As we have talked about before, this house has somewhat of an identity crisis. Mattel generically calls it a 'DreamHouse', we have dubbed it (incorrectly) an 'A Frame', and now Mattel is calling the updated version a 'Beach House'. I live in Southern California and see real life examples of the 1978 Barbie house all over. It is mostly a 1970s contemporary home with Spanish and modern influences. These photos illustrate my observations in similar colors.
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| Mid century mondrian style coloring and lines. |
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| 1980 house, long sloping roof, white railing in front, red tile roof. |
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| Socal beach houses with shed roof line |
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| Shed-roof roof line |
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| How I imagine the decor to really be. |
1978 Mattel A Frame Barbie Dream Doll House Red roof yellow floors mod groovy 1970s 1980s custom OOAK
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| Diagonal slats. |
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| Drive by of a 1970s split/double shed roof house. |
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| If the house were real, and you were downstairs looking up into a yellow floor base plate. |
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| I believe this is an interior of a 70s home that the 1979 Barbie House Designers were going for when they designed the DreamFurniture line. Modern, fun, colorful and very groovy. It wold be nice to have a hanging lamp and stereo to go with the living room set. |
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take away the chimneys and middle sections and you have a couple of side pieces to the house, notice the shed roof style roof line and clean, contemporary lines
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Notice the window frame? Hmm, I know I have seen this before someplace. This is the back of a house that does not have a closet or a balcony, and I use foam board to make up the front facade of the second floor, leaving the Cross T bar side to expose the rear facade.
While the above is a 1910s Canadian row house, it actually features our 1978 Malibu house bump out closet. Still a terrible idea whatever the country or century, there it is. Personally, I think a wardrobe or even using the smallest bedroom as a walk in closet would be a better idea than this odd addition that tells passersby, "This house has crappy closets, have a nice day".
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ReplyDeleteI have a question, I have a Barbie Dream House J0505. Some of the pink plastic has yellowed. Can I used 40 volume peroxide or Oxyclean to de-yellow it without destroying the pink color?
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ReplyDeleteWould anyone have a photo of how to stack several of these houses into a highrise? I remember seeing a photo of this somewhere and cannot find one now.
I have three houses that I would like to merge into one.
Any help on how to do this would be much appreciated!
yep, the anonymous post from sept 13 is correct, so i highly discourage that since it destroys wall functionality for reconstructing an A frame in the future. HOWEVER, you could use a 1982 cottage without the roof rafters, it provides for a flat surface roof. it could be the first floor garage or lobby. =-)
DeleteYou have to cut the support pillars of the middle level. I have always to do that too but not on my original. Wanted to buy another and try.
ReplyDeleteI just found this site and have completely painted and decorated the red/yellow one! I wish blog still worked!
ReplyDeleteI went into picassa and shared all the pics, i think that worked. i am back for the summer and will be posting more. =-)
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