Barbra,

Thanks for sharing your privacing and exquisite talents of your new home. I totally LOVE your designs. I didn't get a signed copy nor feel that I needed to because everything that you shared in your book already feels as if I was "personally" given access to. So, once again, thank you!

Eeww, I'm gonna squint when I say this but, when I looked at the fold-out photo spread of the barn somehow I felt like there should have been a tree in front - to soften all the hard and sharp edges. Also, to add some shade to the exterior. A lovely Jacaranda (although the fallen leaves would be a nightmare to the pond) or something native to Connecticut that would do well in the California weather. But then again, this would also hide the beauty of the exterior of this fantastic home.

So, just one artist to another, I thought I'd share my thoughts! But otherwise, I love the book!!!!!!!!

Regards,

Adriano

Barbra, I never doubted that you didn't sign the books......no way. Not sure how anyone would ever think that. But, it was very, very nice of you to talk about.

I LOVE your book and you have such a passion and such a vision when it comes to design. Everything is in the details - truly - like when you mentioned you see everything from a movie/camera shot. I have the regular version of the book. I did order the Deluxe on Amazon for $270, but it was cancelled as they didn't have enough copies. When that happened, then I ordered it on Barnes & Noble for the same price, only to have that order cancelled last week, as well. They didn't have enough copies, either. And, I spoke to them several times on the phone. The last time, they even told me that it had been sent out and I would receive it on Monday. Then they cancelled it. So, how could it have been sent out? I am absolutely heartbroken, and feel so empty handed.

I don't suppose you happen to have any extra copies of the Deluxe Version laying around the barn or the napping room, do you? Ha, ha... And, it just doesn't make any sense to buy them on ebay for upwards of $600, when everyone else got them at a fantastic rate of $270 on either site.

Thanks so much for your talent and your passion for everything that you give to your fans.

I recently purchased Barbra’s new book and loved seeing the three homes in Malibu she currently owns. The new “barn” style house she recently built is simply beautiful, as are the guest house and the main house she has lived in for years.

The text of the book, which Barbra wrote, is all very interesting. Many personal details of her life that we’ve never heard about before are all through it. And the photography of the homes and furnishings, which she did a lot of, is also beautiful.

I don’t know where I got the idea, but I though this book would also include sections on her New York apartment, her Holmby Hills estate and the Malibu ranch she lived on in the 70’s. I really wish the book did include all that, and now hope she will publish another book on those homes.

The only thing about the book I am really disappointed with is that there is no floor plan included for the new house. Since most of the book is dedicated to Barbra designing and building this house, it is a glaring mistake not to have included the blueprints. And since so many of the rooms are only photographed in very close shots where you can’t see into the adjoining rooms, you have no way of knowing how the actual house is laid out.

I am very surprised that Barbra’s editor or publisher didn’t see that the book should have included the floor plans and blueprints. Simply from an architectural standpoint, it would have brought the design aspect of the book together more. Maybe she will post them on this site in the future, which would be great.

Reply from Barbra:

Good point but the book would have been twice as long if I had included everything I originally wanted. In the end, we had to cut something out. And the publisher felt that the floor plans were too technical and that most people wouldn’t understand them. I hope that answers your question. Barbra.