Barbie's Dreamhouse to become real-life home in new HGTV series

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• The designers also wanted the room to feel distinctly like Barbie's office.
• The designers transformed the house's exterior in episode three.
• Step Into the World of Barbiecore: Make Your Own Bold Pink Mirror
• The canvas for the office was small.
• Designers tackled the entryway, living room, dining room, kitchen, and den in episode one.
• Oversized windows made the dining room feel bigger, though it was shut off from the kitchen.

Ashley Graham hosts an epic renovation competition, as eight teams of HGTV stars create the first-ever real-life Barbie Dreamhouse. Only one team's space will be chosen as the winner, and a lucky Barbie fan will win a stay in the Barbie-fied Dreamhouse. Perhaps you signed up for two hours of Barbie at your local movie theater. But for the residents of Michael Crest Drive, a sudden and unexpected outpost emerged this year—one that lingered far longer than the movie’s running time. To hear those on Barbie’s block tell it, the experience of living next to the real-life Barbie house featured on HGTV’s Barbie Dreamhouse Challenge wasn’t exactly a dream.

The designers also wanted the room to feel distinctly like Barbie's office.

They built a canopy bed (every Barbie lover's fantasy!) that features a detailed headboard with a heart at its center. But what makes the dreamy addition extra special is that when anyone says the phrase "Bed, I'm tired," the furniture lights up and shares a sweet wish for a good night's slumber. The pre-programmed message was recorded by Knight for a soothing end to every evening. Between the Barbiecore trend that's all over TikTok and our very own Dollhouse Beautiful, America's favorite doll is spreading her influence all over the interior design world.

The designers transformed the house's exterior in episode three.

The first episode of the four-part series aired on July 16, and the subsequent three episodes will air the next three Sundays at 8 p.m. Valencia estimates that nine to 12 different shades of pink went into the design, which includes a stunning Barbie-pink spiral water slide in the Y2K-themed backyard. If you win the 2024 HGTV Dream Home on Anastasia Island, Florida, near St. Augustine, you can sell the home. Several past winners of HGTV's popular sweepstakes have done just that.

Step Into the World of Barbiecore: Make Your Own Bold Pink Mirror

You can catch up on episodes of "Barbie Dreamhouse Challenge" on MAX. Barbie-mania is everywhere these days thanks to Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" film. Stars were wearing Barbie-inspired looks on red carpets, brands like Beis and Gap are promoting Barbie collaborations, and HGTV got in on the fun. Fashion experts previously told USA TODAY the comeback of Barbie's bright pink aesthetic has been a way for people to embrace cheer, lightheartedness and confidence.

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The teams will overhaul areas of the home with an era-specific style, such as an early 1960s atomic age kitchen, a ‘70s disco vibe for Ken’s Den and a main bedroom decked out in ‘80s glam. True to their word, about two months after the Barbie Dreamhouse was completed, crews returned to Michael Crest Drive to get rid of all that pink. Painters swept through the house with buckets of black and white, neutralizing the pink mailbox, the pink patio, the pink staircase.

The canvas for the office was small.

HGTV home design and renovation experts and a Food Network chef will participate. A teaser trailer released April 12 says the series features "the largest HGTV team ever assembled." The Barbie Dreamhouse will no longer be just a toy — HGTV is making it into a real-life home. We're sure the neighbors were throughly intrigued by the filming and renovation process, but not too disturbed as the entire project was completed in just four weeks. The house used for the show, Barbie Dreamhouse Challenge, is located in Santa Clarita in Southern California.

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Designers tackled the entryway, living room, dining room, kitchen, and den in episode one.

This picturesque suburb of Los Angeles is one of the most expensive places to live in the country, so of course it has stunning views and everything you could possibly need. The house is situated in a neighborhood of Santa Clarita called Canyon Country in Northwestern Los Angeles County. "I mean, how often do you get to put a handle on a house?" Bynum says. In the front living room, four large windows of multicolored plexiglass feature Barbie silhouettes.

Oversized windows made the dining room feel bigger, though it was shut off from the kitchen.

