Rooftop life
These hot sunny days we spend quite some time on our roof terrace, and we're enjoying it! When we found this apartment over four years ago the large roof terrace on the third floor seemed a wonderful extra, but to be honest so far it hasn't always been the joy it could have been. The first summer we lived here I spent fortunes on lots and lots of plants, small trees and other stuff for the roof terrace and we turned the place into a little paradise, but I hadn't realized that 'roof top gardening' is quite a challenge. After a cold winter, all our plants and trees (also the 'long lasting' ones) were dead, and it was quite frustrating to face that endless amount of pots filled with dead branches.
I believe the next summer was quite okay, but came winter everything faded away again and the summer after that our apartment block was being renovated so we couldn't use the roof terrace all summer. Then came another rainy summer... So this fifth summer I had already given up on the roof terrace a bit, thought: why all the trouble again? But with the hot weather that made us sweating out of the house it would be a bit ridiculous not to use our outdoor space, so with some relatively small adjustments we've been able to create a very enjoyable space again. We even have that long-wished-for rooftop pool... ;)
I believe the next summer was quite okay, but came winter everything faded away again and the summer after that our apartment block was being renovated so we couldn't use the roof terrace all summer. Then came another rainy summer... So this fifth summer I had already given up on the roof terrace a bit, thought: why all the trouble again? But with the hot weather that made us sweating out of the house it would be a bit ridiculous not to use our outdoor space, so with some relatively small adjustments we've been able to create a very enjoyable space again. We even have that long-wished-for rooftop pool... ;)
We can even see the towers of our city's famous St. John's Cathedral from our roof... ;)
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Dit is een leuk initiatief van een kennis van me: http://www.plukamsterdam.nl/. Tips voor je dakterras beplanting.Daar heb je in Den Bosch ook vast wat aan..