What about Bird of Paradise. Mass planted. They will grow snout 4-5 feet tall itch the flower spikes standing above that. They are as tuff as nails, love tropical conditions. Have an Asian contemporary feel about them. Are very sculptural. Interesting foliage and amazing flowers. You can plant Xanadu philodendrons between that will act like a sub layer and fill in the gaps with their own interesting leaf formations. On that front corner where your stack stone and letterbox are I would keep it low and simple for the posties access. Mini variegated lomandra as that will highlight the darkness of the wall. Try to get in as much good soil as you can before you plant as it looks like it's clay, if so dig in some gypsum. Great soil equals happy plant.

Timandra knows best, I believe, and has the experience to back her up. My comment is not plant-related, however. You have a front facade of door after door, and nowhere to go, except a narrow horizontal path. How about some front terraces, where you can burst out of one of those front rooms onto a sunny sitting area to have your morning coffee with a neighbor. Why not leave some doors open or change to glass, so the front terrace becomes an outdoor room, and extention of the interior space. How about a pedestrian walk out to the street, or over to the pictured tree, evergreen and plant bed, where you could have a shady terrace. Enjoy the outdoors, don't let your family become nature-deprived, with all the electronics that occupy our kids lives these days. Get them unplugged and outside - you too! You have a wonderful opportunity to achieve great things. Analyze first, then plan.

We have a similar set up to you. I don't recommend seed as we got so many weeds come through. We cleared that and turfed it and love it. Lots of hard work and upkeep but worth it. We have done hedging along fence line and the half acre of grass and the rest we have kept the natural bush. Eventually we will be making it more of a useable bush area with grass surrounding the gums.

Hi there I think it could look really good on that white wall and right next to the wall paper. Love you coffee table and the windows with curtains, just have the wall hangings between the curtains and floor lamp near the lounge where the pot plant is. Loving how there's a down light in front of your lovely curtains. Still think you should try your ding table in the family with a view to getting the same for that space. How big is the space between the kitchen island - wall and each end. The family room table will be used for everyday meals, so a lot of use. cheers