Hi there and welcome to my workshop! My name is Allen and I specialize in making beam style mantels, floating shelves, and custom built-ins and furniture for your home.  I work exclusively with premium, furniture grade lumber and have fine tuned a very natural looking, distressed finish in Alder.  I also use maple, white oak, cherry and walnut for smooth finishes.


Before my woodworking adventure began in 2016, I spent 12 years as a wedding photographer, shooting over 300 weddings!!  While my primary craft has changed, my desire to create something artistic and unique is what led me down this new path.  I enjoy working with my hands to create something to be enjoyed for generations to come. 


I am a one person show, so everything from meetings to building and even installing, ensures a level of craftsmanship that is hard to find these days.  But it can limit the size of projects I take on - mainly the overall physical size and the time frame needed.  Some larger scale pieces can be made of smaller sections and then assembled on site.


Fill out the contact page or shoot me a txt to start the discussion.   I'm happy to work with individual homeowners, general contractors, remodelers, and designers. 

~Allen Doberenz  |  adobewoodworks@gmail.com  |  512-925-4810 (call/txt)

My woodworking journey...

Humble beginnings

Here's where it all began in 2016... experimenting with a table saw on the back porch. This is where I made my first mantel and my first workbench.  The cabinet/hutch on the left was something I had made when we lived in a small condo some 20 years before.

Gaining steam

I soon realized I had to move indoors and took over the garage.  I added as many tools as I could fit - as projects steadily rolled in.  But as it became busier and busier, the space was just too small.

A new home

We were lucky enough to find a home with an attached workshop - built by another woodworker during his retirement.  The chaotic move took nearly 6 months and this is an early photo of the shop getting set up.

Router Table

I wanted to memorialize the woodworker who had this workshop built,  so I used some cypress boards he left behind in my new router table. I also have a few photos of the beautiful furniture he crafted including a couple mantels!

The Workbench

After 6 years in this craft, I finally made a workbench I can be proud of. The top is a 2.5" thick butcher block, made of Knotty Alder scraps from past projects.  I had to make this in small sections but the finished top is about 88"x50".

Why Adobe??

It's my name!!  [A]llen [DOBE]renz.  This sign was a Christmas gift from my daughter in 2017 - she made it in a design class at ACC before heading off to Architecture school at TAMU.  It hangs above my workshop door.


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