A second life for a 220 year-old shade tree from St. Luke’s Missionary Baptist Church in Athens, Alabama.

1780 - An acorn sprouts

1780 - An acorn sprouts

2006 - Tree taken down

2009 - Lumber air- and kiln-dried

February 2010 - Lumber planed and ready for a second life as a piece of organic furniture

Today - Oak wood slabs are in the process of becoming one-of-a-kind modern organic pieces under the deft hand of furniture artist Robin Wade