Yes, it’s wet. Just scree-ing it both directions multiple times is annoying lol
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So I spent a few hours today helping to remodel/reorganize the tack room at my lesson barn. None of what I did was particularly hard - I was mostly the helper, though I did get to do some drilling and hammering. Okay, I also had to move most of the tack from the viewing room back to the tack room. But I am wiped out and none of what I did was anywhere near as physically demanding as what you are regularly doing to get your farm ready for your horses.
IOW, I already knew all the work you are doing is impressive, I just have a new visceral appreciation of how much work it is.
But also, the redone tack room is so much better - fits tack for more horses with way less clutter and confusion. So worth the effort, much as I’m sure all your work will be worth it when you’re done.
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Everything takes 1.5x longer than I imagine it will. It’s so annoying.
Have before and after pictures of your tack room? I’m always looking for ideas!
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It’s a lesson/pony club barn, so we were going for organized and neat and hopefully easy to keep organized especially with kids, so nothing groundbreaking, but we were able to double the amount of tack we could put in there and get rid of all the free standing saddle racks, so it feels immensely more spacious. Plus, we still have a few unused saddle racks, so…
Before:
And after:
Basically we took down everything in there previously, added more wood and then mounted a bunch of metal saddle racks and bridle hooks. Used zip ties to attach plastic label holders to the saddle racks, nailed label holders to the wall above the bridle hooks, and labeled everything. As the one bringing all the tack back in, I made the choice to put all the tack for the little ponies closest to the ground, and more advanced/complicated horses got higher racks.
We also got a wall mounted drying rack for saddle pads, that’s attached to a stud in the corner just out of sight (and we mounted it high enough, that we could put a second one underneath if desired).
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That’s an amazing improvement!! Question - why did you use your green lumber up high? Or is it all treated but some is just dried out?
Edit: took a better look at the before picture and answered my own question - nevermind!!
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The aged lumber was already there. We just added the green lumber to give us more space to mount from.
I’m really happy with it and our work! Like, I’m usually in the field boarder barn and haven’t ridden one of the lesson horses in months, but now I’m like, ‘do we need to fix the tack shed/tack stalls in the field boarder barn? They’re kind of chaotic…’ lol
Oh, and a thing that is not evident in the photos, is that at each corner, we staggered the heights of the saddle racks to make sure that they weren’t going to hit each other and to hopefully give a bit more space to get to bridles and such, so each wall is slightly different, but it works (and while we had a tape measure, after the first one or two we just went with ‘does this look okay?’ I think we only wound up moving a couple of racks after the initial screw hole. But we also figured, it’s a barn and we’re not doing structural work, so done is better than perfect
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Oh I’m guilty of guess and check with installing stuff. Some people are really weird about drilling holes in stuff, but I’m not! That’s what it’s there for!
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Wow! That looks amazing. Great job.
What is a viewing room? Like a television lounge?
The main reason I chose 1” thick tongue and groove pine for my tack room, BTW, was so I could drill holes anywhere and not be limited by wall stud positions. But I still ponder about positioning, sometimes for days, before I finally do the drill deed.
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it’s a room you can watch the riders in the arena from, I think.
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Typically a room overlooking an indoor so you can watch riders. Can be bare bones, or more like a lounge. Last barn I was at had just seating, current barn has kitchen, seating, bridle and saddle racks.
In some areas, in order to get a building permit for an indoor riding arena, there must be permanent seating installed. Usually folks in colder climates go for an enclosed room so it can be heated - nice for parents watching kids, SOs hanging out, etc. In fancier places they double as hanging out/gathering places with comfortable furniture, a kitchen, bathroom, tv, wifi, etc.
Typically they have large windows with an unimpeded view of the indoor arena.
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My husband is this way.
I get an idea, I execute idea lickity-split. I typically eyeball most stuff, no measuring needed. 
Projects together can be interesting.
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That’s as good as it’s going to get, it’s level within an eighth of an inch.
Tried staining/sealing the dutch doors with a color I thought would match the tan. I thought it would dry darker… nope. Going to have to redo the YELLOW doors. Yuck.
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Your base looks great. I can understand your frustration with the doors, hopefully you can get something you like.
Never heard of this. What areas do this?
The doors are all I got done today because a lady pulled into the driveway with a flat and everything was seized so it took some time to get her back on the road.
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Pretty! Walnut?
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American somethin-somethin. I went with semi solid to cover the yellow better.
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