‘Barbie Dreamhouse Challenge’: Tiffany Brooks Reveals ‘Key Things’ She Was Eyeing In The Renovation (Exclusive)

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Barbie’s taking over! With the merchandise of Barbie conscionable astir the corner, HGTV is immersing itself successful each things Barbie with the contention bid Barbie Dreamhouse Challenge. Judge Tiffany Brooks spoke EXCLUSIVELY with HollywoodLife astir witnessing the renovation of a Southern California location into the beautiful, bold, and life-size Barbie oasis.

Tiffany Brooks with Christian Siriano, Jonathan Adler, and Ashley Graham. (HGTV)

“One of the cardinal things that I was looking for arsenic a justice erstwhile it came down to the renovation was however they interpreted the Barbie dreamhouses themselves into their spaces,” Tiffany said. “I was looking for nods successful the antithetic houses. Each squad was assigned a antithetic decade, truthful I was looking for practice of the Barbie dreamhouses successful the Barbie spot that’s of that epoch to beryllium mostly utilized and shown disconnected and presented successful their spaces for the house. Each squad did it successful specified a brainsick bully way. Each abstraction is stylish and I can’t deliberation of a abstraction I would not really unrecorded in.”

Tiffany was thoroughly impressed with the tech that was utilized successful the Barbie dreamhouse. “The designers were challenged to instrumentality what we telephone ‘toy-etic’ features and a batch of them usage the exertion that we person today,” she noted. “If you property a fastener successful the Barbie dreamhouse this is what happens. It could beryllium an elevator oregon thing connected a conveyor belt, truthful immoderate of the tech features that we saw successful the location oregon immoderate of the artifact features we saw successful the location are decidedly immoderate things that you tin implement, particularly the dependable activation and the propulsion fastener question of immoderate of the furnishings and immoderate of the items successful the rooms themselves.”

The interior decorator was excited to spot the ’70s epoch of Barbie implemented into the house. Tiffany besides pointed retired a large plan inclination she’s seeing arsenic a effect of Barbie this year. “People are utilizing color,” Tiffany told HollywoodLife. “I didn’t cognize if it was due to the fact that we’re successful the summertime again and that’s erstwhile we spot the refreshing whites mixed with the pinks and teals and the blacks. But I bash truly really judge that is due to the fact that of Barbie-mania that’s happening close now. Companies are embracing it and adding successful those touches of pinkish and those softer blues.”

Tiffany Brooks with co-judge Jonathan Adler. (HGTV)

Tiffany is simply a justice alongside Jonathan Adler and impermanent judges Nischelle Turner, Marsai Martin, and Christian Siriano. Ashley Graham is the big of the show. “There was nary mode I was turning this down. It was similar a once-in-a-lifetime accidental and a dream, particularly getting to enactment with idiosyncratic who I look up to arsenic a plan guide, Jonathan Adler,” she gushed. 

Barbie has been astir for generations and continues to person an interaction crossed the world. “Barbie conscionable keeps reinventing herself. Barbie is simply a trendsetter. She is not a trend. She’s a trendsetter,” Tiffany said astir Barbie’s influence. “Barbie is 1 of the things that transcends time. Barbie is who we are today. Barbie is today’s woman.” Barbie Dreamhouse Challenge premieres July 16 astatine 8 p.m. connected HGTV.

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