How do you close the 3 story barbie dreamhouse for storage?

It may be a failed switch or little broken wire.

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you need some batteries.

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the radio runs off of a seperate battery source, so that wouldn't have any effect on this, i would first of all check the battery and charger with a multimeter and make sure that they are showing the correct voltage, if its a 12v battery make sure that they are showing at least 12 volts, if its a 6v battery make sure that its showing at least 6v

I suspect it is either the 1990 Barbie Magical Mansion or the 1998 Barbie Deluxe Dreamhouse, pictures 5 and 6 in this Vogue article:

Happy Birthday Barbie Take Look Back at All of Her Dreamhouses

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Opens up a windows. Click on both avaialbe PDF's and download to your pc.

Hope that helps!

It's in the manual, do you still have that? If not, pull up the instruction sheet at Mattel.

For the fireplace, if you press the back wall the fireplace backs to, and the button at the same time, it lights up and crackles.

The fireplace most likely came loose in shipping. If you can get your fingertips behind the fireplace and pull if forward a bit.... then it is loose. The is a bar/clasp behing the fireplace the top needs to rest/attach to.... lift up and push back on the fireplace until it 'clicks'. (you will feel it when it sets in properly) One attached correctly to the wall... when you push button to make the TV go up - the fireplace also lights up and makes sounds.