Listen to your architect. Grey/silver looks clean and will never date. We took our architects advice and went with silver. I like the fact that they blend into the scenery and house and are not a feature you see. I do not even think we had aluminium frames mid 20th century. Wood?? Black frames I believe became popular decades later.

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.

The walnut stain is beautiful. Such a contemporary piece with a great mid-century vibe. I really love the simplicity and elegance of the range! Great job guys! The TV unit is my favourite piece!

You have a home of character. Currently the whole external picture is unbalanced. Everything on the right is dominant, and falls away almost entirely on the left. From way off left field I would 1. Make the entry to your driveway from the letterbox point. The existing entry point would become garden. 2. This driveway would then curve around to the left and then join the existing driveway up to the garage. 3. I believe that there is too much brick and if finances allowed, would remove the brick driveway and replace with a base and grey gravel aggregate. The grey would have a remarkable softening effect, and would enable all rain that falls on the site to be utilised on site. 4. The area now reclaimed from the start of the existing driveway I would make a garden. This garden, with a tree within, would then balance the whole front picture. 5. I would remove the boxed area and dumpy plant keeping the colours and gravels all the same. 6. Don't use coloured bark - it could have toxins in it, and it looks awful. 7. The row of rocks in front of the house should also go. 8. The garage needs a colour change - the same colour as the brick of the house. This will make the whole front presence appear wider. Your home, as mentioned by others, and repeatedly by me in other posts, should retain the original facade in keeping with the style of home. There is nothing at all wrong with this facade, and it looks like a solid brick home. Cheers Alison