Mar 18, 2009

It's Balcony Time!!!

As it's now spring (Corte Inglés, the Macy's of Madrid, has announced it's marketing campaign to inform everyone that it's now officially spring. Thanks Corte Inglés.), we can start enjoying the balcony.

We bought a small red, square table that is foldable so we can have breakfast outside and enjoy the sunlight. I decided that in my free time I would re-paint the flowerpots, as they were probably painted 40 years ago and since then they have been rather destroyed. Here are the before and after shots:

Before - Greyish blue with stains that nobody should have to see.
Bright red to match the table. I went to a store where we could buy these little trees (Picea) for a good price. I lugged them all the way back hom walking/metro in an oversized Ikea bag.

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  2. Very cozy looking now. If you tire of the trees, scented geranium is the perfect container plant. :)

    -dan

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  3. Scented geranium? I'll try that out and ask the florist here if it's appropriate for Madrid weather (super super arid here and the sun kills almost everything in the summer)

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