Customer Reviews

My Passion for Design

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From reading the book, I get a clearer picture of the woman behind the unsurpassed talent. It's that thorniness in her character about having things be absolutely right. Perfect. That's the driving force in her success. And she does address this quest for perfection in the book many times, both the positive side and the annoying side. I get the feeling that this incredible eye for detail causes much internal turmoil and is a doubled edge sword of sorts. Through the book, one can appreciate the style, the taste and creative vision... I'm crazy for the millhouse with waterwheel by a stream... the grounds are breathtaking! Organic gardens, chickens with pale green eggs and more roses than the Rose Parade!!

My favorite photo in the book is of her sitting room/office... dead flowers on the coffee table... papers stacked up on the desk... real life. Just like the rest of us.

This book came this morning and I've already devoured it. The time, thought, and patience (not to mention money) that went into the building of this compound is staggering. A beautiful book with interesting and insightful text. A great Christmas gift with beautiful photography and great color.

Of course, a must-have for Streisand fans.

Yes, this book is a little pricey, but most of the proceeds are being donated for "Women's Heart Health" She was interviewed yesterday on Oprah and stated that she wants to raise 5 million and will "match" the 5 million. The name of the hospital she is working with directly escapes me but she has made women's heart health her personal mission because so many women die of heart disease. A great book on Barbra's passion for a great cause!

As many long time Streisand fans and followers know, Barbra has collected art pieces,furniture & has had an eye for antiques,design and creativity from the beginning (about 50 years of collecting). I am glad a book of her recent efforts mixed with some treasures from the past have been put together in a nice book as such.I am just about done reading the entire book and I would recomend this for any fan of Barbra or anyone interested in design, antiques and style. A +

My Passion for Design is a gorgeous book! Beefy sized book, stunning photography--Barbra is also the main photographer...The text tells the story of her adventures with buying the three properties and what it took to make her home so beautiful. Not exactly my style--she is into traditional period pieces...but admired it anyway. Loved the grounds...stunning with zillions of roses, wtaer elements and more. Enjoy!

Barbra Streisand is an amazing talent of our time, who knew she was also a visionary designer? This book is an inspiration and a gift to anyone who reads it. If you don't believe in heaven, you might want to reconsider when you see the environment by the sea that Babs has imagined and brought to glorious life. No detail has been left to chance and she has been extremely generous in sharing her thinking, her point of view, her life.

My Passion For Design is luscious, don't hesitate to purchase it. At nearly 300 hundred pages, every page is rich with gigantic photos most of which were taken by Barbra herself. It's a treasure.

Don't waste time reading this review, because I would have paid $300.00 for My Passion For Design---go buy the book, go buy the book, go buy the book. You'll thank yourself. I'm thanking Barbra!

Ms. Streisand never disappoints. Her perfectionism in all aspects of her work is consistent with her perfectionism in the production of this book. Her intelligent, well-written text combined with gorgeous photographs (most of which were taken by Barbra herself) make this book a joy to read.

I love this book. Barbara takes you on a journey of her eclectic design. So many hours must have been put into the building of this home and this book. Every inch of this home is her and I am so happy she shared this with the world.

I have always wanted to read Barbra's autobiography. Well, really that's what this is, combined with a very special design and architecture book. You truly feel like you are on a private tour with Barbra as she takes you through her amazing home with her conversational style of writing. Huge fan that I am, I still learned many things about Barbra that I did not know. This book is a very compelling and enjoyable read, and I know I will reread it many times over. I was thrilled by the limited edition. No picture that I have seen does justice to the design, and it is very sturdy, besides. It is perfect to the final detail, just like Barbra's house.

I looked through this the other week and I must agree with others that it is a beautifully laid out and designed BOOK - good quality paper, easy to read layout, in depth essays on the designs etc. But from a design point of view this house is not anything terribly ground breaking, exciting, interesting, or revolutionary. I found the decor cluttered and the spaces of the house claustrophobic, certain features of the house (wine cellar, 'shops', guest house and so on) boring and gaudy, and the whole thing a rather New Englandy-Funny Girl mess. It seems like what Ms Streisand was going for was a palatial, Cape Cod cottagey barn xanadu compound. She has not succeeded (no one ever will with that combo). If she's happy with her home - then I am happy for her. But this is not a design cornerstone, revelation, or epic. It is however - Original.