Comments on: Villa Sorriso: Robin Williams’ Napa Valley Vineyard Estate

By: Elaine

Elaine — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 10:14:36 +0000

I dont like big homes at all. Prefer little one bedroom place away from people.
Nightmare to clean I cant understand why people like to live in these gigantic homes .It must cost a bomb to upkeep and really no one needs all that space! thats just extravagant and materialistic!

By: Linda

Linda — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 19:21:37 +0000

Robin, I would not sell, I would make this one my home away from home in the mountains, and besides maybe just maybe a place to retire to when that time comes, peace, peace, peace.

By: Linda

Linda — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 19:17:41 +0000

I love everything about it, whom ever designed this had great taste and Wow we the views and the wonderful wine vinyard goodness, I think I had died and gone to heaven, my coco would have plenty of room inside and outside, she as a puppy wuppy would get lost, days to find her, we could imagine living there if we had the money for sure.

By: Sandra

Sandra — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 02:23:04 +0000

Uh—no! Given the choice between this one and the Fig Tree Cottage you showed us awhile back, I would choose the cottage in a heartbeat. Or just about any one of the other cottages. This place would be like living in a museum, not my taste at all. And thirty-five million?? That is obscene.

By: Bridget

Bridget — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 23:13:39 +0000

I agree. I love the hills in Napa and Sonoma counties. Absolutely beautiful! I did find more pics on Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/22/robin-williams-house_n_1823555.html#slide=more246364

By: RosieJo

RosieJo — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 19:57:35 +0000

The blue carpet ties back to the color of the roof tiles and the trim color used for the windows on the front of the house. The whole house left me cold and indifferent…I think you’d need a family of 10 to warm it up… I predict they’ll be lucky to get 10 million for it in this economy, but I’ve been wrong before.

By: Lisa T.

Lisa T. — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 22:39:46 +0000

Perhaps its the land and vineyard it is on, not just the house.

By: Becky @ Farmgirl Paints

Becky @ Farmgirl Paints — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 19:50:51 +0000

Wow that huge globe looking light is unbelievable. Gorgeous house. Can’t imagine anything being worth 35 million though. That’s absurd.

By: Linda G

Linda G — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 17:32:51 +0000

The blue carpet seems a bit jarring at first, but take another look and you will see lots of touches of blue and aqua. The tile roofs are teal, trim around the windows and doors are aqua, a few ceilings are a light blue, too. It’s almost as though someone wanted to live on the water, but settled for a vineyard location.
I love the way design elements tie together, such as round light fixtures inside and out. I also enjoy the clean, open feel of the house. It’s huge, but it also feels spacious, and perhaps accessible for someone in a wheelchair. Yes, there is a ramp in that hallway with the vented cases. I wonder if that is an archival A/C system or for wine, as someone mentioned.
I think the most surprising element for me is the bright and simple wine room. Did anyone else expect one of those old, dark-feeling cave-like rooms full of wooden beams and barrel tables? This one is refreshingly different, although I bet you’d feel chilly in it, no matter the temperature at which it is kept.

By: Carla Z

Carla Z — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 14:27:18 +0000

Wow! That is a beautiful home, that hallway is crazy fancy pants! I still love Robin Williams, I also watched Mork & Mindy with my sister when we were little on Nick at Nite, kind of funny to think of him in such a sophisticated estate