Design.
Build.
Transform.
LullCo is a hands-on furniture, upholstery and textile studio open to the public 7 days a week. Here you can learn a trade or new skill, use a fully equipped workspace and tools, shop professional supplies, or let us do the work for you.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?
There are many ways to engage with the studio. Choose from one of these options below!
Learn
Classes, camps, online learning, private lessons, certification, and other ways to build your skills.
Make
Studio access, Project Pass, memberships, tools, workspace, materials, and hands-on support.
Shop
Fabric, foam, tools, kits, machines, vintage finds, supplies, and goods for people who make things.
Hire Us
Upholstery, furniture restoration, custom fabrication, textiles, specialty builds, and estimates.
UPHOLSTERY
CAMP
Come to Ann Arbor and spend several immersive days learning upholstery inside a working studio. Build your skills, work through a real project, and leave with a much better idea of what you're capable of.
FROM CURIOUS TO PROFESSIONAL.
Start with zero experience or build on skills you already have. Take one class. Learn online. Join us for a retreat. We offer all types of classes and learning opportunities to keep your mind fresh and busy.
THERE SHOULD BE MORE THAN ONE PATH TO BECOMING SKILLED.
Our STAR program gives young people access to hands-on training, real projects, paid experience and pathways into skilled work.
Sponsor a student and help keep the upholstery trade alive!
USE THE STUDIO.
Come work for a few hours or make LullCo your regular workshop. Bring your own project and get access to the space, tools, materials and support you need to keep moving.
Find Your Studio Access →STUFF FOR PEOPLE WHO MAKE STUFF.
Fabric, foam, upholstery tools, sewing supplies, DIY kits, machines, vintage finds and goods from independent makers.
Shop the Mercantile →
FURNITURE, REIMAGINED.
Upholstery, restoration, custom fabrication and design services from our Ann Arbor studio. Bring us the piece, the problem, or the idea and we'll help figure out what comes next.
MAKING THINGS IS BETTER WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
Come for the projects. Stay for the people. Join us for events, clubs, open studio gatherings, live tutorials and all the creative weirdness that happens when makers share a space.
Join the Community →
BOOK SOMETHING.
Pick a date. Pick a thing. Come make something. Browse upcoming classes, events, studio access and other ways to spend some time at LullCo.
Download the Scheduler for easier access!
Come Find Us.
LullCo Design Studio is a furniture, upholstery, and textile studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Come take a class, work on your own project, shop the mercantile, or talk with us about a furniture project.
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
Easy stop for classes, shopping, BYOP sessions, and project consultations.
Classes, studio access, mercantile shopping, and furniture estimates.
Scroll down and use the calendar to book classes, events, or studio time.
Save the future. Pass it down.
In a world where technology seems to be outpacing us, it seems the only jobs left are the ones you need thumbs to do. If we aren't passing these skills down to younget generations, who will be building the landscape of our future?
Want to master a new skill? Earn money while in retirement? Or save a ton and become more sustainable by making your own stuff? That's what we do here.
Learn It.
Trade skills should not be locked behind one traditional path. Start from zero, learn one project, or keep going toward professional-level work.
Keep It.
We are done buying unsustainable mass produced goods. Repairing, restoring, and reusing what already exists keeps materials in use and good pieces out of landfills.
Pass It On.
Skills get stronger when people share them. LullCo connects learners, working makers, young people, instructors, clients, and community in one place.