Budget Equestrian
DIY projects for barn, tack room and even your home
Colliers Rip It Patch It Kit I think I have shared with you how destructive my horse Frisby is with his blankets and sheets. In fact, I have a sheet that Frisby wore one time, yes ONE TIME, and he destroyed it. And in case you were wondering what type of sheet this was, it …
Let’s Make Squishy Rails Have you ever seen or used squishy rails, or soft poles for your jumping? Have you ever heard of them? These things are so cool! I first learned about them from the barn I was riding at for my lessons. My trainer had me go over these squishy rails, a lot. …
Update On Making A Riding Arena On A Budget Well way back earlier in the year, I shared with you how I was planning on making a riding arena all by myself. Well, with the help of my husband. But not hiring anything done. We were doing everything by ourselves. And I thought I would …
DIY A PVC Saddle Stand For $10.00 Recently I have been bringing my own saddle to my riding lessons. And since I have been doing this, I have tried to find different makeshift saddle stands to have my saddle sitting like a saddle in my car. So far, I have not had great results. I …
Sharing What I Have Leaned Sometimes I feel like Macgyver, you know, the guy who can go out into the wilderness and build you a shopping mall with a paperclip, stick of gum and some string. That guy is amazing. Granted, he is a fictional character but still, I feel like that most of the …
The Saga Continues – A DIY Riding Arena I can always tell when I have had a successfully busy weekend at home, because come Monday morning I am happy to go to work, so I can relax. I have not had a weekend like that in a long time, pretty much the entire winter. But …
Building A Riding Arena On A Budget Since I have been taking professional riding lessons for the past two months, I have decided I need to increase the size of my riding arena. So I want to share with you building a riding arena on a budget. The original space I had was too narrow, …
Searching For The Perfect Grooming Tote I have been on the hunt for a perfect grooming tote for a while now. I have tried the typical equine totes, and I have even made one. But I have not been able to find the ultimate grooming tote that I have always wanted. I mean how hard …
Build Your Own Wing Standards For Horse Jumps If you are building your own horse jumps at home, you will eventually feel the need to build wing standards. Or, maybe it’s just me. But I like to challenge myself, and see just what it is that I can build. And a jump with a pair …
Building Tall Flower Boxes I finally have found the time to get building some pretty big sets of horse jumps, and I am so excited! I have been wanting to build two complete sets of jumps, one hunter course, and one jumper course, for some time now. And I have drawn out a lot …
Budget Equestrian Weekly Video Recap Another week has passed, which means I have some new videos to share with you for the weekly video recap. As it seems to be a trend for me, I only was able to get 3 videos uploaded. I filmed enough for 5 videos, but I couldn’t seem to find …
Building A Coop For A Horse Jump A long time ago I had made a video of how I went about building a coop for a horse jump. And I had someone ask me for the instructions of the build, and I thought I could point them to my blog post about it. But after …
