When we remodeled our home, I installed a 4-foot French door in the dining room with dreams of opening it to step out on to a narrow balcony and look into the back yard, coffee in hand, on fine warm mornings. I fantasized about marveling at my green grass and watching the kids/puppies play in the yard.
Well, it only took me like 4 years to make it happen. I bought some salvaged iron fence sections, cut them up, over-built a frame for them, welded it all up, painted it, and then let it sit in my shop for 7-8 months waiting on the house to get painted and on a semi-sunny spring day to get it bolted up to the house.
That day has come! I installed it recently and I think that my wife loves it more than I ever could have. It is a Juliet balcony for my very own Juliet!