Unlike the other competitors, the designers in episode four didn't have to stick to one decade for their projects, so they could encompass Barbie's past, present, and future in their designs. Michel Smith Boyd and Anthony Elle of "Luxe for Less" and "Rock the Block" worked on Barbie's office, while Christina Hall and James Bender of "Christina on the Coast" transformed Barbie's walk-in closet in the series finale. In episode one, Egypt Sherrod and Mike Jackson of "Married to Real Estate" faced off against Jasmine Roth from "Help! I Wrecked My House" and Antonia Lofaso, who has appeared on multiple Food Network series. Buzz about the film has fueled a resurgence of Barbie mania in pop culture, with celebrities rocking neon-pink Barbiecore fashion on red carpets. Thomas and Bynum agree the most fun part of filming was seeing each HGTV star let their creativity run wild. “When you walk in, it’s going to be sensory overload," Veronica Valencia, host of HGTV’s “Revealed,” warns as we approach the front door.

But the designers upgraded the appliances, and they used deep-pink tiles in the shower to make it perfect for Barbie.

Ashley Graham channels the infamous Mattel doll to host the competition and unveil the glamorous pad at the end of the competition. Dedicated Barbie fans will even have the chance to win a unique stay in the one-of-a-kind home. Aside from its optimal location, HGTV reps said they chose this home out of the hundreds of other potential homes for a few reasons. The features that led them to choose this house include its two-story layout, the existing backyard pool, views of the surrounding area and a space that could easily be converted into Ken's Den. A couch in the back family room looks exactly like a life-sized replica of the cardboard toy couch from the original Barbie Dreamhouse in 1962.

For the residents of a quiet street in Southern California, the experience was more than just an onslaught of pink. To make this show even better, one Barbie megafan will receive the chance to stay at the completed home. While the channel hasn't disclosed how fans can apply for the once-in-a-lifetime sleepover, we'll report back as soon as they do. The film also sparked a new fashion and interior design movement called Barbiecore which celebrates all things hot pink and plastic. Later in the clip, Graham’s jaw drops as she enters the finished backyard designed for “Barbie’s pool party” with celebrity judge Martin. Viewers get a glimpse of the hot pink concrete surrounding the crystal clear pool and fuchsia slide.

So it's only fitting that HGTV would hop on the trend by announcing its new show, Barbie Dreamhouse Challenge. In honor of the impending release of Barbie, Greta Gerwig's highly anticipated movie that's hitting theaters this summer, the home improvement channel is serving up its own take on the iconic Dream House. In an all-new competition series called Barbie Dreamhouse Challenge, eight teams of HGTV experts will transform a Southern California mansion into a life-size pink oasis fit for Barbie and her pals.

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. − On a sunny afternoon in mid-April, the Canyon Country neighborhood appears to be just like any other sleepy, well-to-do Southern California suburb.

The door acts as a shelving unit for storing dinnerware, cookbooks, decor, and other kitchen essentials. “I’d rather not get into things about behind the scenes, any challenges or things like that,” he says. The Santa Clarita home wasn’t the only Barbie house to emerge amid this summer’s Barbie fervor. Another surfaced in Malibu alongside an Airbnb giveaway pegged to Barbie’s release, itself a redux of a slightly less vibrant 2019 offering at the same property. That house, though, is hidden by foliage and a long driveway from Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu’s less developed western end. Deep into the summer of Barbie, you could be forgiven for feeling a little overwhelmed.

Bargain Block stars Keith Bynum and Evan Thomas gave the home's front exterior a 1990s-inspired makeover. While the house boasts fun elements including a toy handle on the roof and a phone-shaped doorbell, the main toyetic element comes from Chilean flamingos that were transformed into water features. Placed along the entrance's walkway, the water-spewing flamingos create a magical experience as guests enter the home. Before construction began, Mission Control, which handled the production’s day-to-day operations, invited neighbors to a town hall at Radomski’s former home. About 30 turned up, Helquist says, asking whether they would be paid (no) and whether the construction crews would be sure to point their wheels into the curb as a precaution against the road’s slope (yes). One neighbor asked whether he could have the gutted house’s kitchen cabinetry.