I was thinking of hanging the entire pot on the wall indoor and let the stems trail down like a cascade. It does not matter if I cannot have blooms after all. I think that considering the place where my apartment is situated, having foliage is already a luxury! I would prefer to leave both of the plants in the same pot because I think it would look gorgeous with some foliage trailing up, and some trailing down! I will put it on the sun-facing side of the patio and see what will happen. It will not look bad at all outdoor! However I will have to find another plant that I can place indoor where the Hoya was! Pepeuve, do you cover your hoyas with plastic sheets and keep them outdoor during winter in Spain? If you do, I think I will be able to do that too here in Texas! I will post at the end of the growing season to let you know how my plant did! Thank you for the help! Rino

You need to check first with your HOA (if you have one) and also with your local building authorities. In general (and this can differ by municipality), you do not require neighbor's permission to build something on your own property. But you do need to check into the legalities of building such a structure.

1) Maybe a two part design. The portion between the bay windows would be an open pergola design, height at the center section window brick line. Back from there and in the direction needed to provide shade, a solid covered patio cover with the misting system, fans, outdoor kitchen, the whole set up. We didn't have the 2-story windows to deal with but do have bays. We covered the 10x10 builder concrete patio and then built a 16x16 pergola covered deck behind that. You have more space, more options. 2) Second idea - use umbrellas close to the house as suggested and build a solid cover further away from the house.

A designer is going to be vital for this given the size of the spaces you described. You would be amazed at how quickly outdoor kitchens eat up floor space, and "fireplace" can be anything from a compact prefab unit to a massive, Game of Thrones-esque hunk of stone. It's not just about what fits, it's how usable is the space.