I had been down that road before without really noticing anything exceptional. The advertisements and signs were eye catching yet a distraction and enticing, but almost unnoticed as I sped by. Just busy stuff. Seen, but unseen really. How many times can I look at the same thing and really see it? becomes mundane and lacks interest after a while.
But on my trek back home on this spring day, I noticed something ahead that seemed out of place. Past the horizon of blaring neon and bold printed words was majestic nature. I could barely see it, but at the end of the road was Mt. Hood quietly veiled in clouds. Almost surreal. Huge yet small so far away. Hidden but big as day!
Needing a quiet minute of respite, I set out for a bit~ just me and the journey. I was uninterrupted allowing me to really take notice of my surroundings.
I thought about it often this week, wondering how many times I don't see things that are huge.
It makes me think of the unfinished project in our laundry room. About 4 years ago we added onto our home and undertook a huge kitchen remodel, gutting the place and reconfiguring space with our updated style. Choosing and sorting through ideas and finding just the right thing, I paid attention to everything related to remodeling.
However, 4 years later we still have one more task to finish; the trim around the counter in the laundry room. Why can I walk by it day after day and not even take notice of the rough edge? I'm used to it. It is common. Normal. Unnoticed for the most part.
But if I had to sell my fun little home, it would be the first thing we would complete. But now, hey, its not such a big deal. I can walk by it and not give it another thought.
As stagers, we are trained to find the mundane, the small stuff and the big stuff. The distractions. We love the challenge of seeing things in a different light. We walk into a home and that is the hunt. Sometimes it slaps us in the face and other times we just stop and notice. We find the unnoticed so that those who come through your home as potential buyers are not distracted, but enticed.
