Barbra Streisand's Love Of Design Information On New Book

It is not even open your home to guests at a holiday celebration, but for movies and singer Barbra Streisand and her fans, it's pretty close. This week Streisand had his land first book in stores, but not the memories of the star turns in films like "Funny Girl" or "The Way We Were" does not achieve albums have sold over 71 million copies.


For his debut as a writer, takes place Streisand wrote about her love of architecture, art, furniture and landscaping in "My passion for design." But do not be fooled by its title, because the sides, the star tells stories of his life and career that have influenced the choices she made in designing his dream house in Malibu, California.

"I think it's more interesting," she told Reuters the style of the book in first person. "People have asked me to write my autobiography, but I do not want to go there again, and personally. I guess it crept into my own writing. "

"This is my world now and see what is beautiful," he added. Coffee table book publishers, Viking Streisand takes readers on a journey of years of design, construction and furnishing of a compound reminiscent of 19th century New England farm barn, a mill house, the house, the grandmother's house and also a henhouse. It is not the first house is designed for the same singer

. In fact, it follows several others, such as the Art Deco-themed house, and his New York apartment. But it's home, where Streisand and husband James Brolin spend most all their time and it is a word, very nice.Adding to the book's personal touches, avid photographer Streisand took most all the pictures herself.

GAMBLING IN BED

In the introduction, readers learn Streisand likes to spend his mornings in bed with his dog at his feet Samantha. Next, write, read, eat, and offices, including stocks. "It's a way to play without having to dress," Streisand writes. She said she does not know exactly where she drew her love for architecture and design.

But adds that certainly was not his mother, who covered his plastic furniture when your child to avoid the hit. Streisand's Malibu home, nothing is wrapped. The book is divided into separate sections of the different structures within the enclosure.

It begins in the barn, which houses the chickens that lay eggs, and cover the garden where he grows his own vegetables.His "child" is a house, really - not stand for cattle - but Streisand is quick to point out that she did not live there. The main house is his house. "Building the barn was like completing an art project, she wrote.

The styles of design range around three centuries from the 18th to the 20th, but the common theme is the love of Americana. It is the "Federal Lounge" which looks like a townhouse in Washington, DC, his "Bee's Doll Shop, which houses his collection of dolls and vintage clothing store, show his love for vintage clothes.