how to make your own stable/barn

hi, i want to make a stable but not sure where to start, or if i should use wood or cardboard.
What has worked for all you wonderful ppl, or didnt.

I made a few stables, I made them of wood.
If you want a strong long-lasting stable, make it of wood.
Cardboard could look more like rubbish, them it when you make them of wood

Sorry for the bad english

hi i made my daughters out of wood and dollshouse paper

that is awesome! great work and so realistic--right down to cleaning the poo out of the stalls!

Oh Steve that is an awesome stable

You could start out with cardboard boxes to decide what size you want it, and stall dividers. Have you been to many stables to get ideas for a stable/horse barn?
Then when you have decided what you really want it to look like you can use the lumber/wood.
Sometimes you can use a light weight board called Balsa wood and that doll house paper is a GREAT idea!

Makes me want to try my hand at something like that! Build my dream farm! :)

Phenomenal design and craftsmanship, Steve... Maybe Schleich should hire you as a consultant for their structural design team...

wow thats so nice stecal, what type of wood did you use and what dod u use to cut it? i think i might do a trip to the hardware store
and what about holding it together, should i use glue or nails?
im not the most handy person lol

Would love to see other ppls pic or is there a post anywhere with stable pic?

if not can we make one or turn this into one

Very nice !!

WOW! Steve, that stable and yard and pen...and poop and ... FABULOUS

Your daughters are very, very lucky

Ohhh, I want to make one also ...but, gasp ! now I remember once I tried to make an aviary for some canaries..not good

I`ll stick to admireing yours

Very good craftsmanship!

very good great job I love

jayderoxy wrote:

wow thats so nice stecal, what type of wood did you use and what dod u use to cut it? i think i might do a trip to the hardware store
and what about holding it together, should i use glue or nails?
im not the most handy person lol

Would love to see other ppls pic or is there a post anywhere with stable pic?

if not can we make one or turn this into one

hi thanks for all the kind comments, the walls are made of 12mm mdf and nailed together with an electric nailgun i cut it with a bench saw or jigsaw, i paper one side of the walls before nailing them and then once nailed paper the other side to hide where the nails went in,the papers are readily available on ebay i think i paid about £1.25 per sheet which are 22" by 30", the grass is about £8 a roll but does 3 to 4 stables, i have done 4 stables now, 2 for my daughters and 2 for friends daughters they are all different but all are on a 24" square baseboard,i dont really plan them i just design it as i go along
thanks steve

Steve, that stable is amazing. Maybe you ought to be making and selling them on ebay. You did an amazing job on it. The details are fantastic.

thanks amy

Fantastic work Steve

Brilliant Steve!! Was that as fun to build as it looks?

Steve170 wrote:

Brilliant Steve!! Was that as fun to build as it looks?

hi yes they were fun to make think i might make another one in a few months
steve

stecal wrote:

Steve170 wrote:

Brilliant Steve!! Was that as fun to build as it looks?

hi yes they were fun to make think i might make another one in a few months
steve

I would love to see it!!

Beautiful work Steve!!

stecal wrote:

hi i made my daughters out of wood and dollshouse paper

best barn i ever seen !

Wow Steve, this stable is perfect!

Wow!! This is so awsome!! Well done!

wow that is such a cool stable! my stable well actually its an animal rescue coz i LOVE animals and mainly horses, goes along the floor of my entire room and i have 97 horses and i still cant use all of them! but i found it easy to start a stable having your main barn and i alwats start with cardboard then paint so i can add homemade tack hooks and racks and feed buckets. :)

That is a very neat barn! Welcome to the forum appyhurdler98

I wish schleich made things like that instead of plain old wood :)