New Furniture for the Playmobil Dollhouse

 Dear Readers,

I made a few changes to the Playmobil Suburban Dollhouse. I changed a few furniture sets, added a guest room and a grandparent's bedroom, removed the sewing room and piano room, and merged the children's room into one room. 

This is floor 2 and 3.

This is Floor 1 and 2.

And these are the rooms on the side of the house.

I replaced the living room with a the Comfortable Living Room (70207).  This set includes a grandpa and baby and also a modern fireplace that can light up.

The nursery furniture set (70210) is so cute and came with a grandma and a baby.

Bedroom 9271 will be for the parents and I placed it next to the nursery.  It came with a light too but since I already have ceiling light in the dollhouse, I put the light aside for another dollhouse.

The Grandparents are now living with the rest of the family and their bedroom is on the highest floor.  I am using bedroom set 5309 and the bedside lamps can light up.

The bathroom was changed to the Vintage Bathroom Set 5307.

I moved the Children's Bed into one single room, next to the side balcony.  I had to remove a few of the furniture like the shelves and the toys (so many toys!!!!).

I added a guest room near the patio.  I used the Modern Bedroom Set 5583 because it was a small set and included a big round bed which I found quite fun for a guest room.  It came with a man wearing slippers and a surprising bottle of champagne.

The kitchen remains the same but I moved it from the second floor to the first floor.

Do you like the new dollhouse furniture?  I think I still might change the bedrooms in the future but I am glad to have grandparents figures in my collection so I had to include a space for them in the dollhouse!  The next addition will be furniture for the balconies!

A Review of the Playmobil Suburban Dollhouse

Dear Readers,

I love dollhouses.  I am obsessed with them.  Over the  years, I have accumulated quite a few of different sizes.  It all started with a dollhouse from Calico Critters (aka Sylvanian Families).  Their dollhouses are very sturdy and beautiful but they were too big for some of my figures so I decided to get a Playmobil dollhouse.

I started with the Take Along Modern Dollhouse (5167) which was a very good starter choice.  It came all furnished with plenty of accessories and a family too.  It was small enough to fit on a bookshelf and clean up was easy and quick: just shove everything back into the dollhouse (^_^).

But it was soon too small for all the figures I had so I looked for a bigger house.  Playmobil had released many models of big dollhouses but there are only three presently sold on their online store (in my country):  

1. The Large Dollhouse (70205)
2. The Suburban Dollhouse (4279)
3. The Modern Luxury Mansion (5574)

Each of them are much bigger than the Take Along Dollhouse and you can buy floor extension to make them even bigger.  I chose the Suburban Dollhouse because I like that design the most.

I also purchased the following sets:

• 7387 Floor Extension
• 7388 Corner Extension
• 7389 Corner Floor Extension
• 7390 Light Kit 1
• 7391 Light Kit 2  

As with all Playmobil toys, you have to build them.  It took me about 6 hours to build the dollhouse with all the extensions and lighting system.

The dollhouse set includes four figures (a mom, dad, son and daughter), a dog, a table, 2 chairs, a grill, a tray, bread, sausage and meat.  

That is really not a lot of furniture but fortunately I have other Playmobil furniture sets.

Each room is very spacious and easy for hands to access.  The possibilities are endless when it comes to setting it up.  

The walls are bare so I will eventually add some mirrors, paintings or other decorations.

With the floor and corner extensions, I had enough space to create a sewing room.

The roof on the top floor has windows that you can open as well.

There is a balcony and a nice patio on the side of the house.  The staircases are really well placed because they don't block hands from accessing the inside of the house.

The front balconies have glass doors and the side balcony has a regular door.  They can all close and open easily.  I especially like the glass doors.

This dollhouse has many cool features: windows that you can open both ways, a roof terrace, balconies and a retractable awning on the top balcony, a doorbell that chimes, and lights with a functioning switch.  

All in all I am very happy with this dollhouse and I don't regret choosing this model.  Here below are my list of pros and cons for this dollhouse:

Pros: 

• Very sturdy
• Beautiful design
• Lots of play potential
• Easy to clean 
• Includes a set of 4 figures
• Clear instructions

Cons:

• Takes a long time to assemble
• Does not come with many furniture 
• Have to buy extensions + lights separately 

Do you like this house?  Do you have a favorite Playmobil dollhouse?

Disclaimer: All opinions are my own. I was not paid or received gifts to write this or mention any store or website.