As an architect, I have a list of words saved on my desktop that I am conscious can sound confusing to the client! One day I hope to write a little archi-dictionary to help clients work out what we mean when we use so many of the words that seem natural to us! 'Form', 'honest materials', 'warmth', 'documentation', 'draft', 'sketch plan', 'detail', 'mass', 'spine', 'circulation', 'water harvesting', 'floating', 'dynamic', 'heavy', 'celebrate'... etc.

I love watching all the reno shows, doesn't matter which one, they all have their drama's & drama queen's, that's TV, loved the girls on the last Block, they were the ONLY ones with a bit of class in their design and decor, could not understand why they didn't get a much better result from buyers, especially over the nasty/slobby redhead and her slob of a partner, have to say I hate the Scandi & Industrial design they all have to stick to, to appease those boring judges, there is nothing outstanding in the rooms, they are boring, they obviously ALL have a connection with 'Pin Interest' and 'Houzz' so you know where all the designs come from. Love what "Matt & Kim" are doing here in WA with their 'Renovation Rescue', watch all the overseas reno's, Escape to the Country, Grand designs etc. the interesting knowledge & talent of UK people is excellent when restoring older homes, it would be good to have a section of the Australian shows which show how to do a particular piece of renovation.

Styker, can you sew? Craftsy have a course that shows you how to make your own. I’m getting older and retail bras don’t sit very well anymore so making my own is on the agenda.

My name is Paul Archibald, i am the eldest child of Norman and Elizabeth Archibald, the eldest of eight sons and two daughters. And yes, we are of Irish Catholic descent! I was extrememley interested in our family bussiness and began working at Nore Furnitre as soon as i tuned 15 years of age every school holidays and on a full time basis from 1983 until the end of 1984, when horribly the company was liqudated. I say horribly because the impact on our whole family was devestating, espeecially my father, who had put his heart and soul into the unique and remarkable furniture that has left an enviable legacy, in my humble and quite possibly biased opinion. Every year we would exhibate at the Melboure Furniture Fair and The Melbourne Homeshow. Thats how my father met Fred Lowen, who was the founder of Fler and then Tessa. I liked Fred, he was a nice bloke. In 1980 that the Australian Foreign Trade Commision invited Nore Furniture to join a group of selected designersgoers/manufactuers to represent original Australian furniture design at the Cologne International Furniture Fair, the largest and most prestigious on Earth, (not Hanover, as was previously mentioned). The delegation was headed up by Fred Lowen, who was fluent in German. The reaction was overwhelingly positive, we recieved so many letters of interest from all around the World. I firmly belive that was the genesis of the subsequent design infuences that spread interntionally. I am extremely impressed and even humbled by this thread and and very impressed by the mostly accurate descriptions of the history Nore Furniture and our various pieces. However, i can add SO MUCH MORE, this is mereley the tip of the iceburg…my father is far too modest, so i feel obliged to throw in my two bobs worth. I’m not just referring to the history, but the thousands of other pieces of other Nore designs out there that the vast majority of people do not recognise as such. Going back to my own experience working at Nore, by the end of 1984, I learned so much. By that time i must have amassed tens of thousands of hours at Nore. We genuinely cared deeply about the furniture and were absolutely striving for excellence in every single piece produced. Money was always seconary, which eventually was probably our Archilles Heel. I learned table making, cabinet making, spray polishing (i could spray polish every single piece of furniture we ever made). The same goes for upholstery, in fact in the final six months i was the sole upholsterer for Nore. And so much more… I enjoyed my time lmmensely and was gutted when we closed up shop. If anyone is interested i am more than happy to oblige.