ideas wanted please

[pleaserewind]

I have a no garden, just a backyard. I want to brighten it up ready for the summer. I have a few plants/ flowers and a table and chairs out there. ANY ideas appreciated...even wacky ones

[HUNKERMUNKER]

What surrounds it? Fence, walls, etc? Can you paint them, hang flower baskets, put trellis and climbing plants up?

[SoupDragon]

Put down a large quantity of playsand and turn it into a beach? I've always wanted to do that to my patio area...

What walls do you have? Can you liven them up somehow with coloured trellis and climbing plants like honeysuckle & clematis or cover the fence/wall with that rush matting.

[pleaserewind]

it is surrounded by brick walls

[Pinotmum]

Place a mirror on one wall behind tall plants to give illusion of depth.