Expand Your Living Space with Spacious Private Patios and Balconies

Extend your living space and embrace the outdoors with expansive private patios or balconies. This guide will help you discover how these outdoor havens can enhance your apartment experience, offering breathtaking views and a tranquil escape from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Benefits of a Private Balcony or Patio You may be wondering […]
SW By Sara Woods on March 6, 2024
A nice breakfast set up on a balcony table

Extend your living space and embrace the outdoors with expansive private patios or balconies. This guide will help you discover how these outdoor havens can enhance your apartment experience, offering breathtaking views and a tranquil escape from the hustle and bustle of everyday life.

Benefits of a Private Balcony or Patio

You may be wondering if you really need a balcony or patio in my apartment. Having an extra outdoor space will make your living area feel bigger and give you a spot to enjoy the outdoors in comfort and soak up the sun. Additionally, a balcony space gives you more opportunities to add personalized decorative touches and make the space your own.

Creative Ways To Use Your Patio or Balcony

The ways you can use a private balcony or patio are practically endless, with so many ways to adapt the space to your unique interests or needs.

Create a Mini Garden

Whether you’re a certified green thumb or a budding plant parent, an apartment balcony or patio is a great place to keep plants. Just make sure to bring your greenery indoors when temperatures drop! You’ll also want to consider if your balcony gets direct sunlight, which many plants need to grow. If you live somewhere that gets windy, make sure all of your plants are secured and won’t fall over. Here are a few plants ideal for balconies and patios:

  • Herbs take up limited space and are available in plant stores and grocery stores
  • Tomatoes can be grown in a variety of containers, just make sure you get lots of light
  • Succulents, cacti, and other houseplants can thrive on sunny balconies when it’s warm
  • Marigolds are a relatively low-maintenance flower and naturally repel pests

Stretch or Meditate

A resident stretches in a cobra position on a yoga mat set up on her apartment balcony

A roomy balcony is the perfect place to find your Zen. Set up a yoga mat, towel, or other cushion, and get comfortable while taking deep breaths. Depending on the size of your balcony, you may also be able to work on your yoga practice while out on your balcony when weather permits.

Work on Your Summer Tan

If your balcony faces the east or west, it will experience direct sunlight at some point in the day, making it a great place to work on your tan on bright summer days. Set up a lounge chair, put on your sunblock, and enjoy the relaxing feeling of the warm sun while sipping on a refreshing beverage.

Curate a Reading Nook

A collection of books sitting on a balcony table next to a plant

Enjoy the peaceful sounds of nature while cracking into a good book in a reading nook on your patio or balcony. Set up a comfy, cushy patio chair and a small outdoor table to get started. Don’t forget to bring a blanket and a hot beverage like coffee, tea, or hot chocolate on chilly days.

Set Up A Coffee Corner

Skip the trip to your local cafe and create your own coffee corner at home. Set up a little bistro table and chairs, make yourself a cup of coffee, and enjoy blissful silence, a rarity at popular coffee joints. To truly create a cafe atmosphere, put on a pair of headphones or set up a bluetooth speaker and play some jazzy tunes.

Balcony and Patio Safety Tips

While personalizing your balcony is a ton of fun, you’ll also want to follow some safety guidelines to make sure you and your neighbors are safe. Avoid letting pets onto your balcony unless you have ensured they can not climb over any ledge or gaps on your balcony or patio. Make sure all items on your patio or balcony are safely secured or heavy enough to withstand the wind, that way items can’t blow off and damage your home, land on a neighbor, or blow away.

Here at HILLS, we prohibit the following items on balconies and patios:

  • Flags
  • Shelving
  • Bird feeders
  • Anything nailed or screwed to sidings or beams
  • Wind chimes
  • Foldable camping or stadium chairs
  • Bikes
  • Storage boxes
  • Trash and pet waste

Find an Apartment With a Balcony From HILLS Properties

Find your personal paradise in one of HILLS Properties’ apartments with balconies and patios. We specialize in upscale apartment homes situated in friendly, luxury communities. You can find apartments with a private balcony or patio in the following HILLS communities in Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky:

Ohio

Indiana

Kentucky

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