My City January 2023

says Skaff with a smile. His son Jeff is now a co-owner and vice president. The business moved to its current Mundy Township location in 1980 and in 1987, joined the national buying organization, Carpet One – a nationwide network of 1,200 floor ing dealers. In 2010, Skaff joined Brand Source, a buying group that works with independent furniture and appliance retailers to help them remain competitive in today’s chal lenging business environment. Recently, Skaff Furniture Car pet One constructed a new, nearly 30,000-square-foot warehouse across the parking lot from their current store. For the last 40 years, they rent ed a warehouse in Burton. “My son got the ball rolling to build one. He asked me, ‘Why pay rent when we can build our own?’”The new facility will allow them to have more stock available. “Having the warehouse lo cated here is better for us and for our customers,” Skaff reports. “We can deliver orders right away.” An official ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new warehouse will take place on January 18 and is open to the public. ß

Since then, the business has continued to evolve, expand and grow. In the 1950s, a storefront was built in Downtown Flint at the corner of Harrison andThird Streets. “Our presence grew as the store on Har rison Street expanded with larger showrooms,” adds Skaff. “Soon our company was a leader in carpet and later furniture, continually evolving to meet the needs of our customers.”

Each generation of Skaff that fol lowed carried forward the tradition of providing great value and quality products, and giving every customer the best possible service.Woody Skaff and his two brothers, Don and Jack, were the second generation to run the business.The third generation of the Skaff family, George,Tom, Dick and Mike took the reins from there. “Now, the fourth generation is involved,”

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