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...”