In celebration of its nomination in the Residential Design category at the 2025 Australian Interior Design Awards, the Sydney Morning Herald takes a closer look at Greg Natale’s Bellevue Hill House. The home’s second iteration, created for its current owner Eleni Taylor, has been the subject of much international discourse. The piece hones in on a new design, encased within the same architectural bones as Greg’s Hollywood Regency–era vision from over a decade ago.

In conversation with Eleni Taylor, SMH explores how her vision shaped Greg’s creative process. “I thought, who better to go back to than the person who did the house before?” Eleni says. Looking at the final result, it’s clear her instincts were right. Inspired by her Greek heritage, Eleni was drawn to the forms and textures of Cycladic architecture. She first glimpsed the promise of what was to come in the home’s archways, tall ceilings, and sweeping exterior curves. Together, she and Greg chose to move away from the high-contrast palette and metallic accents of the past.

After fine-tuning the layout and introducing soft, textured curves, Eleni turned her attention to stone—and lots of it. Twenty individual slabs from renowned Italian quarries arrived on Australian shores, including Breccia Capraia from the ancient Fantiscritti quarry in Tuscany, where Michelangelo sourced marble for his David. As Eleni leaned further into her design vision, the home began to come alive.

It wasn’t just Eleni who felt creatively transformed by the process. Greg Natale told the Sydney Morning Herald that the project allowed him to reinvent himself as a designer. “This house has shown that I’ve grown and can do other things,” he reflected, noting the home’s extraordinary reception.

Discover the full story online, and explore the home in detail through our website’s project gallery.