Which Wooden Dolls House?

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Don't know which wooden dolls house (if any) to get my DD who will be 3. She always plays with them at friend's houses, but she has done this with other toys before and then when I buy it for her she just isn't as interested

I like the ones on John Lewis and ELC, nice and bright as opposed to the Toys R Us one which is currently half price and incs lots of furniture. Has anyone tried painting the cheaper ones to brighten them up? Are they as sturdy?

Not sure what to do...

Le Toy Van Doll houses are gorgeous.

my mum bought the toysrus one for my girls last year. its very good, and you could always paint the outside, and paper the walls/flors inside to brighten it up.

We have this one from a small toymaker (he's lovely, we went to his workshop once)

www.michaelfrosttoys.co.uk/dolls-house.php

Not as fancy as others but DS and DD love it and its really sturdy.

This one is sweet homeshopping.24studio.co.uk/toys-games/indoor-toys/personalised/1/personalisedwoodendollshouse/1
I love that it can be personalised. My dd is only 21 mos, but at this price I'm tempted to get it for NEXT xmas!

We have the toysrus one it is very sturdy

This one is nice and bright and personalised

great minds think alike Lily

I can recommend Plan. We've had the 'Marlborough' and basement for about 10 years now - still bare wood and still looking good after lots of 'abuse'.

We have a plan one it is eight years old and still looks like new even though it has been used a great deal.

Thanks everyone for your help.

I agree that the Le Toy Van houses are gorgeous, they also have several stockists near me so am going to go and have a look and check out prices.

saw a gorgeous Play one at TK Maxx today - they often have them at good prices.

I brought my DD the Toys R Us one last year and spent every evening for 2 weeks lovingly painting it, It looked great!

we have the toys r us one too - you get soooooo much stuff with it - ours was never painted and looks fab still 3 yrs on.

Ramona how much was the one in TK Maxx? Did they have any that weren't pink?

The Toys R Us is a really good buy. We have it at playgroup and it's been here for years getting lots of abuse and still going strong.

dd has bay tree house, which she adores, plays with it every day.

Even though she has furniture for it, she getting an upgrade this year, to this as she will love it.

We also have the Plan Malborough house which we bought for DD when she was 2.5 (now 4) - the furniture is really nice and sturdy for that age. Tbh, she doesn't really play with it that much (possibly because it's in her room rather than downstairs) but DS who's nearly 2 plays with it most days when we're upstairs.

Try the sue ryder shop - they are available online too and do lots of furniture