Saddle Racks

If you're gonna have a saddle room, you better have some saddle racks. Problem solved. In the realm of projects around the ranch, this one is gravy. No hard work involved. Just fun on the farm.

The new saddle room has such character. Rough cut lumber and weathered plywood, it just smells of cowboy potential. 

With a game plan in mind, we set up shop. 

The plan was to use a few of the left over rough cut 2"x4"s.

And some planed 2"x10"s from the barn stalls. 

Dad's saddle was our pattern to follow. 

Step one was to mount a 2' 2"x4", 36" off the ground.

Then, accompany it with some wings. Getting the right angle was the trick.

Our first stab at 30° was not enough.

So we tried 40° and everybody was happy. 

So we built four of them, with 45° braces underneath. 

In similar fashion, we built a couple of saddle blanket racks. 

While we were at it, we decided to build a few bridle holders, too. 

Simple idea, we just took one of Grandpa's old 6" fence posts and cut 6, 4" blocks.

Recessing a hole, we fastened them onto the walls studs with a heavy torques screw.

Giddy up. 

Should work. I like to hang a bridle from something good and round, helps them keep their form.

Once constructed, I went around and sanded everything down. Cleaned up nice.

Looks to match the rest of the character. 

Functional, too.

Let's ride.

So nice to keep sitting saddles in good riding posture. Along with looking cool, this set up is ready to ride. All you have to do is slide your saddle off the rack and swing it on your horse. I hope riding a horse will be as much fun as building these saddle racks. This has been in my think-tank for sometime. Great to get to this point in our ranch-restoration project. Let's see what else we can drum up. On to the next one!