A man has transformed his old farmhouse into a "Barbie dreamhouse" and added $100k in value.<br /><br />Jonny Carmack, 31, bought the three-bedroom home in October 2020 for $256k and knew it would be a "fixer-upper".<br /><br />Jonny started by painting all his rooms and on the day he moved in got to work <br />renovating the property and painted his bathroom pink.<br /><br />Jonny has spent $20k on the place transforming it into "a dreamhouse" - by buying second-hand items at estate sales and vintage dealers.<br /><br />The 1800s farmhouse, which he lives in with partner Mitchell Pozo, 29, has fluffy pink walls, grass doors and is filled with 1980s furniture.<br /><br />Jonny, a small business owner, from Danbury, Connecticut, said: "My earliest memories of growing up I always leaned towards feminine in my style.<br /><br />"I come from a blue-collar family, I had always wanted Barbie dolls and it was not widely accepted for me to have those interests.<br /><br />"I remember being young and having to hide my toys knowing I wanted to live in a doll house one day."<br /><br />Jonny moved into his house at the height of the pandemic, after living in New York, because he wanted to escape the city.<br /><br />When he bought the home he said it was crumbling and filled with mould.<br /><br />He said: "It was the first and only house I toured - it is my first home.<br /><br />"It's got three bedrooms and one and a half bathrooms, it is the perfect size for me my partner.<br /><br />"When I bought the house I knew I wanted to use it as a landing pad for my creativity.<br /><br />"I was still a bit nervous as I didn't know how my family and friends would react."<br /><br />Some of Jonny's second-hand items included a $50 Murano light, $1,000 bedroom set, a $900 big chill fridge and a couch he bought for $1,000.<br /><br />Jonny said: "The day I moved in, I just wanted to transform the place as soon as I could.<br /><br />"After I painted the bathroom, my first major project was the living room.<br /><br />"I really wanted to get it looking right. I started that and it looks completely different to what it looked like originally.<br /><br />"Each room has changed five or six times in the course of a few years."<br /><br />Jonny said he is content with how the house looks and often collaborates with his partner Mitchell, a visual merchandiser, when he wants to change the rooms around.<br /><br />He said: "Me and Mitchell share the same brain.<br /><br />"He is super creative like me and visual, he is in tune with the whole process.<br /><br />"He loves colour, it is super fun, and he helps me with a lot of what I do.<br /><br />"Before I start changing a room, we will brainstorm with each other."<br /><br />Since moving in, Jonny has added $100k in value to the property and only spent $20k renovating it, he claims.<br /><br />Jonny said his family aren't so sure about his interior design skills but his friends love his style.<br /><br />He said: "My family will come over and be like 'what the hell did you do?'.<br /><br />"My family is more conservative - they don't say anything rude but it is a non-reaction.<br /><br />"My friends love it though, this last summer we watched the Barbie movie here.<br /><br />"Also when we are out, people will approach me about the house and my friends get a little kick out of it."
