So how on earth do you start with the brief - Gothic Barbie?! To start I am splitting the Gothic and Barbie elements up...
Gothic: This gothic bedroom is from Dennis Severs Home on Folgate St, Spitalfields. This house is more than just a time capsule. It is a portrait of the lives of a family of Huguenot silk-weavers from 1724 to the dawn of the 20th Century. Spellbinding.
The Alder Manor, Yonkers, New York, USA. It is an early 20th-century mansion designed by Carrère and Hastings in the Renaissance Revival architectural style. It would definitely suit a horror film fanatic like Christine....
Barbie: The one and only The Madonna Inn, San Luis Obispo. This beauty will get it's own post...
The ACTUAL bedroom of the founder of Barbie - Ruth Handler - below....