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Zahna Eklund

Barbie fans enjoy inside peek of life-size Dreamhouse built for new film

For many of us, Barbie was an important part of our childhoods, whether you grew up playing with the dolls, or you were a fan of the numerous animated films and spin-offs that the franchise created.

But have you ever wondered what it would be like to actually live in Barbie's famous Dreamhouse?

Well, it turns out you don't need to imagine it any longer, as the upcoming live-action Barbie film saw a life-size version of the Dreamhouse made into a reality - and now fans have been given an inside look at the fantasy home.

As you might have guessed, the real-life Barbie Dreamhouse isn't short of any pink decorations and comes complete with walk-in closets, a bright pink slide that finishes inside a pool, and a heart-shaped bed with glittery pink bedsheets.

The Dreamhouse as seen in the new Barbie film (Jaap Buitendijk/ Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures)

Photos of the Dreamhouse - which was built at the Warner Bros Studios in London - were published in Architectural Digest alongside interviews with director Greta Gerwig, designer Sarah Greenwood, and set decorator Katie Spencer.

And following the publication of the images, fans on social media were left amazed by the bright pink display.

One person said: "Absolutely love that Gerwig & Co preserved the imagination-driven look and feel of Barbie's Dreamhouse in the Barbie movie. The open concept! The 'closet' simulating her pre-fab clothing packaging! The plasticky texture of it all! Genius work. It speaks to my own play pattern."

The life-sized Barbie Dreamhouse is a pink paradise (Jaap Buitendijk/ Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures)

While another wrote: "F**k minimalism I want to live in the dreamhouse from Greta Gerwig's Barbie."

And a third exclaimed: "Girls don't want boyfriends, they want Barbie's Dreamhouse."

The Dreamhouse also has no walls, apart from structural ones, and is open on one side to mimic the way that the Dreamhouse toy was also open to allow it to be played with.

In their interview with Architectural Digest, Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer explained that they bought a real Barbie Dreamhouse from Amazon in order to study the scale of the home in preparation for building their own model, and said they found the scale "quite strange".

Barbie even has a heart-shaped bed with glittery bedsheets (Jaap Buitendijk/ Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures)

And director Greta Gerwig agreed, adding: "The ceiling is actually quite close to one's head, and it only takes a few paces to cross the room. It has the odd effect of making the actors seem big in the space but small overall."

Greta also said she wanted to maintain the "kid-ness" of Barbie when making the Dreamhouse a reality and said making sure everything was a vivid shade of pink was paramount.

Barbie, which stars Margot Robbie as the titular doll and Ryan Gosling as her boyfriend Ken, will premiere on July 21.

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