Anthony Foster from Grace Church in Camas, WA brings us these Christmas trees made from reclaimed wood.
They needed some interesting props for their Christmas program. Their stage designer thought of building trees with reclaimed wood. So they spent about $350 on reclaimed wood and hardware. They wired lightbulbs to the reclaimed wood trees to look like Christmas lights.
They liked the look so much that they changed the name of their Christmas series to “Reclaimed”.
Love the idea – the reclaimed look is definitely a hit in the Pacific Northwest and a great feel. Would be cool to see a photo of what the stage looked like with the trees themselves lit and how those elements appeared in action if you have any. Am just up the road from you guys in Vancouver – excited for what you’re doing in Camas!
email me and i’ll email you more pics. maybe we could meet sometime!
What’s your email? jeremyk(removethis)79@gmail.com here…
Hi Anthony, your design looks amazing, we would like to do something similar as well down here in Mexico, do you think you could send us some more pics? It would be great… Thank you
email me and i’ll give you more pics
Hey Anthony – i would love some pics as well! This is something we will be doing in December here at our church in the Raleigh, nc area. Please email me any pics and we’ll use them for inspiration!
Jerry
where can I find those lights?????
I think we bought those at walmart or target.
What is the size progression of the wood slats on the trees? 2-3 inch difference in lengths? and where did you find the wood?
I bought the wood at habitat for humanity. I got lucky cause they had exactly what i needed. I’m not sure the progression. I attached every board with an idea of length but not exact. I then tied a string from the outer edge of the top board and ran it down all the way to the edge of the bottom board. Then made my cuts. Email me if that doesn’t make sense an I’ll explain it better.
Anthony, we’re looking at doing something similar this year. LOVE the wooden slat trees. I wanted to see if I could get some more information about those to help the folks who will be working on them. My email is kmckelvy-at-fellowshipconway-dot-org. Thank you!
so sorry i didn’t see your email! For some reason I didn’t get a notice email when you left your post about my stage design. If it’s not too late me know if i can help in anyway.
Anthony -I would love to do something similar this year. Can you provide any other photos?
Alex, email me and i’ll send them
I’ve been asked to do something similar at our Church; could you give me an idea of the design of the cantilevered base and did you use sand bags to stabilize? I saw the picture of the bottom of the base with casters but am interested in seeing the top of base and back side of the tree. Thank you,
Doug, what does “cantilevered” mean? email me at anthonyf@gracefoursquare.org and i’ll email you pics.
Hi! I’m planning on doing something similar at my church! Would love to see more pictures and get more info on size/dimensions… itohan.aghayere(at)gmail.com
so sorry i didn’t see your email! For some reason I didn’t get a notice email when you left your post about my stage design. If it’s not too late me know if i can help in anyway. anthonyf@gracefoursquare.org
WE are also planning to build these trees for our church and would like more detail on the base from the back side, top etc. What are the heights of the tallest trees ? Also more pictures wouls help if possible, would like to see the “trunk” how it is constructed.
Thanks for any info you could send me.
email me at anthonyf@gracefoursquare.org
Beautiful work. I was wondering if you had a diagonal support running up the back of the tree from the back of the base or did you just have the vertical piece of wood? Thanks for your help.
I used a 4×4. it was very strong
Hey! I also love this design!!! Could you send me some more pictures too? You can reach me at contact@gracechurchnorman.com Thanks so much!
i emailed you
Thanks for the great idea, I have a group of guys coming ready to make these, any more info on the design side would be very helpful. Thanks
Wendy, i used reclaimed wood and screwed them to a tall 4×4, built a base and put casters on them email me if you want more info. anthonyf@gracefoursquare.org
Hello, I loved your idea of the trees. Could you please send more pics so I can see the final look on stage. Thank you so very much!
email me at anthonyf@gracefoursquare.org
love these!! Would love more pics too, particularly of the base. We have made some similar but don’t know how to make them stand up!
we have made these trees now 2 yers in a row. this years stands seem to be the best of the 2 years. If you will email me I will attach a diagram drawing of the simple stand and then a picture of trees in the stands.
Hi Harry,
We are using the “Reclaimed Christmas Stage” as inspiration for our Christmas theme this year. I noticed your post about constructing them 2 years in a row and wanted to ask I could look at the diagram you made for your stands in addition to pictures? Would you mind sending me your e-mail and I can follow up with you? Thanks!
I would love to see the pics and diagrams as referenced in this post.
email me at hlcraig45@aol.com so I can email you more pics and info
send me an email so i can forward you spme pics.
hlcraig45@aol.com
Contact me about trees and stands
would you send me more pics & any additional info that might be helpful. Really liking this idea for this year! Thanks
email me at hlcraig45@aol.com for pictures
Lisa
send me your email and I can forward you some pics
dspalding@theriverishere.com
Could you please email me photos to help me recreate this design?
I would love to have picture of the completed stage as well. dspalding@theriverishere.com
Thank you…love this look!
Hi Anthony, could you please email me pictures-diagrams-instructions of how you built these wonderful designs. Thank you.
We are interested in making the similar trees. Would you email us the diagrams as well? Thank you!
Brk3hru@hotmail.com
Thank you for sharing this. It is great. Could you please send me more pics as well. Thank you, much appreciated. rsshearman@gmail.com
Great work Anthony. I plan to do something like this for this Christmas. Please can you send me more pictures. My email address is lifeconnectlife@gmail.com
Thanks
Looks great Anthony! We’re looking towards doing something similar to this at our church this Christmas. Please email me pics/instructions/dimensions to bjohnson@gilliamsprings.org. Thanks!
Would love to create this for our program this year if you could send some additional info or pics on the design that would be helpful. Thank you
Hello would love to have this info as well.
Pastorstacy@rlmacon.com