Johnston John P

I left my home town to study an NC in Furniture Construction in Glasgow, which allowed me to study further the intricacies of designing and creating furniture. I studied for three years at Buckinghamshire Chiltern University College, obtaining a BA Furniture Design and Craftsmanship (Hons).

In October 2002, I established John P Johnston Furniture, originally under a collective organisation in the Scottish Borders. I spent a short time in the Chilterns, offering my expertise and guidance in setting up a similar collective, before returning home to East Lothian in 2005, where I established my workshop in Dunbar.

Over the many years I’ve been in business, I have helped hundreds of clients, may they be individual clients with highly personal commissions, or collaborations with architectural firms, construction companies or interior designers. I have worked with a wide variety of woods and handcrafted many different types of furniture, from hardwood staircases to kitchens to stand-alone furniture!