Those of us who have a garage know the hard work it requires to keep clean. Our garage (shop) is really big, thus makes it so easy to fill up. When I started my pet boarding business, I had to clean out a fairly big area in the shop so that I could board. That was really an eye opener, and what I mean is that it proved the shop could get cleaned and look nice.
And so the slow process of de-cluttering began.
There are lots of "piles" of trash and keepers and all of that needs time to go through. But one of the worse parts was where our saddles, bridles, and halters were slung around on the ground. The saddles were sitting on sawhorses, the bridles were hanging on little nails, as were the halters. It was messy and hard to quickly saddle a horse. When carrying the saddle out the door, you'd step on cinches and ropes, and even come close to falling.
After much thinking and talking it over, we finally got wood and tools to make our own saddle racks. Yes! Living on a ranch, you most likely have old fence posts lying around, and that we do. Dad got a board and nailed it to the wall. Then he took an old cedar post and cut it up. After screwing those little pieces of post into the board, we had a nice bridle/halter spot. And, my, did those cedar posts smell good!
With the lumber we bought, Dad helped each one of us measure, cut, screw together, and sand our own saddle racks.
It was hard to get good pictures to show just how the racks are built, but you can get the picture. Mainly, it holds the saddle much better than sawhorses and the saddle holds its shape nicer. Plus, now the stirrups don't drag on the ground as they had on the sawhorses. And sometime we'll get to personalize each one to our own liking.
In the end, we have six saddle racks and so much more space in that area of the shop. You know cleaning is hard and not that much fun, but the end product is so worth it. We still have a long ways to go, but looking at those clean, tidy areas make a person realize it can be done. : )
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