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Thursday, April 06, 2006

Balcony makeover in progress

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With the weather warming up, Steve and I decided to get lounge chairs for the balcony so we can sit outside more often. We saw two great ones at Target that we got for about $60 each.

It doesn't feel like anything extraordinary when you're just sitting in it, but when you recline, it feels REALLY good :-). Falling asleep in it is almost a guarantee :-).

When we got the chairs, Steve suggested we get a mat too. He said it would be nice to be able to walk barefoot on the balcony. I agreed that it was a good idea--the balcony floor is cold concrete.

Steve wanted just a simple outdoor mat that you can unroll...then I saw mats that looked like stone tiles. It looked incredibly real and I KNEW I wanted those. I've always wanted to put stone tiles on the balcony and I didn't know how I was going to do it--and here was the perfect solution! Very real looking yet very portable :-). It was like, $20 apiece and there was no way we could afford to cover the entire balcony floor with it having just paid for the chairs, but I got 4 mats for now to line a path from the door to the chairs. I'll buy the other 6 later :-) .

That same weekend Steve's mom wanted to go to the nursery to get some plants, and I went with her :-). While we were there I bought two of these really pretty hanging baskets that evoked images of an English garden.

I wasn't able to take a picture that does it justice. The colors are more vivid in real life, the vegetation more lush :-). I also bought a sage plant that I put on the table :-).

So naturally, after having set all of that up, what would be the perfect way to enjoy a lazy Sunday afternoon? Well, with a spot o'tea and freshly made cinnamon rolls, of course :-).



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