This is a post about an old apartment, one with a balcony that was hardly ever used because there was no place to sit and it was filled with odds and ends.Or at least there was no place to sit until someone found chairs for free and decided to bring them to the balcony as part of the great balcony cleanup. The great balcony cleanup didn't think to take a before-before photo, so just use your imagination.
Here is the balcony after getting some sweeping action and free furniture.
Better-ish, you could sit comfortably, yet something was clearly missing from this space.
Bringing in a bromeliad and a geranium helped bring a little bit of summer greenery and softness into this otherwise very harsh angular space.
Not a stunning before-and-after by any stretch. The space could have been further improved by a colorful rug, matching chairs (or matching chair covers), and of course more plants with a trellis, but the chairs and shelf were free. That's the point, it doesn't have to be perfect to be a huge improvement over what came before!
Happy freestyling - don't forget to go outside and enjoy a greenspace today.