CUSTOM INSTALLATIONS
We partner with you to design and install stone features that fit your landscape, home, and vision.
RESTORATIONS
We take extreme care to rebuild and restore stone and brickwork that respects the integrity and design of the original work and provides stability for years to come.
COACHING
We provide coaching and support for motivated DIY homeowners.
WHY US?
We focus on hardscapes. That’s it. We’re not a landscape company. Stone masonry is a age-old trade and we’re honored to continue the tradition. We build with stone and we build to last. We believe tradition and quality matters.
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MEET THE STONEMASON
JOEL
BRAIN
OWNER, ARTIST, & STONEMASON
Joel has been proudly practicing his craft for 15 years and has run his small local business in the Ithaca area since 2009.
"Working with Joel was a pleasure."
— KEVIN CARRUTHERS"Working with Joel and his team was a pleasure. He was very adaptable and incorporated our ideas while improving on them greatly with his design experience. Now if we could just get rid of the snow so we can sit on the beautiful patio he has built!"
". . . stonework that is beautiful and interesting, a continual delight to live with and use.”
— MARK & JUDITH ASHTONJoel was pleasant and thoughtful and excellent to work with. He listened carefully, and comprehendingly, to what we were looking for, understood and respected the budget, and turned general ideas and objectives into specific objects and designs. We found him careful and efficient and interesting to observe plying his trade and welcoming of our interest and questions. Although we developed the designs of our two paths and small wall together with him, Joel's art and skill produced stonework that is beautiful and interesting beyond our imagining, a continual delight to live with and use.
"Joel is an artist."
— TESSIE KUO"Joel is an artist. He works meticulously, knows design, function, and all types of stones. He takes into consideration, safety, lasting effects, studies the slope of the land, plans for drainage, works cleanly. He is fair, honest and a nice guy. What more can you ask for?"