I am moving into a antebellum home in Mississippi this week. My entrance is on the side of the home and I have about permission to create a garden area just behind my porch. The space from the wall of the house to the tall shrubs bordering the neighbor's yard is about 15 ft wide and about 20 ft deep. I have been looking at photos to get an idea of what the elements of a New Orleans courtyard are. I will be using red 18 X 18 inch concrete pavers (rather than brick, due to cost). I have come up with the following list of elements to incorporate to try to get the "feel". Wrought Iron (will try to find fence pieces at local junk stores) and table and chairs. Palm trees (many have some type of green trees overhead) Tropical plants in terra cotta pots water element (they love fountains, will try to find a small one) Statues (classical) white paint (many have a touch of white, the back of my porch and the house wall should work) overhanging plants (shepard's hooks should give some height) old bricks (I can get a few and will use them to give varying heights to the potted plants. I have a few tall shutters to stand together as a outdoor screen to set against the bushes as a wall. I do need ideas for a "wall" to border the back of the courtyard as it faces the backyard. Does anyone else have any suggestions on any ideas I may have missed?

a water fountain for inside like for a big whirlpool/garden tub? maybe one to sit on the egde of the tub that is self contained. i have already googled it and can't really find much other than normal tabletop or outdoor fountains. plus, i don't want to spend thousands of bucks for a wall fountain, just want something simple for relaxation.

My deck covers over my outdoor spigot. I wanted to run PEX from the inside copper piping through the wall and to the end of the deck to the spigot can be used. I also wanted to create a water fountain from the same connection. On some of the packages the PEX says do not install or store in direct sunlight. Some sunlight will come through the crack in the deck would that be a problem? Any help would be appreciated.

I want to know the easiest and safest way of installing the electrics for an outdoor water feature. I was thinking of drilling a hole through the wall and feeding the wire through the wall and plugging it into the socket inside my house, but i understand the circuit has to be protected by a rcd device? Will it be ok to feed the wire through the wall to the inside and use an rcd plug into the socket then plug the fountain in via the rcd? If not please explain the easiest way of installing the fountain electrics because i am very stupid with DIY and don't understand much, so no complicated answers please. Clearest answer will get best answer. thanks