Our workshop
Six carpenters in a former spice godown in Mattancherry.
- 1998
- year we took over the workshop
- 2 years
- our teak dries before cutting
- 4,100
- pieces delivered
Who we are
Teak furniture, joined by hand and made to outlast us.
Uli Furniture Co. began in 1998 when Joseph and his two brothers took over their father’s workshop. We buy teak logs at the Nilambur auctions, air-dry them for two years in our yard and cut every joint by hand.
Dining tables, chairs and cabinets in seasoned Nilambur teak, made with mortise and tenon joints in our Mattancherry workshop. Visit the workshop with your room size and we make a scaled drawing and a quote within three days, free of charge.
— The Uli Furniture Co. team, Kochi
What we stand for
Three things we will not change
Seasoned wood only
Teak that is not dry will crack in a Kerala monsoon. Ours air-dries for two years before it is cut.
Joints, not screws
Load-bearing joints are mortise and tenon or dovetail, cut by hand and glued, never screwed.
Repair for life
Bring back any piece we made and we will re-polish, re-cane or re-glue it at cost.
Bring your measurements. We will draw it for you.
Visit the workshop with your room size and we make a scaled drawing and a quote within three days, free of charge.
Visit or call usChoose
A piece from the collection, or bring a sketch.
We make it
Built to order in 4 to 6 weeks.
Delivered
Carried in and placed by our team.
Reviews
What customers say
Sample reviews, written for this demo. Real customer reviews replace them on your store.
Our dining table arrived exactly as drawn, and the delivery team placed it and levelled every leg.
I visited on a Saturday and saw my sideboard being made. It feels different, knowing who built it.
Twelve years on, our cane chairs have been re-caned once and the frames are perfect.
Visit the workshop on a Saturday.
See furniture being made and the teak drying in the yard. Tea is on us.