Cynthia Wine and Philip Slayton, clients of Box Design and Build, loved their spacious downtown Toronto loft with its sweeping south-facing views of the city, except for one thing: the 400-square-foot balcony. “It was an ugly big stretch of cement,” says Wine. “We only ventured out there to look at the view beyond the balcony.”
Wine’s vision for the grey, wasted space was a balcony that looked as though it belonged to the living room. Of course, fulfilling her plan also meant accommodating condo board requirements: railings must measure at least 42 inches in height, nothing placed on the balcony could weigh more than 100 pounds per square foot, and anything installed had to be temporary and easily removed in case of repairs to the building.
**To give Wine and Slayton more privacy, a wooden trellis was set in front of the condo partition screen, and containers planted with shrubs such as rockspray and junipers were strategically placed next to it.**
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