The traditional way to buy a monument, and The Monument Store way
The traditional way
Step 1: Call around
Step 2: Visit showrooms
Step 3: Flip through catalogs
Step 4: Wait on a quote
Step 5: Sort out cemetery rules
Step 6: Wait and wonder
The Monument Store way
Step 1: Design it online
Step 2: Talk with a designer
Step 3: Approve your proof
Step 4: We set it
One team. Design to setting.
How a memorial is built
Eight steps, in the order the work happens. Your project manager is the person you call. A lead designer draws the proof.
See each stepHow a memorial is design-builtBook a design consult
- 1
Consult
You meet your project manager on a free video call. That person is your design consultant for the whole job.
- 2
Cemetery site check
Your project manager checks the cemetery’s rules and the site before a drawing starts.
- 3
CAD proof
A lead designer prepares the CAD drawings and sends you the proof.
- 4
Your approval
Nothing is cut until you approve the submittal. That approval becomes the shop drawing.
- 5
Stone selection
You choose the granite the design offers. On a published design, you will see that price on the page. A fully custom design is priced on the consult.
- 6
Fabrication
The shop cuts, polishes, and engraves the stone from the shop drawing you approved.
- 7
Setting
We install nearby or ship free
- 8
Final walk-through
After the stone is set, you and your project manager walk through a punch list and you give final approval.
Cemetery
We handle the cemetery
Every cemetery sets its own rules. On a design call we look at them with you. Cemeteries usually want a drawing before they approve a stone. We do not decide the rules for them.
We install nearby or ship free.
Will my cemetery accept it?
Every cemetery sets its own rules for size, material, and design. We do not decide that for them. Bring the rules to the design call and we will look at them with you. We install nearby or ship free.
Design help
Three ways to design your headstone
Start from a stone and you will see the price before you talk to us. A fully custom design is priced with you on a video call.
Start from a stone
Pick a stone we already make and personalize it online. Type the names and dates, pick the granite, and swap the artwork. You see the price as you go.
Start from a stoneFull Custom
Draw a design that is not in the store. Some basic graphic design skill helps, but you do not need it. We price it with you on a video call.
Full CustomDesign it with Burk
A free video call. Burk draws the design with you and prices it on the call.
Design it with Burk
Monuments we make
Start with the form the cemetery allows. The price is on each listing.
Talk with your project manager
The call is free. Your project manager is the design consultant on that call. We install nearby or ship free.