Playhouses

[Josiegirl]

I'd like to get a new playhouse for the backyard. Mine has got to be 20 years old and pretty beat up.
What does everyone have or are there any you've been drooling over for your own dc?
I'd kind of like to go with wood, at least that's the way I'm leaning.

[Michael]

Here's a thread on Wooden Playhouses with pictures: https://www.daycare.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65532

[Josiegirl]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KESGRMS/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00KESGRMS&linkCode=as2&tag=daycarecom-20&linkId=LZ4KCXHFLZJ6GSSO

This is the one I'd like but not sure if I want to pay that price for a playhouse.

[Josiegirl]

Wow you're quick Michael!
I would love to find some pallets and make one but am so not a handy person the thing would probably fall on the kids.

[Michael]

Walmart is selling a smaller one for $199.

Backyard Discovery Timberlake Cedar Wooden Playhouse

[Blackcat31]

I currently have a Little Tikes castle and a Little Tikes cottage but am ditching them for wood.

DH is making me a crooked castle and a playhouse

like this.....

[Josiegirl]

That'll be fun BC!
I found the smaller one also listed on amazon for 199. I just added it onto my list of things I can't live without.

[Controlled Chaos]

I currently have a Little Tikes castle and a Little Tikes cottage but am ditching them for wood.

DH is making me a crooked castle and a playhouse

like this.....

lovethis I love this whimsical style. My dh...not so skilled I looked at a few on Amazon I LOVED but there were pushing $600. I think I am going to get the walmart one too - the price is right! And Dh said I could get that wooden bridge to go with it happyface

[sahm1225]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...4KCXHFLZJ6GSSO
This is the one I'd like but not sure if I want to pay that price for a playhouse.

Costco sells this one for $399.99. By mid summer it goes down to $299. If you are patient; it goes down to $199 by end of July beginning of August.

I bought it a few years ago and the kids love it

[sahm1225]

http://m.costco.com/Storytime-Cottage-Cedar-Playhouse.product.100245009.html

It's on sale for $299 already

[spud912]

Walmart is selling a smaller one for $199.

Backyard Discovery Timberlake Cedar Wooden Playhouse

We have thus one. It was really popular with the kids at first....plus lots of fighting over the door and not letting other children in . Now the kids just pile toys in it for no reason.

It's very pretty though, especially now with the flower pots :-).

[Josiegirl]

We have thus one. It was really popular with the kids at first....plus lots of fighting over the door and not letting other children in . Now the kids just pile toys in it for no reason.

It's very pretty though, especially now with the flower pots :-).

Haha they do that with the one I've got now. Definitely a kid thing.
Controlled chaos, which wooden bridge are you getting? I've been looking at those too and added one to my amazon cart, it's a 7' long one. But the price just increased 10 bucks yesterday. I want one that will take the dc abuse it'll get and some of them don't sound that sturdy according to reviews.
Nearest Costco is 80 miles away and I don't have a membership. I'll have to go online to check it out.

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...4KCXHFLZJ6GSSO
This is the one I'd like but not sure if I want to pay that price for a playhouse.

Look on Craigslist. I see a company selling that exact one brand new on mine for $225.

[Baby Beluga]

We have thus one. It was really popular with the kids at first....plus lots of fighting over the door and not letting other children in . Now the kids just pile toys in it for no reason.

It's very pretty though, especially now with the flower pots :-).

How long have you had it? Has it held up to monsoon rains? I am deciding between this and a plastic one and not sure which would fair better come the monsoon season.

[Ariana]

I bought the wooden playhouse from Costco and it is still looking and holding up great after 6 years of blistering heat and freezing temps! The one I have has no plastic on it. The one I am seeing there know has both plastic and wood which would likesly make it more durable.