Photo credit: Albert Sanchez
Photo: Albert Sanchez
Are you looking for creative ways to show off your collections? How about this inspiration from Jonathan Adler. He created this starburst mirror… composed of 64 Barbies (I counted). It was for the real-life Barbie Malibu Dream House, which he decorated when our favorite girl turned 50 back in March. At the extreme, this example shows how to pull a collection into a whole that’s greater than the sum of its parts. A tried and true trick of decorating is to group items together — rather than scatter them throughout the room. The mass creates power and graphic appeal all its own. Have fun with your collectibles, readers. Don’t store them away in the basement or boxes. Photo courtesy Jonathan Adler Interior Design – see more of the Barbie House and other Adler interiors here.
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Glinda Wahl says
What a sight to behold! I was happy with just one original Barbie, I can’t fathom having 65! But if you got it flaunt it.
My peak Barbie years were the Malibu orange years. My spinster Aunt Sadie gave me the entire Malibu family, and Santa followed with the orange camper and a house. I took them everywhere. I mean, EVERYwhere.
I’ll never forget those last moments of packing for a vacation , and my dad at the trunk of our 65 Galaxie, fitting in the suntan family and their accessories.
Dad never failed me and neither did the Barbies. I even had an orange and pink bikini. To this day, these are the colors I gravitate to.