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Wooden playhouse

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daisy1999 · 12/05/2004 11:16

Help I have twin girls who will be 5 in July and I want to buy a wooden playhouse. Any advice on what age they grow out of them? Also are the two storey ones likely to not have enough headroom?
Can't get to see any on display anywhere.

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yamamoto · 12/05/2004 12:21

Often look out of the window and see older children coming out of our playhouse (we have an 'open' garden for neighbours. Probably get as much from it as our three, 6,5 and 2.
Headroom doesnt seem to stop the early teenagers, "wish we had one of these when we were small" they say!
Type Playhouses into google (UK) for a long list of sites.

katzguk · 12/05/2004 12:27

let me know what you find, especially if cheap want one for my DD

SoupDragon · 12/05/2004 12:31

Can you get a shed with a window, paint it nicely and add window box, whatever. They'll have more headroom in it.

yamamoto · 12/05/2004 12:40

Probably the fact that the larger children need to bend down to enter makes it stimulating for them... anyway it doesnt seem to stop them getting and staying in!

Crunchie · 12/05/2004 12:46

I can only say for ours, we have a smallish single story one, I can duck down to get in the dorr (I guess it is about 4"6" high) and I can stand fully once inside - I am 5'3". My girls love it (5 and 3) and I can see this continuing into teens. It will be their private space. The two story ones are really cool, although the upsairs is usually a platform 'crawl space' only (approx 3" headroom) Personally I will redecorate ours as they get older and perhaps fill it beans bags/cushions to make a teenage den. We could also run a long lead into ours to add music if they want (not permenantly) so I see a long life. Actaiully thats got me thinks for somewhere I could go for privicy!!!

wordgirl · 12/05/2004 12:53

We got a two-storey one not long ago for our 10-year-old ds! He really enjoyed making it 'his' - putting pictures up and adorning it with his special things (he loves collecting crystals etc). He also has a radio and loads of books in there and even got one of those little hand-held TVs for Christmas to take in there. It really is a home from home.
The only problem now is that he says it gets too cold and he has asked me to look for a paraffin heater - I think not!

Jaybee · 12/05/2004 12:54

The one my friend's dd has is a 2-storey one but only half of it is 2-storey it is a bit like a mini clipper home (if you know what they are. The upstairs is more of a large shelf or bunkbed out approx half way across the playhouse with a bannister and access ladder - the downstairs part is quite low but the other area has excellent space - does that make sense?

littlemissbossy · 12/05/2004 13:00

daisy, these people are supposed to be good for outdoor toys, a friend recommended them to me outdoortoysdirect they have lots of playhouses on their website
HTH

sponge · 12/05/2004 13:18

We looked at this and have ended up buying a summerhouse which will be mainly for the kids as a playhouse but also tall enough for us to use if we want/need to. We're having electricity fed to it so can play music etc.
We got ours from here - they have lots of playhouses too.

yamamoto · 12/05/2004 14:37

If you end up getting one of the cheaper (ie under £1000 playhouses the wood will probably not be tanalised, so to keep in good condition keep the playhouse on flags or blocks, ie off soil and treat once a year with a preservative.
(Obviously the best playhouses are justplayhouses )

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