Long, thin, north-facing front garden – what’s next? 🤔

I’m new to gardens but have been lurking for a while! 🌸 Scroll for my only before photo!

On a whim I added this curved border to my 10m x 2m front garden. Dug turf out for half then discovered the no-dig approach which made part two SO much easier. 🤣

I’m not sure what to do on the house side. I don’t love the lawn – it’s patchy and full of weeds and is in pretty much full shade for almost all of the day because of the house. I’m thinking of taking the fence down and adding railings… but privacy is a factor, it’s not a busy street but I can see why the previous owners added the fence….

With my back to the house wall it’s north west, the right side gets sun in the afternoon, the left gets filtered sun in the afternoon because of the neighbour’s (amazing!) lilac tree.

Looking for ideas and thoughts – definitely on a budget or at least DIY! The house is 200 years old and so I’m cautious about planting stuff too close to the wall.