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Fireplaces, 1963-79

Winter weather moved in last week and put me in the mood to huddle near pictures of mid-century toy fireplaces. Join me!

Chipboard living room. On the back wall, a fireplace in white brick with black hood dominates. Next to it, a TV stand with black-and-white TV showing a smiling woman's head; she looks like a dark-haired Betty Grable. Beneath the TV in the stand is a record player. Closer to the camera, a "fish tank" (printed onto chipboard), wood-look armchair, and upholstered-look orange chair with matching ottoman are arranged. One wall has plaid wallpaper and a few indistinct framed pieces illustrated.
1963 Ideal House for Tammy or Barbie. Source: sunset4813 on eBay.
Chipboard interior including fieldstone wall and fireplace (no fire) with potted plant hanging above and two stylized cat drawings hanging alongside. Atop a "marble"-topped coffee table, Skipper is shown on TV. A yellow chipboard armchair peeks in at the edge of the frame.
1964 Barbie’s New Dream House. Source: jbak4493 on eBay.
Open floor plan set; at center, a narrow piece of orange wall with a fieldstone fireplace in orange and green stone, with bright fire illustrated inside. Also on this wall are a clock, a wall sconce and some framed art pieces. To either side are a room divider and wood-look shelves with books and TV. Before these are a pink two-seat sofa, coffee table with tall-shaded lamp, teal patterned chair and matching ottoman.
1964 Tressy’s Penthouse. Source: Theriault’s.
Two side-by-side images. The first shows a dining room with a classical looking style; white moulding surrounds the fireplace and a mirror with candle holders sits above. Plastic table and chairs in wood color with pink cloth seats, and turquoise dishes, sit before the wall. At right, wall includes red brick fireplace, framed still life, and potted plant. Plastic sofa with grey-stiped cushions sits in the foreground.
1964 Mattel Go Together Rooms. Source: Theriault’s (L), messejoshu on eBay (R).
Chipboard dinette scene. On the back wall are illustrated windows with real cloth curtains; between them is illustrated a somewhat conical, teal fireplace in freestanding style, with bright fire. the fireplace has a little dimensionality (chipboard protrudes slightly from the wall) and sits on thin legs. to either side are small framed pieces. In the foreground, two chairs and round table with real cloth table cloth, teal dishes, white Corningware-style baking dishes. To one side the pass-through into the kitchen in visible; beyond it, illustrated shelves full of dishes.
1965 Barbie Dream Kitchen and Dinette. Source: hues999 on eBay.
Low plastic fireplace in blue stone, with warm fire illustrated. Before in on an illustrated round, woven rug sits a light purple barrel chair, and table lamp on barrel-shaped table sits to the other side.
1966 Barbie Family Deluxe House. Source: retrowasteland81 on eBay.
Living room scene in vinyl house. The back wall is fluorescent orange with various illustrated wallhangings in bright colors, including an oversized key, candelabra, eagle, several framed pieces. Beneath these is a yellow plastic couch with two cushions, and before it a vinyl floor piece with deep pile carpet illustrated by rounded scribbles. Left of the orange wall is a narrow section on white brick with, from the height of the couch back down almost to the floor, a nose-shaped protrusion in white plastic. On the underside and beneath are a fire illustrated. In the extreme foreground is a pink barrel chair and yellow-topped table.
1967 World of Barbie house. Source: debonbay on eBay.
Vinyl case room image. On one white wall are framed and autographed headshots of Chris, Skipper, Casey and Francie (Tutti got cropped out) and a floating shelf with books, vases and jars. Below them are a bench-shaped red sofa and red-brick-framed fireplace illustration with roaring fire. To the other side of the fire is a bookshelf with books, vases, and a bowl, and a bottom shelf for firewood (all in illustration. Past these a vanity scene leads to the bedroom section of the case room.
circa 1967 German Villa Barbie. Source: barbielistholland.
Two images of chipboard wall with white brick section including fireplace, framed landscape and hanging potted plant illustration. To one side is a shelving unit with duck, lion statuette, books, potted flowers; to the other is vertically-striped blue, green and white wallpaper with grandfather clock illustration. In the product photo (box art) blue snap-together plastic sofa, chair and checkerboard table sit at front with mod Barbie seated. Fireplace is additionally decorated with screen and fireplace tool chipboard accessories.
1970 Barbie Lively Livin’Room, product photo with furnishings (L) and backdrop (R). Source: wonderwoman13 on eBay.
Vinyl hexagonal case room; two walls have windows from the ceiling almost to the floor showing city skyline outside; beneath them is a single shelf with books and TV (turned off). Next to the windows, one wall has bright-colored fieldstone in rainbow colors, roaring fire, and small semicircular rug; the next wall illustrates passage into another, non-physical room with yellow upholstery and enormous chandelier.
