Help me with my new house!!

Hi all, im glad I found this forum since im running out of options. I recently purchased a lovely apartment, except for 1 thing as you'll see in the pictures, just to explain, at the end of the wall is a breathtaking view of a valley, that is were i am planning on putting a sitting area with a wooden top.
The problem im facing is that ugly wall, I dont know what to do with it, how to cover it,and as you can see my living room has a lovely view of that wall, theirs a small rectangular area were I will plant a couple of shrubs still not sure what, but it should make the view from the living room slightly nicer, but other than that, im stuck with this wall.
I would LOVE to hear your opinions and thoughts, since i'm completely stuck, Please help me, oh and theirs low level lights on the floor.

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Low light level at the floor, does that mean mostly shade or is there any reflective sunlight at all? It also appears that when construction of the building is complete you will have less light down there than you do now. That would mean that shade plants would be the best for the area.

Shrubs are nice but for a closed in section like that I would want color and lots of it. You could put some brightly colored pots with flowering shrubs or perennials further down the space to encircle where you will have the seating area. Some of the pots sitting on the floor and some on stands to add dimension and more appeal to the plantings. You can also collect some small garden ornaments to place here and there among the pots.

I would put a large rectangle or fan shaped trellis in the left hand side of the planter with a flowering vine of some sort growing up it. And fill the rest of it up with flowering perennials.
To get more plants in that space, find some planter stands. That way you will have plants on two levels.

Will you be able to attach anything to that wall? If so you could find some very pretty, decorative wall planters or just decorative wall pieces. A wall mounted planter with an Ivy trailing down the wall would be pretty.

Start checking out garden centers in you area for plants that are available and do well in your climate.

If there will be an outside electrical fixture, you could find a pretty water fountain for that corner just the other side of the doors.

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