Photograph by Anson Smart.HG BATHROOM SPECIAL
178 | AUSTRALIAN HOUSE & GARDEN
Materials star in this Sydney bathroom.
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PAT T ER N PL AY
]✚^ Touch of texture Cerused,
or limed, oak brings texture
to the vanity. It’s teamed
with Restoration Hardware
drawer pulls and a Carrara
marble top.DESIGN
APPROACH
With no ability to move
the plumbing (that would
involve buying the
apartment downstairs),
Greg focused on updating
the tiles and fixtures.
“There’s a terrazzo theme
running right through my
home,” he says. “Here,
its green colouring sits
elegantly with the grey
and white marble tiles
from my own collection.”
Astra Walker tapware in
an Urban Brass finish
shines brightly against the
customlimed-oak vanity.>
Greg Natale Design;
gregnatale.com.aallss sstt
THE BRIEF
When he bought his Sydney
apartment, interior designer
Greg Natale embarked on a
major refurbishment, which
took in this guest bathroom.
“On a trip to Italy I fell in
love with the work of Gio
Ponti all over again. I wanted
this bathroom to offer a nod
to his distinctive, and quite
remarkable, use of pattern.
In fact, I wanted to have
pattern in all the rooms.”Key piecesPontimarble
tiles(300x300mm sheet),
$389/m2, Greg Natale
Design. SG22-43H honed
Italianterrazzo tiles
(400x400mm), $137/m2,
Surface Gallery. Metropolis
basin mixer,$623,bath
filler,$1067, andtoilet roll
holder,$216, all in Urban
Brass, Astra Walker.✚^ Bold as brass Judiciously
used on the Astra Walker
fixtures and the Kelly
Wearstler light, polished
brass offers a playful
wink to 1970s style.