Wood floors make a stunning addition to any home or apartment. Installing a new wood floor is a major step toward beautifying your home and can be done in pretty much any room of the house. When it comes to interior design, the sky is the limit and there are plenty of ways you can […]

At Carlisle we give the term “wide” a whole new meaning. But, the trend of using “wide” plank boards started long before Carlisle, when early colonists, along the Eastern Seaboard, would install wide eastern white pine floors up to 30” wide in their homes – many of which are still i…

White Pine is America’s oldest wood flooring material. In both old and new homes alike, traditional wide plank pine floors continually draw admiring glances with a blend of imposing grains and subtle knots that creates an unmatched warmth and beauty which lasts through the years. Surprised?…

We are continuing our flooring 101 series this week and discussing one of the most important aspects of your wood floor design – the width of the planks. This is an important design feature that will determine how beautiful your floor will turn out, and you'll find that you don’t…

Today we're continuing our weekly focus on Renovation Resolutions for 2014! And it's time to think color!  In fact 2014 seems to be the year of color.  Check out our spotlight on three popular colors that you might be seeing more of in 2014!

After you’ve spent countless month picking out your new hardwood floor, it’s time to start thinking about the hardwood stairs that you are going to be install. After all, the wood floors are the foundation for the overall design, and you want them to be as warm and inviting as possible. …

As one of the original partners at Carlisle Wide Plank Floors I have seen dozens of different types of hand-scraped surfaces in my time, and have also helped design authentic hand-distressed surfaces for our hardwood floors.  Given this experience I wanted to provide some recommendations to …

When it comes to wood flooring there are still many myths out there. The biggest probably being that solid wood flooring and especially wide plank flooring cannot be glued to a concrete subfloor or radiant heat without concern of cupping or warping. Carlisle Wide Plank Flooring has proven t…

In Part I of our Series :”Diffusing 5 Common Misconceptions” we addressed two important topics – using wide plank boards over 5″ wide, and using non-quartersawn wood to build wide plank wood floors. Today we are going to focus on three common installation scenarios where you may be told you ca…

Did you know that every Carlisle floor gets inspected by about 30 different sets of eyes – yes 30!  From the person who received the lumber from our sawyers when it first arrived, to the craftsman who will grade the floor and perform the final milling, to the Pre-Finish Team – every se…

Heart Pine Floors make for happy customers in Waltham, MA. We received a nice letter from a customer today raving about her Carlisle experience and the final results – her beautiful Wide Plank Heart Pine flooring! After waiting for years to put her daughters through college, and working with a …

If you like Italian food and you like evocative wide plank floors, stop by Tucci Ristorante in Lake Oswego, Oregon, when you’re in the neighborhood. The restaurant’s Lido Bar features a Carlisle Eastern White Pine floor finished with Hit or Miss distressing. See the photos, learn more about …