JEMI, the black was due to me being burgled three times when I was still living in Cremorene (1.5K from the Melbourne CBD.  I thought with the black gear in the black cabinet, the morons might think it was empty and not take them... which the last time they didn't... took a large rear projection TV instead, that they couldn't get over the back fence and left it on the ground.

Fortunately the idiot that built this house (downtown Churchill) had a fetish for built in black,

so it fit in well and basically dictated my colour choice for new stuff,
which reminds me I should do a blog about my "gun" cabinet, 

If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD