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St Louis based artist, Carrie M Becker, has created a striking if unsettling dolls’ house.

She’s imagined what Barbie’s “dream” house would look like if Barbie turned out to be a hoarder.

‘Barbie trashes her dreamhouse’ is the name of Carrie’s unusual artwork and it’s a dolls’ house made to 1/6th scale in which every room is filled literally from floor to ceiling with all the stuff a hoarder collects rather than throwing away.

Carrie explains that her inspiration came from watching TV shows like ‘How clean is your house?’ and she has certainly created an incredibly detailed artwork where the chaotic clutter looks all too real.

It’s not a house you would ever want to live in but neither is it one you are likely to forget in a hurry.

So congratulations to Carrie and shame on you, Barbie!

Songwriter Keaton Henson has an unusual way of overcoming his dislike of singing in front of people … and it involves a dolls’ house.

Keaton, 23, been creating quite a buzz, being featured as part of iTunes 12 Artists to Watch for in 2012 and his track being picked as Radio 1’s Single of the Week.

Fans visiting his new exhibition, ‘Gloaming’, will find a dolls’ house-type installation which allows one person at a time to insert their head into a hole in the front of the wooden house where they can see Keaton projected live into the beautifully decorated home from a neighbouring room.

It sounds a highly unconventional way of playing live – but then Keaton’s latest pop video features a puppet which commits suicide in a variety of different ways, so he is hardly your regular pop star.

You can read more about the exhibition on the Altsounds website and watch the video of the unfortunate puppet if you have a mind to.