FOR SALE

Now that we've gotten our home in absolutely gorgeous shape, 

WE'RE SELLING.

Its got the new hardwood floors and fresh paint 

The kitchen is perfect with the new countertops

I LOVE this backsplash

You know whats funny? I just repainted this 'Silver Charm' wall today and it is now off white

I also painted this wall off white this morning also

Here is  one of my favorite changes made this week, painted the stairs turquoise

Here you can see the new paint below the stairs

I'm going to miss this tack room!!

And this view, waking up to it every morning has been fabulous

Electrical Wires

The electrical wiring is being installed in the barn.

Box above a stall for center light.

Mr. Electrical. 

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. 

Only One More Door

The last top half dutch door is being built right this minute. 

The Comfort Stall mat is getting there, we had to have friends come over and help get the big roll of top layer rolled the other direction, hauled out of the barn & into the stall. It didn't want to go easily but we did get it inside the stall.

Then we had to hem & haw over position, currently its sitting there thinking about being a difficult thing. In the next few days we will complete that installation then add water buckets, corner feeders, (I don't NEED them) and outside fences. Then we're good to go.

I'll be able to use it before its got fences because I can put the horses into the arena during the days.

Tomorrow

Tomorrow we start installing the comfort stall mats. Laying the bottom layer shouldn't be a problem besides hard, heavy work. The big roll of topping is going to be very difficult. I haven't purchased a roll of carpet padding yet, I guess I'll be getting that first thing I the morning.

Outside Stall Doors

Each of the exterior doors will be made for the space it will go into because they all measure out a bit different from each other. Start with the inside frame, using the Kreg Jig to attach at corners & making sure its square. Or as square as can be.

Then add the inside plywood and the outside T1-11.

The X on the outside is more for support and to prevent future hanging/dragging than decoration but its very pretty.

We used 1x4's from the pallet the Comfort Stall mats & roofing came on, great way to upcycle.

Liquid Nails & real nails hold it together.

The hardware for the doors, large heavy duty hinges, locks for each door & hooks to attach them to the outside when open so they don't swing freely.

This tool gets the screws in fast & tight.

The finished product.

Now just 8 more to do because there will be top doors also.

The inside lock. 

We put a 2x4 inside the door jamb so the door wouldn't stress the hinges.