1970 Jamie’s Party Penthouse (Mattel). Source: beanieblazer on eBay.
Vinyl house illustration. On one wall, rainbow-colored brick fireplace with red or orange hood, owl fireplace accessory, and warm fire. On the other wall, front double doors with bright stained glass, as well as windows shaded with red and pink vertically striped pattern. Between these, the walls are hot pink, Other wall hangings are a metal-look letter "B" and four butterflies in a frame. In the foreground are a drop-leaf table and two chairs in plastic, with place settings and wicker seats represented by stickers. (In product photos, this room has living room furniture).
1970 Barbie Lively Livin’ House/1972 Surprise House. Source: aur_2547 on eBay.
Vinyl case room. On one wall is stone fireplace in muted tones, with colorful brick wall above and shelf with clock, fruit bowl, and framed pictures of fruit. Above these are closed wood-look vinyl cabinets. To the left a tall closet unit with skis illustrated, and to the right narrow bunkbeds with mountain scene shown through a window with yellow and orange polka dot curtains. A woven area rug in pink, orange and yellow, and wood-look vinyl table, complete the scene.
1972 Barbie Mountain Ski Cabin. Source: cegossett on eBay.
Vinyl home with red/orange/pink brick wall section and tall fire, wood-look back door with window to sky and trees, and shelves including books, potted plants, TV, bubblegum machine. In the foreground, plastic snap-together couch, armchair, and low table in white with blue cushion design.
1973 Barbie’s Country Living Home. Source: janzy67 on eBay.
White or off-white plastic A-frame cabin with wood-look accents and open front and back. Wood-look plastic seating with green "cushions", yellow tulip table, and red conical free-standing fireplace sit within and before the house.
1973 Omlie Industries A-Frame Ski Cabin. Source: saltyladybird on eBay.
Chipboard wall with brick in realistic colors and illustrated gold-colored fireplace in the style of a freestanding conical fireplace. Also illustrated is a globe wall light, poster with pink-hued rainbow and heard, credenza with basket of flowers and other knickknacks. In the foreground, plastic furniture with real cloth stuffed cushions: orange or reddish stuffed table, brown plastic circular table, brown plastic bench-style sofa with built-in end tables and blue fabric cushions.
1975 Barbie Room-Fulls Firelight Living Room. Source: motown-girl on eBay.
Chipboard two-panel backdrop, green plastic armchair and matching ottoman, on a wood-plank-look floor with yellow railing surrounding. On one panel of the backdrop are illustrated a wooden bench with cushions and alpine flower detailing, hanging house plant and pendant lamp. On the other are grey stone fireplace with bright fire, and on the wooden mantel a jar of flowers, cat and mouse (statuettes? animals that are friends?) all beneath a "Barbie Olympic Ski Village" poster. The resat of the wall is yellow with wood-like lithographed texture.
1975 Barbie’s Olympic Ski Village. Source: metaltree on eBay.
Chipboard house interior. On two walls are windows illustrating rural scene, and between them, a conical fireplace in freestanding style, with roaring fire inside. Nearby are a patterned chipboard chair and desk or sideboard with radio atop. The walls and floor are wood-panel look, with a bearskin rug illustrated on the floor.
1976 Empire Rustic Lakehouse. Source: fabcitytoys on eBay.
Photograph from product packaging shows Tuesday Taylor doll on a white plastic stool, sitting near a freestanding fireplace in the round, with circular lower half and detached, cone-shaped hood hanging from the ceiling. Behind them, the back wall consists of floor-to-ceiling windows showing city skyline (photograph) at dusk. In the foreground is more molded plastic furniture in red and photographed shag carpet for the floor.
1976 Ideal Tuesday Taylor penthouse. Source: Savacool and Sons.
Clear plastic inflatable house with white trim. At left, a green plastic freestanding fireplace sits in the center of the dome, and the floor beneath is a hexagonal pattern in green, yellow, and pink. At right, catalog image shows the dome in the background, and in the foreground the hexagonal floor, the green fireplace, and two lounge chairs or beach chairs with Bionic dolls posed.
1976 Kenner Bionic Woman Dome House. Source: Worthpoint (L); ’76 Sears Christmas Catalog via Wishbook Web (R).
House interior with red brick wall section including semicircular opening and blazing fire within. In front of this, a square table and two chairs in while and blue plastic. To one side hangs an egg-shaped orange plastic chair and a blue spiral staircase leads to the upper level (not shown).
1977 Kenner Bionic Woman’s Carriage House. Source: Savacool and Sons.
1979 Marx Sindy’s Scenesetter. Source: Awesome Treasures 4 U on eBay.

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