ECP & Design

Marlon is top notch. He's professional, timely, efficient and always leaves a home WAY better than he found it! I love working with him and will continue to do so on all of my jobs!

John is a true professional. He sketched the perfect vanity for me. A death in the family has prevented me from moving forward with my bathroom remodel but when I return to California I can't wait to work with him. Love his work on Houzz.

John is the rare combination of highly skilled craftsman with wonderful people skills. He stands by his work and has the utmost integrity. Top notch workmanship. John is the best!!

I was totally impressed by John and his staff in designing and producing an amazing entertainment unit for our Family Room. The quality of their workmanship shows in the final product, and it has added much enjoyment and value to our home!

John has designed and constructed a 12 place pine farmhouse dining table, a large bookcase with lower cabinets, an antique writing desk, and a TV console that raises and lowers a large flat screen TV. In all four cases, I was only able to give John the vaguest notion of what I wanted. He worked with us to come up with a final design that completely met our expectations. Most importantly, his woodworking is exquisite. John is the best craftsman I have ever come across.

We selected John Varney as our designer / custom craftsman for 3 separate projects. The first was a complete Kitchen buildout which included moving walls and completely reconfiguring our Kitchen and remodeling our living room. The second job was to extent the crown molding throughout our family room and design custom cabinetry to coordinate with our kitchen. Our 3rd experience was 8 years later when we moved to a new home. We, once again, hired John to redesign our kitchen. From the initial design concept and throughout the entire process, John stays engaged and conversive to make certain you are well-satisfied with the project. His ideas are creative with finishing touches of topnotch craftsmanship that perfectly fit your needs. John is talented, fair, good spirited and generally a great person. We highly recommend John and would be pleased to answer any further questions you might want to ask. If you would like me to send pictures of our kitchen let me know where to send them.

ECP & Design, John Varney is an excellent and outstanding designer and builder of custom furniture, cabinets and home interiors. He wood paneled our living room and made several pieces of furniture for our home. We would recommend him and his team to anybody looking for his services. He is easy to work with, creative and a very talented craftsman.

This company has made two tables for us. Both were of fine craftsmanship and were finished very well. One of the tables was built almost 20 years ago for a home in the mountains and has held the test to many happy family meals & activities. The other table is about 10 years old and looks great today.

We have used John Varney in multiple areas of our home. (Kitchen, den, master, outdoor kitchen, tv room). Each time the work is professional and John's design work makes each project look balanced within its space. The few times I have used someone else for remodel work, I have been disappointed. The quality is never as good. I'm a fan! We have had projects going from 1992-2014. I'm trying fo figure out more spaces to touch.

We worked with John on several projects - He truly met or exceeded our needs on every one - John is true craftsman which shows in his dedicated work

John is a class act. He's very professional, caring and an excellent craftsman. He listens and works with you to design an original piece of furniture that you only envisioned. He's creative and easy to work with. He delivers on time every time. I worked with John on three separate occasions and have been extremely pleased and impressed with his ability to craft the right piece for the right spot. I recommend him highly.

Like everyone, I looked at a gazillion images on houzz, trying to distill a vision for our new kitchen. At first, the process was exciting - choosing the look and color scheme and discovering cool things I didn't know existed. But when it came to details, it got daunting. I didn't want to make a bad decision I'd hate later. This was my DREAM kitchen. I didn't want to ever remodel again. This was IT for me. So, I was fortunate to find English Country Pine and Design. As soon as I saw samples of the work, I knew I was home. The quality is unparalleled and I know it will last a lifetime--and a LOT longer than semi-custom. What I quickly realized is that by paying a little more for custom cabinetry, I could get a product that looks amazing and I knew that there would be fewer installation issues because they were custom, not being sent from a factory. The process started by sitting down with John of English Country Pine and talking about how I work in the kitchen. John was patient and his ideas were great. Of course, having sifted through houzz for months, I knew most of what I wanted-- like a large island and clean lines. I also had a general layout of where the cabinets would be. But exactly how things should be arranged were the details John worked through with me. We talked about what dishes would go where so that the size and type of cabinets would be exactly right. For example, my children set the table while I cook, so the utensils are close to the table and not in the way when I'm cooking. And my desk in the kitchen is designed such that when we entertain, I can sweep the laptop and paperwork into a deep drawer and use the counter as a bar. Let's just say, my kitchen is very efficient for the way we live. Because of the years of experience John and the cabinet makers he works with have, the proportions for the space that didn't quite exist were also just right too. They knew just how to adjust the sizes so that the final look was perfect. And, throughout the building process, they measured and remeasured to avoid big problems later. As you can tell, I am thoroughly thrilled with the design and cabinetry. But my advice in working with any skilled cabinetmaker is, a) going into the project, it's important to know what you really want and really don't want, styles you like and don't like. Take your time working with the designer to plan all the details. So important. And then, let them do their thing. All through the building process the cabinetmaker adjusted thing things as needed-- and kept me in the loop the whole time. They were dead right on all those tweaks. I'm so glad I listened to their advice. Would I hire this firm if I had to do it all over again? Absolutely.