Thank you Monty. The tiles I have are actually across multiple areas aside from the kitchen, so am erring on not going with another set. Additionally the current tiles are the right style for the house and kitchen options I'm going with. A conundrum, but will continue scouring the options. Cheers

I love that firepit Planted Passion. legendaryflame Im in lower Blue Mountains so not proper heights for rhododendrons. I guess my vision is to have some more shade in summer, spots of colour for bees and birds, a haven to come home to. We would love all of the things you have mentioned. This is our home for the next 20 years, so we have time to work at our own pace, im not sure what the priority should be. id love 1 or 2 maples sitting either side of some lovely stairs going down the middle of where the pigface is. im not sure if maples are tough enough.

Flip up and bi-fold are indeed "all or nothing" options that can be tricky to screen too. Both also rely heavily on well-engineered operating mechanisms and as such come with increased potential for problems. I once stayed in a house on North Stradbroke Island which had a large flip up gas strut supported timber framed window over the north facing kitchen sink with views to Cape Moreton. (I now wish I had a photo to share, but sadly I was too much in the moment to take any.) Standing at the sink, looking north over the Coral Sea with Humpback whales breaching in the distance was one of those forever moments. Plus, our elevated situation seemed to reduce the number of insects that came through the unscreenable window. In that case I wouldn't have compromised on spending to get that window out of the way. For just about every other context I would opt for a less complex, less costly, screenable, servery style window.

Artist called Donna Butler can do something like this for you https://www.facebook.com/donnabutlerart/