year. When they returned, they indicated part of the reason was that we were "nice people." We thought that was a nice thing to say. The floor is a pre-finished 8 to 12-inch with a cust... Read Full Story

A trip into our Chicago design showroom by an architect and his client a while back has led to an astonishing floor in the client's Florida home.  The architect and customer decided to go with a very unique style and technique in our Carlisle floors--a White Oak wood that would be painted (yes, painted) with white paint. That white paint would then be scrubbed off, hand-sanded and then given a water-based top coat that provides a clear and matte finish.... Read Full Story

Here's a little ditty you might enjoy seeing about Carlisle doing the floors in the "Home of Distinction" in Chicago's Highland Park. If you happen to be in the Chicago area starting today, May 28 to June 14, check out the full program.   Read Full Story

A couple in Massachusetts is installing this Carlisle floor, an Antique Heart Pine model with 4 to 12" inch widths, in their historic home after falling in love with our showroom, our mill and our floors.  They're waiting to hear if "This Old House' is going to be filming at their home soon. We'll let you know when we find out!   Read Full Story