When visiting other people's homes I always gravitate to the photos. I enjoy looking and talking about them. In my own home I have pics of mum and dad in their youth and they are in my bedroom. For my children and grandchildren's pics I have made a collage in the stairwell interspersed with photos of me and my mates in our heyday. It always gives my girlfriends a good laugh as we reminisce old times.

What a dramatic transformation. I love the mix of materials used. So good the stumps could be used internally - they are beautiful. Fabulous job!

You could try Wet & Forget on the driveway. You can buy it ready to use and attach it to a hose or buy a bottle that you dilute to use in a sprayer. I have used it and it works - slower than water blasting but it won’t damage driveway if it has some damage? I can’t quite tell from photo if that’s grass clippings/mulch or broken concrete on driveway? If you use it be careful not to spray garden bed. I live in FNQ and we planted seaside daisy - doesn’t need watering but it also won’t die from our wet season. It’s a ground over and spreads out beautifully in a courtyard area that’s get a lot of sun. Just needs a trim from time to time. I see you have Rio (purple green ground cover) which you could separate and plant down the path but it does like water. Maybe for the fence you could try attaching lattice to it and plant another passion fruit vine to help cover the whole fence. It does look like you need to get rid of some woody parts of the passion fruit. It’s a tough plant and will enjoy a bit of pruning. We had one that I thought had died last year and it has returned with no help from me. Be careful with the heliconias and gingers ... they can get out of control if you don’t stay on top of them. Anything tall will cover your fence but it will also cover the passionfruit vine which obviously loves the spot it’s in. Good luck!

I like the maroon a lot better than the grey , and just a general comment -- the rest of the picture doesn't inspire me . There is light wood , dark wood , it looks like maybe a kitchen but no dining table I can see , a lounge area , and it looks like an office . Nothing wrong with that , well apart from what looks like a dark bluey black kickboard around the 'kitchen' unit , several bookcases in different heights , widths , sizes , and tones , and even the furniture seems different periods . Even the stainless rail and wires don't really fit in with anything else . Basically , nothing wrong with anything on it's own , but together it doesn't gel IMO -- decide on a theme , sell anything outside that brief , and buy stuff that does suit .