Scored On This Shelf

As I surfed FaceBook this afternoon I saw an ad for this shelf, FREE.

I instantly told the guy I wanted it.

So we went & picked it up.

I can't wait to see what it looks like in the daylight, after its been cleaned up & rehabbed. 

Getting It Done

These photos are of the wash rack

This is a built in shelf for the shampoos and sprays

The piece of plywood to cover this is attached to the wall beside it so if we need to use the wash rack as a stall we can close the holes.

I put took hooks on the back wall, also removable. 

See the plywood square from the shelf?

The cross ties are heavy duty bolts with solid wood behind the plywood

Here is the water heater and the pipes. This has been enclosed and the extra wood 

attached to wall also.

In the animal department, we hatched 6 pheasant chicks, they are 3 weeks old now.

I need to get an outdoor cage for them so they can be used to being outside.

That's a chicken chick with them, shes got a messed up leg & we have no idea why.

We moved the tack room to the back of the arena

In this photo it hasn't been set on the bricks all the way but now it is, we have painted 3 of the 4 sides and purchased 2x8 pressure treated boards for the trim along the ground. The front hasn't been painted yet, we need to remove the saddle rack and cover the door & light.

Some of my barn art has been put inside the barn. I am going to rehang the flag and put up a couple others, one is a flag I purchased in May 2000 at Keeneland.

Inside my tack room. I've been given another saddle so I've got 3 western, 1 dressage & 1 English. 

I purchased a harness for the Mini's in hopes to ground drive Gus; 

the surcingle I purchased is WAY too small for any horse. 

Spring Flowers

Spring in the northwest might be rainy but it is also when the most beautiful flowers bloom.

I don't know their names

But the Azaleas are all gorgeous

So are the Lilacs. This is the first year they have bloomed for us,

we didn't know this bush was here.

There is a plethora of Blue Bells and yesterday the first Iris popped open.

For Mothers Day I had store bought flowers on the table but they are pretty too

And also on Mothers Day, I bought a dozen Pheasant eggs, I put 6 under a hen and 6 in the incubator with 8 chicken eggs. When they are big enough I'll release them into the wild.

AirBnB Results

After having our one & only guest from AirBnB, I have taken out room off the internet. Liz was a fine guest, she got here when she said she would, she was clean and tidy, quiet.
But she also drank 3 FULL glasses of my wine.

When we have a glass its half - 3/4 full, not 3 and her 3rd was full to the BRIM. She had to lean forward to keep from spilling it as she slurped the beginning of it.

She was talking about needing a place to stay for the next month, twice weekly. Since I'm only getting about $30, I'm way in the hole already, don't need a alcoholic here too.

Cowboy Curtains

I sewed curtains for the guest room, maybe should have measured BOTH windows first. The others are plenty long enough but this one is a titch short. I will leave them, I think they're going to work OK.

New bed skirt and sheets on the bed. Blankets & comforter in the laundry.

This is the curtain detail.

New lamp; I added the spurs.

There needs to be a bedside table, this milking stool is too short. They certainly can't read with the light below the level of the bed.

That was fast!

Less than 18 hours after I placed our home on AirBnB we have the room booked. When its all said & done, after everyone else takes their cut, I stand to get about $30. So today I went and bought new sheets, pillows, fabric for curtains, shower curtains, alarm clock, lamp, etc. Spent $185.28. The good news is that I received a coupon to save 80% off custom framing & I have a painting to frame.

The shower curtain I purchased looks like this... NOT western, rustic, shabby chic or anything, just totally beach. The walls in the upstairs bathroom are light greenish and there is already a water color painting of a beach scene so this works well. I'll take the turquoise towels up for our guest. 

I also purchased shampoos, soaps, deodorant, tampons, all sorts of necessary items in individual packaging in case our guest needs anything.

Air B & B

We have placed our spare room on Air B & B

Asking $41 per night

Horses $10 extra per horse

I need to do some more decorating but this is the beginning

And I hope we get a guest or two

As you can see, there are no curtains, the lamp sucks, barely any art work. The closet is on the right and I have stuff inside it but if we were to get a guest I'd have to remove all of it & shove it in the other spare room.

This might be fun.