At the stables where I now have my horse, Star, my sister and I share a tack room. During the time that my sister was using this tack room she never made any "improvements". Some people have their tack rooms all fixed up and decorated as if it were a home away from home. They have chairs, benches, picnic tables, even barbecues!We decided to start cleaning up "our" area. You'll note in the picture above the dried weeds on the right hand side. On Labor Day we made our first improvements.
We cleared the area of the dried weeds and we made a real cement step. Now it's an easier transition from inside to outside. My sister had some old horseshoes laying around so it was just an obvious choice to use them to decorate the step. Believe it or not, this tiny step took four 60 pound sacks of premixed cement to make!
There is a tiny patch of grass in the front and we actually took scissors and trimmed it down a little. (The boards on the right are what we used to form the step. This is just after I removed the form.)
Slowly but surely we are fixing up our "home away from home". ☺
8 comments:
I DO believe reference the amount of cement needed to create the step. The design is perfectand the step should last quite a loooooong time!
Luv, M
PS: I have a driveway that could use your help. ; )
So can we now actually use the step or does it have to cure? Can we still scratch the date in the block? and what are our next projects?
mt
I think it's too hard to scratch the date in, but I can bring the rotozip and use that. Can we paint the door? Maybe get a flower pot?
And yes, the step can be used now!
A table
and a Margarita blender?
Patti
Good work! Mixing the cement can be very hard work. It looks good and I can't wait to see what more ideas you two come up with!
I hope your doing better this week!
p.s. The margarita blender sounds like a great idea!!
~M~
p.s.s. Can you paint the outside of the tack barn? That would make a huge difference too!
~M~
Hey! Did someone mention a Margarita blender?
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