Design Build Adventure

DBA custom steel and wood furniture. Tell us what you need.… Keep Reading→

Oil pipe and cedar trellis designed by Mark Word and fabricated by the DBA team.… Keep Reading→

Adventurer Spence Kellum designed this one-of-a-kind “pinged” metal fence made of paint grip steel for a repeat DBA customer. (See Soaring Hawk.)… Keep Reading→

Custom Chimney Hat, Mailbox, and Fence. … Keep Reading→

A shed for John Hart Asher and Bonnie Evridge’s East Austin compound. To maximize their garden space, we hung the shed off the edge of the hill. The shed is made from mostly reclaimed materials (oil pipe, old corrugated) and those big steel sliding panels (no idea what those were for!).… Keep Reading→

We worked with Dai Due’s Jesse Griffiths to design custom grills for the new brick and mortar on Manor Road. We tested these grills at our camp a few times. We also fabricated custom “knife” tap handles for their selection of local beers.… Keep Reading→

Bike shed and trellis designed by Mark Word.… Keep Reading→

This custom fence was to cross three separate “lots,” so we designed them as “sisters.” Each has some similar characteristics, but their individual “personalities” (and functions). The first one was simple steel and welded wire. The second is the same system but expanded into a gabion basket to hold rocks. The third one utilizes cedar posts instead of welded wire.… Keep Reading→

Custom Deck / Shed / Stage / Firewood Storage. … Keep Reading→

Custom Steel Table with Stone Top… Keep Reading→

The Morris family commissioned us to design a ‘pavilion’ at their scenic property in Amalia, N.M. The whole DBA team camped on site for two weeks while we crafted this unique structure from locally harvested materials. All the stones in the gabion wall were collected within a 30-foot radius of the structure. Phase II includes a bathroom and bunkhouse…… Keep Reading→

DBA’s Philip Burkhardt worked closely with this East Austin couple to design and fabricate custom steel and wood kitchen counters , shelves, and an island. The client harvested the Oak countertops from an old shipping container, and we found that amazing mop sink in a salvage yard. … Keep Reading→