Carlisle Wide Plank Floors Goes to Hollywood.STODDARD, N.H. -- America's premier wide plank flooring company now has a new design center in the heart of the West Hollywood West Hollywood A community of southern California northeast of Beverly Hills. It is mainly residential. Population: 36,600. Design District. Carlisle Wide Plank Floors of Stoddard, New Hampshire Stoddard is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 928 at the 2000 census. History Originally known as Monadnock Number 7, the town was first granted in 1752. , has sold its handmade traditional flooring directly to its customers since Dale Carlisle founded the company in the early 1960s. Today, it is a second generation family operation that takes pride in its reputation of putting customers first. Over the past five years, Carlisle has expanded from its New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. base to include design centers in Denver, Atlanta and now West Hollywood. Additional design centers will open in Chicago and Washington D.C. later this year. Located in the Avenues of Art and Design district, the West Hollywood location reflects an "organic eco-friendly" theme in order to directly communicate the company's unique product and philosophy. As president Don Carlisle puts it: "A Carlisle wide plank floor is more than just something you walk on. It's a genuine representation of an American folk art folk art, the art works of a culturally homogeneous people produced by artists without formal training. The forms of such works are generally developed into a tradition that is either cut off from or tenuously connected to the contemporary cultural mainstream. ...a way to reconnect with history and with nature while at the same time respecting the environment. With the ever-increasing strain on our natural resources, we recognize our accountability to provide our customers with timeless and durable products, but also to be accountable for all our business practices." Each floor is literally crafted one board at a time utilizing the demanding hands and eyes of skilled New England woodworkers. A complete variety of pine and hardwood selections are available as well as recycled antique woods, carefully taken from historic buildings which have been slated for demolition. In addition to the residential market where Carlisle has worked with home owners home owner home n → propriétaire occupant , architects, designers and builders, their floors have also been featured in upscale commercial settings including the Mercer Hotel in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , The St Regis in Aspen, Colorado The City of Aspen is a Home Rule Municipality that is the most populous city and the county seat of Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 5,804. and most recently The Park Hyatt in Washington DC. For more information on the new design center, visit wideplankflooring.com or call 800-595-9663. |
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