Doll's Houses

[Guest guest]

Bowing to your superior knowledge, Karina and others - I was thinking

of buying DD1 a doll's house for Christmas - she is just 3. Which

one have you chosen and why? They are so expensive that I do not

want to make a mistake, nor do I want to get something that will be

too 'babyish' in a years time. Have looked at Tridias and Letterbox

ones.

Did you go to a shop or buy over the net?

All ideas greatfully received.

Beverly

[Guest guest]

We bought a dolls house emporium kit (They advertise in craft mags) but

ours came from a dolls house shop in salisbury, where they had a display

upstairs of all the kits made up. painted it in wedgewood colours

and put roof-tile effect paper on the roof, Elllie had it for her 3rd

birthday. I think ours looks nearest to the 'Classical'....they seem

quite expensive but it is good to get the catalogue to see the options

available. The main decisions to make are - what sort of opening at the

front - double doors or onne? top opening too? and which way do the

stairs go.

try http://www.dollshouse.com

Sylvanian family furniture was the best to go in the house. It was just

the right price for B/day & Xmas pressies, though we bought some really

cheap plastic furniture to fill the house quickly - it didn`t last long

but tided us over. We didn`t bother with the chunky expensive wooden

block-type furniture.

Don`t go with anytihng with too fiddly windows, especially if you have

ever have boys over to play - they get kicked in!

looking at the site - I might go for blossom cottage/meadow ccottage if

I was buying now...

> of buying DD1 a doll's house for Christmas - she is just 3. Which

> one have you chosen and why? > Beverly