BUSINESS OF HOME: Everyone’s obsessed with Barbie again. Designers always cared more about her Dreamhouse

July 20, 2023

By: Shelby Wax

A multistory Malibu beach property complete with a bubblegum pink exterior and a unique modular construction has posed an interior design challenge for decades. Coming in under 50 inches tall, Barbie’s Dreamhouse offers its owners endless options to decorate inside its plastic walls. “As a kid, it served as inspiration—for stories, for what a house could be, for how a house could look—and the freedom to try all of it,” says Los Angeles–based designer Mandy Cheng. “You slowly watch your little hands make a house come together, and it’s the first time it all kind of clicks.”

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