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I can definitely identify with getting too close, we all do. I reckon just dropping the FB icon onto the menu bar would stop it being so jarring if you want to keep the original blue.

When returning to the main Blog page, maybe use a named object (the top blog speech bubble for example) and link to that rather than the top of the page?

Also, that blue, square Facebook icon...

Using 'wrought iron gates manly nsw' as search criteria:

DuckDuck - Ranked 6th - Contact page
Google - Ranked 4th - Advisory Services page
Dogpile - Ranked 1st and 2nd - Home page and Contact...

Here's where subjectivity comes into play. I agree with Paul about more pictures and less text, I clicked the photos expecting them to enlarge for example.

However, as a customer, the 10 year...

Both sites come across as being very well put together and are visually pleasing. I purposely just flicked around instead of reading the content to see what I instinctively clicked rather than be...