Below is a sampling of Coffee Table Books and Magazines that we’ve been featured in. For a full list of publications, and/or any press inquiries, please contact us.
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Coffee Table Book: “California Splendor” by Kathryn Masson, Rizzoli Publishing.
“...After their 1992 purchase of the abandoned C.K.G. Billings Estate in Montecito, Robert and Christine Emmons...were determined to restore and renovate the iconic landmark correctly. Their choice for what turned out to be an extensive three-year project was well-known Santa Barbara residential designer Michael DeRose, who they felt could best recapture the essence that had made this one of the most famous of the magnificent California estates...”
— Kathryn Masson, California Splendor
Featured Estate by Michael DeRose Designs
Coffee Table Book: “Santa Barbara Style” by Kathryn Masson, Rizzoli Publishing
“...Michael DeRose is really a painter, but like George Washington Smith in a former era, he keeps getting offers to design estates that he can’t refuse. When DeRose’s interest is piqued, it is with a scholar’s curiosity that he researches the minutest details and larger cultural themes of his subject’s time period and with an artists’s skill that he prepares design drawings and full scale details...”
— Kathryn Masson
Featured Estate by Michael DeRose Designs
Coffee Table Book: “Montecito California’s Garden Paradise” by Elizabeth E. Vogt
“This exceptional Estate combines historical and contemporary elements to create a serene atmosphere. The new Mediterranean style residence was designed by Michael DeRose in conformity with the property’s heritage.”
— Elizabeth E. Vogt
Featured Estate by Michael DeRose Designs
Coffee Table Book: The Luxury of Home, by Luxe Magazine
“As a residential designer, as well as a landscape and interior designer, Michael DeRose brings a discernible artistry to interior and exterior spaces at high-end homes, villas and estates in Southern California...Whether ‘serving the architecture gods’ with creative curiosity that often speaks to the durability and splendor of Southern Europe and the Mediterranean, or designing exquisite outdoor spaces in seamless harmony with their surroundings, DeRose brings the same artistic sensibilities to his signature work... ”
— The Luxury of Home
Featured Estate by Michael DeRose Designs
Coffee Table Book: “Santa Barbara Architecture” by Bob Easton & Wayne McCall
“Harcourt Carriage House, by Michael DeRose Designs- A beautiful house in a rich medieval Italian style rests upon the footprint of the property’s original carriage house. The warm composition is successfully resolved with a handsome Roman doorway, Sienna colored plaster, lively segmented arched windows, and formal landscape...”
— Santa Barbara Style
Featured Estate by Michael DeRose Designs
Cover Article: Montecito Magazine “Michael DeRose, The Artisanal Architect” by Mark Lewis
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Featured Estate by Michael DeRose Designs
Cover Article: Santa Barbara Magazine, “Pre-Renaissance Dreaming” by Diane Eagle Kataoka
“As the twentieth century spins to a close, more people than ever seek refuge in going home to a place that evokes a less complicated time—to the tranquility of a French country house perhaps, or the classicism of an Italian villa. Over the past decade Michael DeRose, another painter turned residential designer, has met that demand with a series of houses in Montecito that invoke both local estate tradition and specific historical styles...”
— Diane Eagle Kataoka
Featured Estate by Michael DeRose Designs
Cover Article: Santa Barbara Seasons, “Architecture as Fine Art” by Jane Ellison
“Driving up the winding road feels as though you’re being transported to another world...Discoveries begin as you step beyond the motor court and pass through large mahogany doors to the entry garden court. Arriving in the foyer, you’re greeted by a stunning focused ocean view through French Doors that open onto a stone loggia overlooking the exquisite Mediterranean style garden and ocean beyond...”
— Jane Ellison
Featured Estate by Michael DeRose Designs