Goodonya Patch.

You're fast becoming one of my favorite posters around here because you tend to have interesting things to talk about :^O

I don't know what you'd call what I did out in parts of the gardens closest to the house here - Trompe-l'oeil I think, but none-the-less it looks great.

I bought four tall old wrought iron gates of different sizes then cut holes to suit into the think tall hedges around here so the gates would fit into them neatly.

Then I re-painted them up and backed them off with huge mirrors made out of polished stainless steel so the reflected back another part of the garden to look as if there was another area beyond.

Another thing I did a few years back was to cut the whole bottom out of an old wooden rowboat and back it off with timber planking after putting shelves in it so it became a 12 foot high book/showcase/whatever.

It now stands in the grande hallway here as that area reaches the complete two storeys high inside whereas all the other rooms would struggle to fit it into because they are just 12' high ceilings downstrairs.

It now holds my collection of hand painted fine art resin animals as I fitted glass doors to the front of it to keep dust etc. out later on.