KidKraft Wooden Dollhouse Shimmer Mansion for 12" Dolls

The media could not be loaded. My daughter loves her first Doll house, even though it’s too big for her height. She uses steps to play with her doll house. She’s two years old now and she can play with it till forever even when she’s 8 or 10 because this doll house is at least 4 or 4’5 feet tall, and almost 3 feet wide. It’s huge. When it comes to quality, material is really good. I know it will last longer because of its quality. It’s sturdy, as you can see on one of the picture my cat sometimes naps on it when my daughter plays with her doll house. It looks very pretty. This doll house takes really long time to build. If you’re reading and following directions properly It will take you 3-4 hours straight with no breaks to assemble it. It can take longer than 4 hours if you’re not using drill and distracted by your toddler. In my opinion, drill will make it faster to assemble it. I didn’t use drill so it took me 4-5 hours to assemble it.

This doll house (mansion!) was a Christmas present for my 3 year old. She absolutely LOVES it. She needs her step stool to reach the top floor, which is fine. In my opinion, this blows the competing “dreamhouse” out of the water.Building it was not fun, my poor husband spent hours putting it all together and the instructions were not very clear. But when it was all set up, we had a beautiful, sturdy doll house with furniture included for each room — bedroom complete with a bed, table and lamp; a living room with a “TV” as well as a couch, a bean-bag and a real working lamp; a kitchen with a little fridge, table and 2 chairs, and a little ceiling fan with adhesive to mount it; a bathroom with a sink, a toilet (plastic) that makes a little flush noise, and a bathtub (also plastic). There’s also a little pool that has its own dedicated room, an office area, a mini gym, a porch area with a BBQ, and a garage with enough room to store a full-sized doll car. What I like is that there’s not a whole lot of plastic material used, a majority of it is wooden and feels very well made.We’re now in the month of March and this is still a favorite toy that is played with daily. A child’s imagination knows no bounds — not only is this the barbie house, but my daughter also plays with some of dad’s action figures so sometimes it’s the super hero house, sometimes it’s paw patrol’s house. I love that she’s playing for hours on end and the furniture is able to be rearranged so she can create her own house exactly as she wants it.Pros - very sturdy, well-made dollhouse. very large in size with ample amounts of space to play in each “room”. beautiful once it’s built. includes plenty of accessories and decor for each room. a real “flushing” toilet and a lamp that actually lights up. unique design, also great to double up as a “storage” space for dolls and figures, arranging them neatly until it’s time to play again.Cons - not many, but building this thing was stressful, many tears of frustration. instructions not very clear, labeling of the parts almost nonexistent. you’ll need youtube and a prayer for this one. the elevator requires some force to use so littler kids will likely need help with it until they get the hang of it. also if your child has any Kens to go with the Barbies, Ken is slightly too large to fit in the elevator or lay in the bed.

This dollhouse is so cool, so cute, it has so many rooms for your child to do so many different activities with her dolls in; especially if she has an imagination like my daughter lol. One thing I will say is that it was very time consuming, so I would definitely set aside 2 to 3 hours out of your day to build this. I did it by myself and I really had no problem following the directions; I used both the paper and the app instructions and it was a breeze. It is very tedious having screw and make sure you put in the specific screws for that hole, but overall the directions were very clear. I received all the pieces needed, there were a few pieces that had chips but not enough to really notice unless you know it's there, so I didn't really have a problem with that.The one thing I didn't like were the window pieces, they come with a brown sheet that you have to peel off, and I feel like that was the hardest part of putting everything together.It is nice and sturdy, dimly lit, but some stick on lights will work wonders. All of the accessories are great, love the working light and toilet; One thing that I think it's overlooked in a lot of children toys is the mirrors that are included; I have to say I absolutely love this mirror because it's like looking in actual mirror, you can actually see a reflection and it's not blurred or obscured in any kind of way it's awesome.It is a very big dollhouse, my suggestion is to build it in wide open space because there are a couple parts during the build where you have to lay it down to actually get to where the screws need to be places, so definitely have the space. My daughter loves it and hasn't stopped playing with it since her birthday party. Definitely worth the money I paid for it!