Parker & Bark is a one-person shop out of Augusta, Georgia. Andrea sources, shapes, and finishes every piece by hand. Parker, her dog, serves as creative director and quality inspector — mostly the latter, from a comfortable position on the floor.
Parker is a dog. Specifically, a dog with strong opinions about where to lie down — which turns out to be everywhere Andrea is working. He's been present for every piece Parker & Bark has ever made. The name stuck because so did he.
Bark on some pieces, smooth on others. That was originally Parker's preference. Now it's a customer option.
Andrea sources from storm-felled trees, cleared land, and forest floors around Augusta. The piece begins with the wood, not a design drawing — the tree's form shapes what gets built.
Every log is studied before the chainsaw starts. Where are the interesting branch joints? What does the grain do near a knot? The first cuts follow the wood's natural structure, not a template.
Rough shaping, leveling, joinery if needed. Bark decisions happen here. The base and top are matched for grain character, not just species — they should look like they came from the same tree, because often they did.
Oil or satin finish, hand-applied. No spray guns, no shortcuts. The goal is a surface that protects the wood without hiding it. What arrives at your door looks exactly the way the tree looked inside.
We don't impose a shape. The branch pattern, the trunk diameter, the way the wood grew — those are the design. We reveal what was already there.
No production line. No subcontractors. Every Parker & Bark table was touched by exactly one pair of hands from source to finish. If you ask who made it, there's a name: Andrea.
Hardwood from hundred-year-old trees, finished to last another hundred. This isn't decor you replace. It's furniture you explain to people who ask about it.
Tell Andrea what you're imagining — wood species, size, bark preference, the space it's going into. Every piece starts with a conversation.
New tables come out of the shop a few times a month. Leave your name and email and Andrea will reach out personally when something new is ready.