Yes please, we have a retaining wall dilemma & have bought 2 round tanks but yours are ace! I saw you website a while back & put it in the too hard basket case, lol! Message on my profile works fine thanks David, cheers LouieT

Hi MaxCC, Your 'artwork' is called a wall niche. As far as I know, they were originally used to display religious icons, such as The Virgin Mary. I'm not religious but I do admit that I have a special love for wall niches. I have used them twice in homes that I've built as a place to display my 'Lamplighter' Lladro, so that he is on display to guest. The niches were always placed just inside the front entrance as yours is. Sadly I don't have any photos to show you, as we have just moved house and everything is still in storage. My suggestion, to help you with how to display the object that you will put into your niche, would be to keep the wall itself neutral but paint the niche in a metallic paint. Your want the object on display to be the item of greatest interest and the metallic paint [Resene have some wonderful colours to chose from] will help to draw your eye to that space.

I'd double-down , and replace the ( admittedly fairly tacky ) decorative glass with a genuine leadlight -- theres all sorts you can get , some that are more modern in design , some traditional . I wouldn't go abstract , but judging by the pictures of the room , I think that chosen well , it would add interest and class and a bespoke addition .

For the bed with the tree you need something that spills - silver falls or any ground cover before adding some shrubs. For the bed near the clothesline I think you need some ground covers plus a few clumping plants. Have a look at the plant search on the Gardening with Angus site for specific plants.