Bringing out the Barbie Dream House

During a trip to Goodwill I came across the exact same Barbie house that I had in the 80s for only $40, complete with furniture! For quite awhile I kept it stored in the attic, but decided to finally bring it out. Read on to learn more:

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I was inspired by my blogger friend Deb Barna and her dollhouse, Nelson Crest. Deb routinely features her house as part of her decor, which means she gets to enjoy it. I wanted to start enjoying my Barbie house too, so I pulled it down from storage.

After a good cleaning, I fixed up the window boxes by first painting the planting surfaces green. I then cut and trimmed the flowers so that they fit better and hot glued them in place. I also added bits of extra greenery to fill out the look. As I mentioned furniture came with the purchase as well, but I'll get to that in an upcoming post 😊

I planned to keep the house in my enclosed back porch, but didn't like it sitting directly on the floor. I needed something to rise it up and provide more storage, so off to the thrift store I went.

I found this TV shelf for 7.99 and knew it would be perfect after a little attention.

Want to know more about Deb's Nelson Crest? Check out these posts:

Winter at Nelson Crest

Easter at Nelson Crest

Christmas at Nelson Crest

Patriotic Nelson Crest

You can see in the close-ups that the surface of the shelf was quite damaged, but I planned to sand and paint anyway.

I painted the shelf in a fresh, clean white. The top still shows a bit of damage even through the paint, but that will be covered by the Barbie House.