Play Wonder Dollhouse Review

The dollhouse arrived today!  Once assembled, the dollhouse looks stunning! And huge!  And very colorful (but in a good way).

 

 

 

Assembly: It took Hubby 45 minutes to open the box and assemble the house by himself without my help.  He used only the tools provided in the box.  He said the instructions were good and everything was well aligned so there was no problem.

Durability: The house is very sturdy.  I am impressed by the house structure.  It's made of solid wood.  The walls and floors are made out of pressed wood and it's thinner than the beams of the outer structure but still very hard and hold the furniture well without sinking.

Furniture: There are 10 pieces as I described in this post.  They come already assembled except for the bed for which you have to screw in the foot and head board.   They are all made of wood except for the bathtub which is plastic but it's thick plastic and not the flimsy kind.  Maybe they did this because they expect children to fill the bathtub with water? The furniture pieces are big and bulky but that's great for young children because they won't break!  The bed is however too big for this dollhouse while the coffee table is ridiculously too low.

Design: I love the pretty colors and the height of the floors, especially the third floor which often is dwarfed to only 1/2 of the other floors in many dollhouse design.  I would have preferred wallpaper without all the drawings of furniture but I don't mind so much for this house because it has a beautiful effect when you look at it.  The pastel color palette is just what I wanted.  The spiral staircases are made of plastic and very well designed.  Each step can rotate independently on the pole to which they are attached so you can therefore twist them to whatever position you want.  However, they take a tremendous amount of space in the dollhouse so I took them off to allow more play space.

 

Compatibility: The dollhouse is to scale with dolls 11 inches and taller. 

Barbie: I don't know how it would look like for Barbie because I don't own any Barbie dolls.  My guess is that it would fit her nicely but I am not sure for the furniture because she has longer legs than Licca dolls.

Licca:  They are 9 inches tall but they fit perfectly in the house.   They are slighty too small for the kitchen chairs and table but the other furniture are fine. 

Dal: They fit very nicely because their body is about the same size as Licca dolls although their big head make them look quite big when in a room.

Pullip: They are slighty too tall for the house.  Although they can stand in the room without hitting their head on the ceiling, they just look awkwardly big.  The furniture are much too small for their long body.  Put two Pullips in a room and you'll feel claustrophobic for them :P

 

 

 

 

The open doors give the possibility to add more rooms to this house but it's already so big I can't really add more!  The dollhouse is placed on a table for now, away from baby's little hands but when she will be old enough, I'll put the house down on the floor where she can play all her heart's content.   In the meantime, mommy will fill the house with her dolls and play instead ^_^