I want to make a shelf on the balcony railing to dry my shoes

Then you can make a glass one.

As long as you have space and suit your preferences! It is recommended not to do too much and affect the lighting!

The two-meter-wide balcony does a lot of things, plus QQ

Hello, not necessarily, the flower vine may be more wrapped between the railing and the flower tighter, not necessarily will make the railing easy to collapse, but how to say, it is best to give the flower another space to wrap, such as to support it with a bracket, or you can also properly prune the flower vine, after all, too much to block the sun, isn't it? And you have to take good care of it, otherwise there may be a lot of mosquitoes and the like, and there will be good and bad in summer! In short, the railing will not necessarily collapse, but it is better to give it another bracket.

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