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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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