My bit of Nice
My new terrace, finally clean! And this photo only shows two thirds of it (doesn’t show my windows, on the right, nor the part behind me). My privacy blinds are more for show than actual effectiveness, apparently, but they do help a bit. It doesn’t matter much since I have just one neighbor across the way, and she keeps to herself. The bougainvillea looks happy in its new home, alongside the peony. Tired of constantly having to bend over to cut my herbs, I put them all on the garden table, along with the lavender plant. It’s right in front of my living room window, so that I can smell the lavender and basil with the window open.
I really love this terrace. It’s immensely gratifying and relaxing to have this quiet, cool space all to myself. The courtyard is completely enclosed by buildings, so there’s no one but the single neighbor across from me sharing the space. Other neighbors have effectively closed themselves in, using solid gating. I’m glad the previous owners of my place chose otherwise.
I also did a tiny bit of DIY, putting a rod into the entry “cupboard”. Here’s the before photo, and here it is now! I’ve never had a coat closet before; it’s great to finally have one, modest as it may be. I’m also really happy to have somewhere closed-off to put all my shoes. The coat area is doubling as a closet for my long dresses at the time, since my bedroom closet doesn’t yet have an area tall enough. (That’s to come eventually.) Also to come in the future, I’m going to replace the thin little shelves in the entry closet and put in more of them, so that all my shoes can be put on shelves.
June 17th, 2008 at 14:21
I dream about a small piece of land that I could call mine! (or a terrace, or even a balcony!)
June 17th, 2008 at 22:28
Hello,
I just wanted to say that you have done a fantastic job with your terrace. It certainly does look like your little bit of heaven and will be even more fabulous when everything has grown up. You go girl!
June 26th, 2008 at 22:28
You have a lovely terrace, I like the wooden construction and the bamboo blinds. I like such materials, because they look very natural and plants look great with them. I use only my boyfriends little balcony, because our is on the north side and there is no sun during the day. I planted there a lot of vegetables this year:-) Mostly tomatoes :-) It is all green there, because the plants are quite large and the balcony small… I would like such a big place for my vegetables too :-)