Hello from my new favorite place—my balcony! I originally was going to write one post about my balcony, inclusive of the furniture I went with and how I hung string lights on the railing, but it was getting to be really long so I decided to break it into two posts.
Last summer, one thing I really craved was outdoor space of my own. Because of the pandemic, my building’s beautiful rooftop remained closed for the majority of the warmer months, but I was falling in love with spending a ton of time outside because of my daily walks through Dupont Circle. My sister and cousin—who also live in Arlington—got balcony furniture last year and we ended up spending so many wine nights out there. It was so fun and made me want a balcony of my own. (Funnily enough, my first apartment in Arlington had a balcony and we never used it; if I could turn back time!)
When I was apartment shopping in Arlington last summer, the number one thing on my “must have” list was a balcony! In addition to the white kitchen, part of the reason why I fell in love with this apartment was because it’s balcony is huge and much larger than most other balconies in the neighborhood—some that I walk by barely fit two chairs.
Since I moved into this apartment in late September, most of the patio furniture had long been picked over. I also knew that I had maybe a month of good balcony weather left, and I didn’t want to buy new furniture for it to sit out on the balcony all winter before I had the chance to really use it. So, I decided to start looking around for what I might want—and found these Opal House Britanna Patio Club Chairs at Target. They were sold out, but I set a restock alert. I got an email in February with good news—the chairs were back in stock!
