Rocking R Ranch. Luxury equestrian facility for sale in Lyons, CO.

Just for fun, this amazing horse property is for sale in Lyons, CO right off Highway 66. I drive by it every day…sigh…

Rocking R Ranch is for sale for just over $13 million! 230 acres of timothy grass, 36,400 square foot indoor arena, beautiful barn with temperature controlled stalls, vet room, outdoor arena, and four residences.

Check out the sale ad:  http://hallhall.com/ranches-for-sale/properties/rocking-r-ranch

Beautiful Barns Day #3: Arenas

All of these arenas will want to make you ride!

Also check out the previous photos from day #1 (stalls) an day #2 (tack rooms).

Covered arenas, a little outside and a little in.

Barrel flowers are a nice touch.

Arch ways all the way around and light colored sand give this arena elegance.

 This arena is pretty perfect with windows throughout, wood, and stone.  The little stone road even seems to match!

This arena is huge and the ceiling is amazing.

I love the garden along the edges.

A large jumping arena.

I found so many covered arenas online, they must be becoming more popular.

Clean jumps, good footing, and a nice view of some fields and fall foliage.  This is my favorite.

In California maybe?

This arena footing looks ridiculously perfect and untouched!

The high ceiling, wood, beams, and multiple levels of windows make this arena a jaw dropper.

That guy looks like he is having a lot of fun.

I think we all know who this arena is for!  Lipizzan!

This makes me want a covered arena- you can ride outside at night!

Tons of huge windows and a chandelier.  Lot's of light.

There is something charming about a classic grass arena.  I love the rock detailing and trees right in the arena.

Another pretty grass arena.

An arena with amazing views

A round shaped indoor, looks like a dome almost.

Of course the final arena is at Spruce Meadows.  We all secretly want to ride there so why not throw it in!

Beautiful Barns

This week I will be exploring beautiful barns.  2 days down, 2 more too go!

Check out posts so far.

Thursday:  Luxury stalls
Friday:  Tack rooms to live in
Saturday and Sunday stayed tuned!

Beautiful Barns Day #2: Tack Rooms

Thursday through Sunday I will be exploring beautiful barns.  Yesterday was stalls, check out here.  Today tack rooms.  Who wouldn't want a nice tack room, this is where we  spend most of our time off the horse cleaning, eating, and chatting!

I wonder where the stairs go off to...maybe a viewing area?

This is an amazing tack room.  The window is an elegant touch.

I love how the show halters are in display in cases.  The windows, door, and tack room give it a cute shop like feel.  

Tack rooms should always have sinks and windows.  The walls are beautiful.

All that light is great!  Tons of space.

The candle chandelier gives it an old charm.  Love the high ceilings.

Don't forget about your boarders!  Here is a way to separate tack for them, I love lockers.  No one can steal your stuff and it hides other people's messes.  These ones are roomy.

Finished wood lockers.  I see a kitty butt.

 The floor is a little funky, I like it.

Slightly more simple, but still charming with the light wood.

Tile floor, a great durable option that looks nice.

 I had to throw this in there for a little history.

Contrast of  white wall and stained wood adds some pop

More display cases, pretty cool.

 Light wood always looks good against dark tack.

Counter space is always needed.

Vintage decorations are very equestrian chic!

Another simple tack room, but lots of light and fans keep it beautiful.  The brick floor is a great idea.

Uniformed tack trunks are always a great idea to keep it neat.

More plants inside.

Gentlemen's tack room

I am a fan of light painted wood.  It almost looks like stalls, a great boarding option so add more wall space and not crowd tack.

Beautiful Barns Day #1: Stalls

One day I dream about owning a beautiful stable, what horse girl doesn't?!  Thursday through Sunday I plan on fulfilling that dream (in my head) by posting daily pictures of barn features that I just love like stalls, arenas, etc.  Check back tomorrow AM for more!

I love the rustic wood throughout and the small touch of old fashion light fixtures

I am always a fan of open layouts, it's so horse healthy.  Maybe not in a cold climate like Vermont but this barn is in Hawaii!

Can't go wrong with clean and uniformed, that always adds class.

This barn looks like the inside of a house!  I love the skylights, more light and a great touch.  The ceiling has a slight curve, really adds some architecture to the barn.  The live plants add a fresh feel to the barn.

Dark stained wood throughout the barn really adds a finished, organized look.  I love the dark brown contrast with the light stone floor.

The lighter stained wood really helps lighting the place up, but still adds that finished classy look.  I love the light fixtures.  It's amazing how keeping things clean, adding some stained wood, and some light fixtures really class a place up.

Another great barn with stalls opening up to the outside, so horse healthy.  Beautiful arch way.

More great light fixtures.  The ceiling beams are charming.  The light stained wood in contrast with stone stalls, and dark wood stall doors are really artistic.

Modern light fixtures really clever as they are industrial looking but kind of retro too.  Again more beams, which I have always been a fan of.  Beams are common in old barns, so it's a way to keep some of the barn charm.

Some nice stalls, clean barn, again you can't go wrong.  I love the curvature to the stalls.

High ceiling gives a lot of air ventilation and movement but also adds elegance.

The white and wood look is really charming, something you would see in older barns in New England.  Having matching, wood chairs is a nice final touch that is affordable in any barn and just gives a put together type feel.

This barn is so classy, it wouldn't surprise me if it was royalty!

So clean and the white really lightens it up.

Nothing extremely fancy with this barn, but the nice wood throughout and the clean and organized barn aisle way is much appreciated.  One thing I don't like about boarding stables is they allow anyone to have a tack trunk outside their stall, but all the different types of trunks make it messy looking.  The clean, sleek looking aisle way is much better.

Now these have some serious columns, very European.

This is a great final touch to a barn, that door way is mouth dropping.

Stone is really pretty and the small lights throughout the ceiling is magical.