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  • Kansas a “Chip Off the Old Block” for Buechel Stone

    Art is making something out of nothing and selling it Frank Zappa I found this quote rather inspiring. There are so many different situations this can be applied to: food prepared by a chef, an architect’s drawings of a new… Continue reading

    Kansas a “Chip Off the Old Block” for Buechel Stone
  • The Land of The Post Rock is an Unsung Hero in Natural Stone

    Nothing lasts forever but the Earth and Sky. -Kansas If you were to ask most people from Wisconsin what’s from Kansas they’d likely give you the following three answers: 1.) Jordy Nelson, 2.) Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz and… Continue reading

    The Land of The Post Rock is an Unsung Hero in Natural Stone
  • Show me the Money!

    Some people dream of success, while others wake up and work hard at it. Unknown There are a lot of decisions made in the course of a day at work, and there are none more important and often challenging than… Continue reading

    Show me the Money!
  • Enhanced EMPLOYMENT Bonus

    The world belongs to the energetic. Ralph Waldo Emerson There are few things as fulfilling as seeing someone’s face when they get a check or bonus they earned. I’m not about to get into the politics and reality of people… Continue reading

  • Luxury Marketing Council Podcast

    Luxury is a necessity that begins where necessity ends. Coco Chanel I get asked to do interviews from time to time, and I seldom turn them down. It’s not about being vain, I just feel our business and family story… Continue reading

    Luxury Marketing Council Podcast
  • Buechel’s “Make it Up as you Go” Salsa

    You can’t just eat good food. You’ve got to talk about it too. Kurt Vonnegut Nikki and I just finished with an amazing salsa recipe we’ve been playing around with for about 15 years. Each year we seem to tweak… Continue reading

    Buechel’s “Make it Up as you Go” Salsa
  • Nature’s Friend: The Local Quarry

    “What we see depends mainly on what we look for.” John Lubbock Since I was a kid, I loved growing up literally “in the quarry.” Riding Huffy bikes, jumping off small stone ledges, riding through standing water; it was all… Continue reading

    Nature’s Friend: The Local Quarry
  • Installing a Drystack Stone Wall

    “We can throw stones, complain about them, stumble on them, climb over them, or build with them.” William Aurthor Ward The funny thing about this quote was as a novice stone wall installer, I’m pretty sure all of the above… Continue reading

    Installing a Drystack Stone Wall
  • The 411 on Bad Masonry

    There’s more to masonry than meets the eye… but if it’s bad to the eye it’s probably going down hill fast on the rest of the details. Continue reading

    The 411 on Bad Masonry
  • The Good Stuff

    Get along while we canAlways give love the upper handPaint a wall, learn to danceCall your mom, buy a boatDrink a beer, sing a songMake a friend, can’t we all get along Kenny Chesney / Josh Osborne / Ross Copperman… Continue reading

    The Good Stuff