“Custom Design” Means Our Walls, Too
When you step through the door to our office, you’re greeted with the roar of a crowd chanting your name. Cameras flash through the audience as laser lights sweep across the ring in a dazzling dance. The ropes tremble with the beat of your theme music, and you part them, ducking between to stand tall and turn to the crowd—
Alright, maybe that doesn’t actually happen. It’s just what we hope you imagine. What we offer at Buildings Plus is not just the raw material to construct a backyard edifice. We offer the empowerment to design exactly what you want, and the quality partners to make that dream arrive on your property just how you pictured it. Stepping into our office isn’t a battle, or test of willpower—all of our customers get the same quality product at discount rates—it’s a display of strength and reliability, with the spotlight on you and your custom design.
But why a boxing ring, you ask? These same qualities could have been written on a nice sign outside, or been part of a lame sales spiel. Well, we have always been a little unique. More to the point: Troy, manager of our lot, was a boxer for years. He was frequently encouraged by others to go pro, but began his career a little too late to do so comfortably. Regardless, sparring provided fantastic exercise and could be an outlet for stress, a gym full of companionship, and a fulfilling hobby to pursue.
This mural was actually a long time coming. The spare room in our double-wide during my childhood was Troy’s office and boxing room. A desk was pushed to one corner, with punching bags, speed bags, medicine balls, weights, and more scattered around the remaining space. I heard the clank of those weights dropping every day, and the boxing ring bell tone–“ding ding ding!”–going off from his phone to indicate that the set was over. Even back then he suggested we paint the walls of that room as if all his gear was in the center of a ring, a cheering crowd visible just beyond the ropes.
That particular goal wasn’t achieved until this year, in interesting conjunction with the much grander dream of stepping into the family business that longtime Clarksville resident Moon started over a decade ago. While I crouched in the corner of the office painting abstract representations of folding chairs, Troy led tours outside and helped visitors to our lot choose and modify the exact building they needed. I’m not a professional artist, but a lot of heart went into this mural, just as it goes into your custom designs. Hopefully, you will find it as inspiring as we do whenever you step into our office.
