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BKH redesigned the whole block: respect their work, so I knew all the lines of the interior would be straight. Structurally, I didn't need to do a thing."Non-structurally, the redecoration required rather more work. Greg Natale chose the apartment as a blank canvas on which to put his stamp.
The renovation of the 5m-high mezzanine space was deliberately slow; Greg spent a year working out what he wanted. It was a stepby-step thing:' he says. When you work for clients, time is a major factor - you don't have the same privilege as when it's your own:'A mix of the three different styles, which Greg Natale defines as kitsch baroque. the '70s factor is perhaps the most significant, with the inky black glass coffee table the starting point beyond the colour scheme - and Greg's main object of desire.
Mixing old and new with a retro style, the apartment is arranged around a configuration of two parts, with the streamlined kitchen, dining and living area open-plan on one level, and the bedroom and bathroom on the mezzanine above. Taffeta curtains span the 5m height and link the two spaces, along with the use of luxurious materials, such as the fur bedspread and the rug in the living room.
It's probably from watching too much Dynasty in the '80s. The dark colours are intimate and I like that anyone who comes over feels relaxed immediately: the Other decadent features include the carved wooden bedhead made by Lara Kincaid in Glebe, and various custom-made cabinets that Greg Natale designed. He's big on horizontal lines - the creamy gloss sideboard in the bedroom serves as a dividing wall on the edge of the mezzanine, and the rich ebony-veneered wall unit is a feature of the living room.
To open up the space, Greg Natale uses devices such as the mirror-fronted cabinets of the kitchen and the stucco polished wall to reflect light back into the apartment. Interior design has moved towards a more decorative approach, which is a backlash to what happened in the '90s, where everything became homogenous.
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