About District Reclaimed
I, Trey Lord, founded District Reclaimed in 2017, building on my longstanding passion for woodworking and architectural design. From a young age, I monopolized our family computer designing furniture and houses on an early AutoCAD program trying to emulate Frank Lloyd Wright and his iconoclastic work.
I first learned the basics of woodworking from my father doing pinewood derbies and refinishing furniture in Kenya, leading an initiative to build furniture for an orphanage during a woodshop class in middle school in Egypt, and doing a number woodcarving projects in highschool in New Hampshire. I have since built a professional skillset from a number of other woodworkers and by challenging myself to try and master new skills, tools, techniques, and styles. I was thankfully given the woodworking library and a number of tools by the widow of the Chief Carpenter of the Architect of the Capital, which launched my business and skillset to meet the needs of my clientele.
My work has been featured in Popular Woodworking, The Washington Informer, and DCist. My work can also be seen in the Washingtonian based on building most of the furniture for Byrdland Records.
When not woodworking, I work on international climate change policy, specifically focused on nature-based solutions such as forest conservation, sustainable forestry, reforestation, and carbon markets. As one would guess, this has heavily informed my knowledge and emphasis for reclaimed and sustainably sourced wood. I hold a MA in Global Environmental Policy from American University, and a BA in Philosophy from Georgetown University.
