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✨ Premium tack room decor, handmade in NZ
🐎 Designed by a rider, for riders
🙂 Functional, beautiful and built to last
❤️ Here to help you create your dream tack room
Www.barnandanvil.com

30/10/2026

Because time at the barn is precious. ❤️🐴

When you're juggling work, family and horses, every minute counts!

Our tack trolley keeps your everyday essentials together and within easy reach, so you spend less time searching for gear and more time doing what you came for.

Because sometimes, it's not about finding more hours in the day. It's about making the most of the time you have.

Less time organising. More time riding. ❤️

28/10/2026

I've been thinking lately about what Barn & Anvil really is all about. And I think it's about a little more than beautiful tack rooms. ❤️

As a mum, someone who works full time and juggles a small business I know just how precious time at the barn can be.

Some days, I'm squeezing in a ride on my lunchbreak. Others, I'm racing the sunset to get everything done. And sometimes, getting to ride at all feels like a small miracle!

Because as much as we love our horses, there's a lot that comes with them. Feeding, grooming, finding gear and remembering a million little things that goes with caring for your horses.

And while I love being at the barn, I want to spend less time organising and more time doing what I came for: riding and spending time my horse. 🐴

That's a big part of why I started Barn & Anvil. I wanted practical, beautifully made storage that gave everything a home and made everyday stable life a little easier.

And as the business has grown, so has that idea. From tack storage to visual management boards, it's about creating spaces and systems that work for you, so you're not spending precious time searching for things or trying to remember everything yourself.

Because being organised isn't about doing more, it's about making the most of the time you already have.

More time for what matters. ❤️

I'd love to know: if you could make ONE thing about your daily stable routine easier, what would it be? 👇

24/10/2026

Your tack cleaning routine called. It wants an upgrade. 👀🐴

If you’re still burning through sponges and rags, there’s another way.

The Barn & Anvil tack cleaning mitt is washable, reusable and designed to last for years, helping you get more out of one product and less out of the landfill.

Because sustainability isn’t always about doing more. Sometimes it’s about choosing better.

One mitt. Years of cleaning. A whole lot less waste. 🌱

Ready to make the switch?

22/10/2026

We ain’t making multiple trips around here 🙅🏼‍♀️

21/10/2026

Three days after Equifest and I’m still not sure I’ve recovered. 😂❤️

Physically? Exhausted. Socially? Also exhausted. Emotionally? Feeling very, very lucky.

Equifest is the highlight of my calendar every year for Barn & Anvil. As a small business owner, there’s something pretty special about getting out from behind the screen and actually meeting the people who support what I do.

I love chatting with each and every one of you, hearing about your horses, your plans for your tack rooms and all the little things that make horse life what it is. I love putting faces to names, meeting new customers and seeing familiar ones come back for another chat.

And if you know me in real life, you’ll know I’m a wee bit of an introvert. 🙋‍♀️ Three days of talking to people is A LOT for me (I may need a few quiet days to recover 😂), but somehow, I come home feeling completely exhausted and ridiculously happy all at once.

Because behind every order, every purchase and every message is a real person who has chosen to support this little business of mine. And I honestly don’t take that for granted.

So, to everyone who stopped by, made a purchase, had a chat, said hello, told a friend about us or simply took the time to show an interest in what I’m doing…thank you. From the bottom of my heart.❤️

I hope you absolutely love your new Barn & Anvil goodies and that they make your time at the barn that little bit more organised, beautiful and enjoyable.

And please, PLEASE tag us in any photos or videos of your new purchases in action! 📸 Sharing your photos is worth its weight in gold to a small business owner. It helps more than you probably realise, and I love seeing our pieces find their homes in your tack rooms.

I started Barn & Anvil because I wanted to create beautiful, practical things for the spaces we horse people love spending time in. Getting to meet the people who connect with that little dream is a reminder of exactly why I do it.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to recover, drink approximately 47 cups of coffee and start getting organised for next year’s Equifest. 😉 👀

Thank you for being part of this little adventure. It means more than you know. 🥹❤️

Alicia x
📸 Cornege Media

19/10/2026

A little more organisation. A little less chaos. That’s the Barn and Anvil way

17/10/2026

Day 3 of Equifest loading….

16/10/2026

This is very millennial coded of me…but I’m caffeinated and ready for day 2 👏🏻☕️ come see me in stand 49 (Highfields Equestrian)

16/10/2026

Day 1 done and dusted….thanks to everyone who stopped by today ❤️ I know everyone is shopping around looking for deals, and as a small business I can’t offer a sale across all my items but we do have the following deals this weekend
📍 Double saddle racks down to $375
📍 Tack cleaning mitts $15
📍 kids tack cleaning mitts $12
📍Our beautiful new hats also arrived just in time for the show, and we are doing a show special of $30!
📍We also have the samples of our new boards on site to check out - these are available on pre-order for $65 and already proving popular!!

13/10/2026

It all started in a little corner of The Brave Pants Leg Up marquee at Equifest, with a few samples of my tack room decor and a big idea. 🤎

Since then, we’ve added our Visual Management Boards, finally sorted some size appropriate signage and occasionally even managed to add some new merch to the collection.

While the range hasn’t grown a huge amount, the passion behind it hasn’t changed. We’re still here to help NZ equestrians create beautiful, organised tack rooms that make barn life that little bit easier.

This year, we’re back at Equifest in a slightly bigger space, joining our friends at Highfields Equestrian.

I’m so grateful to this amazing NZ business for letting me tag along to these events. Being a solo small business owner means doing a lot of things yourself, so having good people in your corner makes the world of difference. ❤️

Come and see us all at Stand 49 this week at Equifest. We’d love to see you!

Address

Stratford
4391

Telephone

+64210784229

Website

http://www.barnandanvil.com/, https://www.barnandanvil.com/registration

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