Don Carlisle, who owned Carlisle Restoration Lumber and Carlisle Wide Plank Flooring for 25 years until selling in 2006, has formed a new wide plank flooring company with three partners. The business is called William & Henry Wide Plank Floors.
Don Carlisle, who owned Carlisle Restoration Lumber and Carlisle Wide Plank Flooring for 25 years until selling in 2006, has formed a new wide plank flooring company with three partners. The business is called William & Henry Wide Plank Floors.
Carlisle said it was not until last year when he started to reconnect with sawyers, craftsmen and mill owners to begin planning the company. Carlisle also employed a few colleagues, including Peter Switzer, Heidi Carlisle, Crystal Knowles, Laura Leier and Leslie Bentley.
Products at William & Henry include wide plank heart pine and reclaimed oak, as well as black cherry and northern hickory.
"I created William & Henry, which is named after my youngest son, so we can go back to the days of working with one customer at a time, getting to know each family's needs and vision, and then custom craft every floor by hand," Carlisle said in a statement. "The satisfaction of achieving this for our customers is enormous and it is what drives us every day at William & Henry."
Although the company has a website, customers won't be able to purchase product online.
"We want the phone call," Carlisle said. "We want the conversation with the customer so that we can give them a floor that is like no other floor."
