An orderly, clutter-free barn is aesthetically pleasing, saves time during daily chores and is a healthy place for the horses that live there. If you're looking for ideas to give your barn an organizational face lift, here are some suggestions compiled from our own experienced equestrians. We hope you find them helpful! Reduce Clutter
Obsolete equipment and extraneous items are the most significant impediment to barn organization.
Sort through all your existing equipment to weed out items you no longer use. Be firm in your decisions about ridding yourself of old tack, blankets and equipment that you may never need again.
Donate your unwanted items to a therapeutic riding program or a horse rescue. Non-profit organizations will either put the items to good use or sell them to raise funds.
Discard helmets that are more than five years old. See Helmet Storage and Care for more information.
Keep only tools that are in good working order and that are used regularly. Discard worn out brooms and manure forks (or reuse the handles by installing a Future Fork Head Replacement).
Create a Hazard-Free Space
Take a fresh look around your barn to identify and remove potential hazards.
Clear your barn aisle so that if a horse acts up on the cross ties or while being lead, it won't collide with items that could cause cuts or bruises.
Remove all cobwebs that can catch a spark and ignite fire.
Check your stall walls for exposed nails, splintered boards or sharp areas.
Replace burned out light bulbs.
Thoroughly sweep storage areas to rid the floors of dust and debris.
Place horse grain in covered metal trash cans or metal grain bins. Rodents won't be able to chew through the metal and contaminate your grain supply.
Make sure all blankets, sheets, halters, leads and other equipment stored on racks or hooks is out of reach of horses that could become tangled in an item.
Remove any glass items that would create shards if broken, and remove any cardboard, which is attractive nesting material for rodents and insects
Set up a separate brush kit for each horse in your barn to prevent the potential spread of skin conditions or disease. Brush kits can be stored in a variety of ways, from simple pails or plastic totes to stall front grooming boxes and grooming bags.
Store manure forks, brooms and shovels out of the way of traffic on wall racks.
Change with the Seasons
Remove all out-of-season items to a designated location. Consider designating a large tack trunk or a large rodent-proof bin to contain summer items in winter and winter items in summer.
Promptly clean and store dirty horse clothing after the season has passed so it's out of your way.
Make sure you close the tack trunk lids tightly for seasonal storage, and consider putting some cedar blocks inside to further deter pests.
Be Creative About Storage Solutions and Resolute About Using Them If everything in your barn has its own storage place, you will save time in your daily routine. No more searching for that lost pair of splint boots or the missing girth!
Put a laundry bag, basket or collapsible laundry bin in your tack room for soiled items.
If floor space is short, look to the walls for storage. There you can mount saddle, bridle and whip racks along with hooks for lunging supplies and other equipment. Wall-mounted wrap and bandage racks not only make excellent use of space, but keep these items neatly bundled and ready for use.
Lots of wall-mounted, space-saving options for hanging and drying blankets exist. If space is really short, use large, sturdy hooks hung high and side-by-side to optimize the number of articles you can hang.
Add wooden shelving, a blanket bar or blanket rack in your tack room for holding saddle pads.
Try to place saddle stands and racks away from windows to prevent damage to the leather from sunlight or water.
Store horse boots within individual horse brush kits, or label them and toss them into a large bucket or cubby.
Create a Tack Cleaning Station Tack cleaning is more apt to be done on a regular basis if the process is easy and convenient.
Hang a tack cleaning hook from the ceiling to make cleaning strap goods easy. You can get one in chrome or one that is color-coated to match the color scheme of your tack room.
Store a collapsible saddle rack against the wall near the tack cleaning hook to make cleaning a saddle easy.
Place tack cleaning products, sponges and rags in a small bucket hung or placed near your tack cleaning station. A bucket is a convenient way to store your tools and it holds the water for cleaning.
Label Everything Labels make finding and returning items to their proper places easy. Matching labels can also lend to the aesthetic appeal of your barn. They can be simple, handwritten signs, created on a computer or printed with an adhesive label maker.
For labels with a high-end look, order custom nameplates and use them creatively. Custom plates aren't just for adhering to tack. A halter plate makes a nice-looking label on cubby holes or over bridle hooks; a stall plate makes a nice sign for tack room and grain rooms.
Plastic key chains that allow you to insert a label into a clear window make inexpensive tags for labeling horse sheets and blankets. Fasten them on a chest clip or buckle.
To save time in locating items, clearly mark the contents of storage bins and tack trunks.
Label horse boots, girths and saddle pads that should be used on a particular horse to prevent the potential spread of skin conditions.
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