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Barbie Deluxe Dream House
A two-story, Victorian-style Barbie house with room-to-room play, an elevator and furnishings described in the original Toysit page.
The play at a glance
Rooms to arrange and stories to move through
The older page describes a two-story house with a porch, balcony, elevator and furnished rooms. Its interest lies in moving dolls between those spaces and arranging the small objects that make each room part of a story.
The retained image shows the house opened out. The full historical descriptions remain below, with the old stock advice clearly separated from the information readers can use now.
Think about the house while it is open
A fold-open house needs room for both the structure and the player. Look at the access to the upstairs rooms, the space in front of the furniture and where the doors and porch sit. Allow room to reach inside rather than judging fit from the closed shell alone.
For a simple first scene, furnish one room and choose what happens there. Moving a figure from the kitchen to the bedroom or out onto the porch can build a story without using every accessory at once.
What to compare on an older house
- Structure: identify the floors, roof sections, doors and room connections. Ask about missing or repaired pieces.
- Moving features: check the elevator and other mechanisms directly rather than relying on the phrase “working” in an old description.
- Furniture: compare the actual included pieces with the matching edition’s contents. The original paragraphs list furniture, fabric items and small accessories.
- Space: measure the particular house both open and closed. The approximate dimensions in the old copy are not a substitute for those measurements.
The name alone does not identify an edition
Use the product number on the toy or packaging when looking for assembly directions or missing parts. A house offered under a similar Dream House name may have a different layout and different fittings.
This article retains the original page’s detail without treating its old stock warning, accessory count or suggested alternative as current purchasing guidance.
The historical record
Original Toysit coverage
The old availability sentence and all three product-description paragraphs are preserved below. The stock advice is historical and is not a current recommendation. Dimensions, accessory counts and operating features are retained descriptions, not newly verified specifications; the old purchase links have been removed.
Since this item is very likely to be out of stock, consider Barbie Radio House as an alternative.
A two story Victorian house in a 'country garden style' with a white exterior sea-foam green shingled roof and pink and green gingerbread trim. It features a porch and balcony too. House comes completely furnished. Bed with a comforter and pillow. Bed stand-night stand. Storage chest. An armoire attached to the wall with doors that open. A vanity attached to the wall folds down to become a luxurious bath tub. Bath stand bath towel Couch with real softgoods cushions. Plant stand with plant. Coffe table-tray. Fireplace screen. Bookcase with doors that open. 6 curtains with rods. Kitchen unit complete with sink, stove, oven and has swing out counter space. Dining table two chairs. Dog - dog bed, dog pillow, dog bow. Swing. Kitchen and dining sprue items including: 2 plates, 2 glasses with straws sauce pan with lid, teacup, jar with lid, 2 jars, carafe, pan, 2 forks, 2 knives, Kitchen & dining sprue items include: 2 plates, 2 glasses with straws, sauce, 2 spoons, bread board basked of apples, napkin box. Living room items include: 2 books, 2 vases, 2 closed and 1 open book hi fi telephone, picture frame. Has working elevator which moves up and down.
Using all the money that she's banked away over the years (putting in long hours as a doctor, an astronaut, and a pinch-hitter for the Yankees), Barbie has finally invested in some real estate: the Barbie Deluxe Dream House, a well-appointed two-story Victorian with a sea-foam-green slate roof and--of course--pink trim. While not overly generous on the square footage (it's just a one bedroom, one bath, after all, folding out to roughly 27 by 32 inches), this place has extras to die for: a bedroom terrace, a spacious porch with swing, a sink and vanity that flips down to become a tub, and--perhaps best of all--an elevator that really works. On top of that, the Dream House comes fully furnished with appropriately dreamy accouterments, including curtains, cushions, and a bedspread, a bed, a couch, a table, chairs, a built-in armoire and kitchen setup, and even a dog!
Barbie is living in the lap of luxury in her beautifully decorated house, every inch of which is a dream come true. From the kitchen to the sitting room and upstairs bedroom, this 2-story playset exhibits Barbie's great taste. Wicker furniture with real fabric upholstery is Barbie's décor of choice, and she even has a real working elevator! Your child can play with the house open to reveal its interior, or close the house to reveal its fantasy façade. Rounded towers and balconies give the house a fairy-tale appeal, and it's enchanting in a shade of cream with pale pink and seafoam green trim. Barbie loves to show off her house, so be sure to invite all of her friends over for hours of imaginative play. The set includes 42 furniture and decorative pieces. Dolls not included.
Sources and editorial notes
The standalone original page has no recorded publication date. It referenced retail identifier B00002SWF2 and suggested Barbie Radio House, B00004U3HS, as an alternative. Those historical Amazon links are retained in the private source snapshot, not offered as current buying advice. The missing root image was replaced with the existing matching dream-house.jpg in the same-site playset folder. Mattel’s instructions directory was checked, but an exact manual match and the condition of any individual house have not been established.
- Mattel: instruction-sheet search — Match the product number before using assembly directions for a house with a similar name.
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