Woodworker adds Parker showroom

Blacksheep Woods has environmental approach

BY RACHEL LORENZ SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Garrett Pickrel, a U.S. Navy sailor turned IT professional turned woodworker, is expanding his business’s presence in Colorado with a showroom in Parker.

“I’m super stoked that I have a storefront,” Pickrel, owner of Blacksheep Woods, told Colorado Community Media. Located at the corner of Dransfeldt Road and Parkglenn Way, the 2,500-squarefoot space — lled with hunks of fragrant wood and a handful of nished tables — opened to the public in January.

Blacksheep Woods creates custom wood counters, bars, replace mantels and tables for its custom- ers. Many of the projects incorporate the uncut or “live edge” of a tree and colored epoxy as part of the design. e company also sells slabs of hardwood like black walnut, white oak and sycamore to other woodworkers.

“We pay attention to every aspect of our job, and we are very meticulous about picking out something that is going to last, something few years. After attening again, the number boomed amid the coronavirus pandemic, more than doubling from 22,000 in 2019 to 45,000 last year, according to Colorado’s database of reported crimes. e state has become known for the problem: Colorado led the nation in 2021 with the highest overall vehicle theft rate at 661 thefts per 100,000 people, according to the

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