“There isn’t one moment. It’s the people. Watching families return years later. Seeing children who once came into the showroom with their parents now choosing furniture for homes of their own. That’s a lovely feeling.”
QUICK FIRE
Tea or coffee? Tea. Morning or evening? Morning. Leather or fabric? Leather. Favourite season? Autumn. Favourite room? The sitting room. Book or television? Book. Quiet evening or busy weekend? Quiet evening. What makes a good Sunday? Family together. No rush.
TEN QUESTIONS
1: What is the biggest lesson thirty years at John Sankey has taught you?
That quality is rarely about one big decision. It’s hundreds of small decisions, made carefully, every single day.
2: What piece of furniture in your own home means the most to you? The one everyone naturally gathers around without ever planning to.
3: What makes a beautifully made piece different? It still feels right years later. Not because it stayed fashionable. Because it stayed useful.
4: What room do you spend the most time in? The sitting room. It’s where life seems to happen.
5: What has changed the most during your career? Styles. What hasn’t changed is why people buy furniture. They’re still trying to create somewhere people want to come home to.
6: What has never changed? The satisfaction of seeing something beautifully made leave the workshop.
7: What quality do you admire most? Patience. The best things are rarely rushed.
8: What would you never replace? Anything that has become part of family life.
9: What makes a house feel like home? The people inside it. Everything else follows.
10: After thirty years, what still makes you proud? Knowing that something we helped create is quietly becoming part of someone else’s story.
Thank You
Thank you for spending part of your Sunday with us. We hope one day, a John Sankey piece quietly becomes part of your family's story. Until next Sunday.
