This is Barbie’s Dreamhouse, not Ken’s Mojo Dojo Casa House. In 1962, Barbie received the keys to her first home: a yellow single-story house with one bed, a vintage television set, and a framed photo of Ken on the shelf. Over the next six decades, Martell - Barbie's real-estate company and her toy manufacturer - would add on a kitchen, garage, elevator, and pool.
While Barbie has pursued nearly every career path imaginable from law to game development, she remains a single homeowner through the years. As Barbie evolved and adapted to the decadeꦯ, Martell remodeled her Dreamhouses to mirror the lifestyle and architectural trends of the era𒀰 that they were built in.
10 🍨 ❀2013 Pink Barbie Dreamhouse
The 2013 Barbie Dreamhouse is pink from top to bottom, with blue accents here and there. The three-story house is a modern dream with six rooms, two elevators, and a walk-in closeꦚt.
Though Barbie is not expected to cook for anyone but herself, she has a full kitchen complete with a stovetop, kitchen appliances, and an oven that can hold a cooked turkey. At the same time, the scroll walls and railings evoke a more old-fashioned, almost regal feel. Tღo round out the luxe interior, a magenta chandelier hangs above the dining room table.
9 🍸 1984 Barbie Dream Cottage 🅰
If Barbie were on vaca✤tion, she would stay at the Cottage. This cabin-shaped𒆙 house bears a resemblance to the larger 1979 Dreamhouse, likely functioning as Barbie’s home away from home in the summer.
Downstairs, the single bed and vanity table suggest that she is traveling alone, and the colorful, square-patterned couch looks like it could have only been purcha🅷sed in the eighties. On the roof, Barbie can cook at the grill, then sit under the umbrella, where she will be safe from invisible sun exposure.
8 ⛄ 1998 Barbie Deluxe Dreamhouse 💝
The whimsical Deluxe Dreamhouse seems like a fairytale home in dollhouse form. Made in the nineties, the house channels the 📖Victorian-era aesthetic but takes a modern twist. For example, the silo-shaped roof and stained glass windows look vintage, whereas the elevator and porch swing are more contemporary.
The exterior pastel color scheme is unique as far as Dreamhouses go, so this storybook house deserves a spot on the list. Meanwhile, the pink interior preserves nineties furniture trends, including 𝐆the white wicker coffee table and loveseat with floral upholstery. Popularized in the eighties, the ruffled pillowcase and ethereal bed skirt styles were still going strong, too.
7 2023 Barbie Pool Party House 🦂
In preparation for Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movi൲e, Mattel released a Dreamhouse with a three-story slide that resembles the pink spiral one on set. Mattel designed this extravagant house so that Barbie could throw both pool and slumber parties. There is even a pet pool and slide, so Barbie’s puppy does not feel left out.
With a palm tree, string lights, and an open-concept design, the Pool Party House imitates homes in Malibu and🦩 Palm Springs. Like in the 2020 and 2021 Dreamhousꦰes, the elevator is big enough for Barbie in a wheelchair.
6 ♎ 1990 Barbie Magical M🤡ansion
Finally, Barbie could live out her dream in a hyperfeminin﷽e house that was pink on the inside and out, down to the porch columns and⛎ bathtub. Her new address also signaled a financial upgrade from her previous homes and a step back in time with the floral vintage wallpaper.
From the queen size bed to the fireplace, the plastic furnishings are sophisticated and luxurious. In designing the mansion, Mattel paid great attention to detail, giving Barbie multiple mirrors and a landline phone, so she could call her friends Midge and Christ💧ie.
5 2000 Barbie Victorian Dreamhouse 𒉰
As shrunken house models, Victorian dollhouses originally symbolized one’s status and would only later become toys. The Barbie Victorian Dreamhouse, therefore, alludes to the past and represents 𓂃how Barbie has accumulated her wealth over the decades.
This Dreamhouse diverges from many of the midcentury houses in Barbie’s early years. Yet its silhouette looks a lot🎃 like the picture hanging in her 1962 home. Inside the mansion, there is a canopy bed, a clawfoot tub, and a crib for Barbie’s sister, Krissy💦. (Barbie is and will always be unmarried and childless.)
4 1ꩲ974 Barbie Townhou🅷se
At a whopping three and a half feet high, the Townhouse was the tallest Dreamhouse of its time. It features six rooms and an urban-style elevator. The painted walls - for example, displaying a fullꦛ kitchen and backyard pool - give the illusion that the house is bigger than it really is.
A well-rounded Barbie l🌟ives in the chic Townhouse. With an eye for design, she🌸 decorated the interior with a Tiffany lamp and framed art. Her books indicate that she is well-read, and the tennis racket on the third floor implies that she was sporty as well.
3 2020 📖Barbie Dreamhouse With Accessible Elevജator
In 1997, Mattel released Becky, Barbie’s friend and the first doll in a wheelchair. Then, in 2019, the toymaker made a Barbie in a wheelchair who belonged to the line of diverse dolls in wheelchairs. Howev💟er, it was not until 2020 that Mattel built an elevator that a doll in a wheelc👍hair could fit.
Along with having an accessible elevator, the large Dreamhouse is sizeable and interactive. The accessories include a puppy and dinnerware. In the kitchen, you can hear the stove sizzle with the push of a button, and the bathroom toilet simulates a flushing noise. Theཧ 2020 🍌Dreamhouse might just be the most inclusive and realistic dollhouse yet.
2 🤪 1979 A-Frame Barbie Dreamhouse 𝓀
After living in studio houses and townhouses, Barbie migrated t🍒o the suburbs. By the end of the 1970s, the private housing market boomed, as former renters - who were usually white - left the city and became homeowners. Barbie may have been oblivious to the plight of cities and their residents, but sheꦫ certainly knew how to choose an enviable house.
In 1979, Barbie ▨moved into a two-story, A-frame house. The skylights are one of its best features, encouraging Barbie to soak in the fictional sunshine. Under the ideal weather conditions in Barbie World, the 3D plants fl♌ourish on the roof and in the planters out front.
1 🍸 ꦺ 1962 Barbie Dreamhouse
The fact that Barbie owned her own home was revolutionary. When the first Dreamhouse hit the shelves in 1962, and loans, and married women typically needed their husband’s signatures. At the time, women made significantly less than men in🅰 the same positions, and while the pay gap still exists, it is now illegal in the US to discriminate based on gender in the workplace. These obstacles made 🌳it difficult for a woman to own her own property.
Sur𓆉e, the original Dreamhouse was small and made from cardboard, but Barbie had the place all to herself. The pennant flags on the wall suggest that she obtained her degree or was at least college-bound. While other dollhouses held cribs and ovens, Barbie owned a closet and a home theater set-up. Sorry, Ken, there is only enough room for one doll in this house.