Habits to keep a barn clean - ideas!

[Palm_Beach]

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@SPRINGBORO

sounds so lovely! Show us pictures, please!!

@SPRINGBORO I did try to reduce the file sizes but was not terribly successful. However, I do have a little blog about the farm and it has pictures that show what things look like. You will see it is not a super fancy barn but we do try to keep it tidy!
https://hedgerow-farm.com/

That is lovely!!!

[Lucassb]

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@Lucassb

That is lovely!!!

Thanks so much! Definitely still a WIP but we love it.

[Dressage59]

@Lucassb Your place is gorgeous!

[Lucassb]

@Dressage59

@Lucassb Your place is gorgeous!

Thank you so much! It is a fun project… and there is always more to do!!

[Bluey]

That is a great barn and the rubber matter aisle even shines.

It is nice to have such a neat and well kept space to work in, is it.

[mdp9]

@Scribbler

Nice if you can afford someone to sweep constantly, and if the clients can afford new matching everything.

I don’t personally feel the need to have boarders get matching leads and halters and coolers and more, but I worked for a barn that did and it was very nice. A/AA Hunter barn with wealthy families, you know?

[mdp9]

@AppaloosaDressage

How many horses/boarders are at your barn?

I have been running my lesson program for 3 years out of a larger 19 stall boarding barn. I started out with 5 of the stalls, and over time have been growing with more students getting their own horses. I am soon switching to an arrangement where I will rent the whole barn as dry stalls and manage the barn myself.

So, to answer, the question, 19. About half my own lesson horses and half boarders who are all in my program (riding and showing with me).

[Lucassb]

@Bluey

That is a great barn and the rubber matter aisle even shines.

It is nice to have such a neat and well kept space to work in, is it.

Thanks, Bluey. I totally agree!!!

I fell in love with the “bones” of the place when we first saw it and it’s been a really enjoyable project working on making some improvements. It will never be one of those crazy fancy places but it is clean and quiet and comfortable; the horses seem happy here and that is the main thing!!

[ecileh]

@Lucassb

In many show barns, this is pretty routine, though I know people get themselves in a tizzy about it, especially here on COTH. When I had hunters and did a lot of showing, we expected to have certain things in the barn colors, from trunks to scrims, coolers and blankets, and it looked lovely to have everything matching, monogrammed, etc. If you happened to leave the barn, you could frequently sell the barn color stuff to someone else so you weren’t stuck with it.

I also know of lots of barns that only allow trunks in their colors to be out in the aisles; if you had a different type or color, it was perfectly fine with them but it would be in the storage room (and at the end of the aisles at shows so as not to disrupt the pretty set up.)

The whole matchy thing would be unusual in most boarding barns, where everyone usually does their own thing, but for show barns it is pretty normal.

Yes, my barn does the matching colors for shows–though we’re not big-time enough to make people by fancy matching trunks.

[TMares]

Lucas that’s a beautiful farm and barn!

[Lucassb]

@TMares

Lucas that’s a beautiful farm and barn!

Thank you, @TMares. We looked for a farmette for years and years, and when we found this place, we just fell in love with it. Still lots of work to do, but I am pleased with the progress so far!