Well, out in our big barn, we have a feed room that in the front of the barn. But, we really don’t store much feed in there. Mostly because we are usually a little too strapped to buy huge quantities of feed! But some day! Haha… However, it’s good because we have to two sturdy gates at either opening, and it’s a nice empty space and I think it will be awesome as a milking parlor when we start milking our two goats!
However, as you can see, it’s dark and dingy in there. And there is graffiti and just ugly unpainted OSC board on the walls. Kinda blah.
And even though the door has some kind of neat patina going on, it’s still kinda rough and has graffiti on it as well. So, I dug around in our paint stash and found some suitable paint! A nice off-white kitchen paint (hi-gloss and easy to keep clean!) and a sort of greeny light celery color? Tolerable. Better than dark! So I got started…
I thought the door would look nice green. Apparently, the goatie girls approve.
And I decided to keep going and painted the inside door wall the same color. I had just about enough to do it. The OSB board really really really sucks up paint! But it’s a good thing, because it will help to preserve and seal the board and keep it going for a good long time.
I had a little left, so I painted the cabinet doors and the piece of tool pegboard green as well. Jessy came out to help me! Aww…. she’s such a good kid!!! The white went on pretty well and quick as well. What a HUGE difference it was making! Night and day!
Some of our lovely graffiti from the previous owner’s kids, I believe. Bye bye!
(You can sort of see how it’s all laid out… the feed room is about 12 by 18 in size. The rest of the barn is 18 by 30 foot in the main animal area. Right now Oscar the pig is in there. But soon he will be going to freezer camp and after we muck it out a bit and put in clean bedding, it will be the winter headquarters for the goats. They do not like being out in the cold and the wind and all of winter. They are the divas of the farm livestock…
And it’s done! Well, pretty much! I ran out of paint for the last wall! Darn! But the two long ones and one short one really really make a huge difference! It’s so much lighter in there. Hard to really show from the pictures and all, but it’s much nicer. I might have to consider another coat in there for long term protection and all, but for now, it’s a much more pleasant place to be. I’d love to put a few windows in there, but we have tried and the corrogated steel outside makes it very hard to get a window in without a lot of effort. So, I think we’ll stick with the big door to open and bring in the sunshine. Besides, it helps to keep the building very warm in the winter.
The floor in there still looks wet in these pictures, but that’s because Maggie washed it all down for me before I painted. It’s dry now and we have several pallets in there to store hay on for the goats in the winter. I have my milking stanchion in there, but it’s only half built at the moment. A winter project. I want to get it done sooner than later however, because I want to start training Buttercup and Daisy to it before they actually become real milk goats! We’re looking for their winter boyfriend as we speak! Had a couple lovely young men in mind, but still not totally sure. Can’t wait to get started in the whole milk goat thing this spring!!! Still six months away at least… still, getting ready!!!
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