{"id":51555,"date":"2022-11-22T06:01:19","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T04:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/huts-gain-new-lease-of-life-after-being-transformed-into-christmas-trees-20221122\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T20:17:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T18:17:48","slug":"huts-gain-new-lease-of-life-after-being-transformed-into-christmas-trees-20221122","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/huts-gain-new-lease-of-life-after-being-transformed-into-christmas-trees-20221122\/","title":{"rendered":"Huts gain new lease of life after being transformed into Christmas trees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ever been curious about what happens to the iconic aged wooden huts removed from Muizenberg Beach?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Christmas drawing near, the Beach Hut Trust has come up with the idea to give a new lease of life to the aged wood in the form of a recycled Christmas tree. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Angela Gorman, founder of the Beach Huts Trust, said the idea came about when she saw all the wood lying around during the refurbishment process of the new colourful huts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI absolutely love Christmas and being South African. Not feeling comfortable with the plastic tree and false snow I\u2019ve always looked for alternative ideas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSeeing the beach hut wood lying around I thought it would just make the most beautiful Christmas trees which it has done and we found two wonderful guys who have been able to make them for us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_f29081a7\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/7730\/0274655f8e7c450490f747977d29e64b.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/a53ac73462ee48a2a3b74106fe749704.jpg\" title=\"Around 22 Christmas trees have been created from recycled beach huts.PHOTO: supplied\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Around 22 Christmas trees have been created from recycled beach huts.PHOTO: supplied<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Shafiek Solomons (37), a resident of Montague Village in Lavender Hill, is creating colourful 1,4 metre and 2,4 metre Christmas trees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt can take us up to two hours to create a tree, depending on its size and the condition of the wood.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The father of seven started his own business almost two years ago and does renovations and painting for a living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am running a business called Solomons and Sons and I am busy working on the beach huts as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo far we have made 22 trees; the smallest being 1,4 metres and the largest was 2,4 metres. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere are a lot of people who are happily buying the trees.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that they remove any rotten pieces of wood and old nails before starting the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe take the matching colour woods and then we remove the rotten pieces and nails. It depends on the wood, how long the process would take. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe wood is very old, it could be even older than me, around 50 or 60 years old.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Gorman, Solomon\u2019s talents are endless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_44173c41\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/7730\/f43818beea07472ea2489090963b4669.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/834977045f564b4a95e89e0662537b8c.jpg\" title=\"Anthony Cockburn and Shafiek Solomons create Christmas trees of various sizes.PHOTO: supplied\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Anthony Cockburn and Shafiek Solomons create Christmas trees of various sizes.PHOTO: supplied<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShafiek Solomons has been with us since the beginning, since we did our first ever hut. 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