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8 6 M ACO N M AG A Z I N E.CO M WHAT'S IN? The bag is a Wowbox bag. My wife bought it for me as a birthday present when we were dating maybe three years ago. It's funny cause normally I'm very rough on my stuff but it's still holding up well. DESCRIBE ONE OF YOUR TYPICAL DAYS. We're a production facility, so I'm pretty rigid on the schedule: wake up, shower, coffee and then head to work, and 8 a.m. is our start time. I've got to make sure all three of my smaller teams are ready to go, that they've got everything lined up to get things done. The rest of the day I flip back and forth between working in production, training people or doing sales. But sometimes I need to put on a pair of pants to go to a meeting downtown and then come back here to go to work. Rarely do I get to do all of one task throughout the day: building furniture, selling furniture, meeting with people and occasionally get food. WHAT IS YOUR MOST REACHED FOR ITEM? Coffee! We have Z Beans Coffee here at the shop and at home, too. WHAT CAN YOU NOT LIVE WITHOUT? Lexi, the office dog. My wife, Brooke, raised Lexi before she went to college, and she moved in with us last year. Lexi didn't like being home all day, and Brooke had to go to school so I started bringing her to work and she really liked it. I'm pretty sure Lexi thinks she runs the company. ANY FUN PROJECTS YOU ARE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW? We're building the tables for Lazy Susan, a new restaurant downtown. The owner wants some of the tables to be like a Murphy style bed, where it folds up against the wall, to give them more space. Andrew Eck STORY BY TIFFANY OLSON PHOTOGRAPHY BY IVY MARIE CLARKE We dig an opportunity to get to know Maconites a little better by peeking in on their life and work. We combed the bag of Andrew Eck, president of local premium furniture company Georgia Artisan, to learn about his upcoming projects and what he can't live without.