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and both grew up right here. Much like Trinkette, Brian
owns his own business, though his work as the front man for
Parker and Son, Inc., in Atmore, Alabama, involves the use of
machinery far more heavy-duty than tattoo needles.
For their kitchen, Trinkette special-ordered custom stone
counters with rough-cut edges in a dragon red garnet color
that was highly complimentary to the overall aesthetics of the
room. Her copper double farm sink is inlaid with a star—and
stars seem to be a running theme here at the Parker home, hand
carved into the stone backsplash by the talented hands of local
stonemason Jess Box along with barbed wire inlays and even in
the stamped concrete flooring of the porch. Above the stove,
a copper hood adds rusticity, while the carved horses in the
corbels flanking either side rear up in ready pose to charge on.
The two-tiered kitchen island adds another element of interest,
curving ever so slightly and seemingly supported, in part, by an
ironwork linkage of horseshoes and stars that are the handiwork
of Trinkette’s farrier, Jim LaClaire.
There are showpieces in every room—from the see-through
fireplace in her main living area to the cowhide covered cabinet
door inserts of her master bath vanity for which she specially
commissioned her friend Howard Findley to the carved
stonework and curved walls of a spacious master suite complete
with fireplaces, arched entryways, and copper chandelier
lighting. But though one could easily find themselves slack-
jawed at so many examples of skilled handiwork to be marveled
over in the Parker home, what holds the highest place in
Trinkette’s heart is something she could never have custom
made: the view. “We have the most spectacular views of the
land I inherited from my grandfather, Willard Norris,” she
says. The namesake of Willard Norris Road, her grandfather’s
land was a blank canvas for Brian and Trinkette’s vision, the
perfect place to set their very own western-inspired domicile. So
perfect was the area, in fact, that they also purchased the land
adjoining theirs, combining the two to accommodate their many
animals—not the least of which include Trinkette’s champion
barrel horses as well as the horses that she shows.
From the front porches to the back pool area, one might well
believe they’ve been transported to a ranch somewhere in the
Southwest when they come upon the Parker home. And though
some might find it decidedly out of place in an area so overrun
with water-inspired teals and blues, Brian and Trinkette feel
right at home—and that’s precisely as it should be.
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