Plan Toy Chalet Doll House with Furniture

by Plan Toys

Product Features

• The house is made up of two units that can be configured many ways for a variety of play patterns
• They Can Creatively Design The Structure Of The Dollhouse Encouraging Creativity And Confidence
• Children Can Bring The Dolls And Play Together With The House And The Furniture Helping To Increase Their Imagination And Creating More Interest
• Children Can Play Together In Groups Encouraging Social Skill And Developing Language Skill
• This Toy Is Made From All Natural Organic Recycled Rubber Wood

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 14.2 x 30.7 x 23.6 inches ; 19.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 24.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000FZP2XA
• Item model number: 71410
• Our recommended age: 36 months - 6 years
• Manufacturer recommended age: 36 months - 10 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,030 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Plan Toy Chalet Doll House with Furniture is a two piece dollhouse. The larger unit has three floors and the smaller unit with two floors. Units can be arranged and rearranged in various ways creating many house designs. This dollhouse has large skylights and comes with two movable staircases. The many open walls provide easy to access from every side. This set comes with five sets of furniture including the living room, bathroom, kitchen, children's bedroom and master bedroom. This home is completely ready for a lucky doll family.

Product Description

3 years & up. This attractive wooden dollhouse is made up of 2 units that can be arranged together in various ways creating a larger play area. The larger unit features 3 spacious levels and the smaller unit features 2 levels. This magnificent dollhouse has a huge sklight roofing. It comes with 2 staircases that can be moved to any part of the house. This dollhouse has been designed to be accessible from every side. It comes complete with a selection of furniture and accessories. (Family not included.) 32"H x 14"W x 24"L

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars simple and fun wooden dollhouse, November 29, 2010

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E. Willis - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Plan Toy Chalet Doll House with Furniture (Toy)

The dollhouse is much larger than I thought it would be, when it arrived I was shocked at the size of the box and put off assembly for a few weeks. When I opened the box I was relived to find half of it taken up with the furniture and packaging. The pieces are well made but there are a lot of them! I would estimate at least 40 pieces, not counting screws or furniture (the furniture is all completely assembled). None of the pieces have that 'made in china' smell that many new toys seem to suffer from. The roof pieces have a faint smell similar to finger paint (the wood in plan toys items is stained with a food grade dye rather than painted).

Assembly was not overly difficult but did take a solid two hours to accomplish by myself. Someone who is handy or uses a drill rather than a screwdriver could likely assemble it much more quickly. All that is need to put it together is a phillips head screwdriver and some patience. The instructions are complete but use only pictures. Many of the pieces look very, very similar so attention to the detail on each piece in the diagrams is needed.

The house overall is significantly lighter than I expected. It's still a large, heavy toy but each piece can be lifted by my four year old. The two halves are not connected which allows the kids to be creative with the layout and play with the same toy at the same time without getting in one another's way although one side is larger than the other so they have to take turn with the 'better' side. I really like the lack of distinguishing features on the walls. Unlike many dollhouses the rooms are all plain and very similar in size and shape so what was a bedroom yesterday can be a kitchen today.

I only gave three stars for several reasons. The dolls, or lack thereof; I had assumed it would come with at least a few dolls but they need to be purchased separately. The furniture is ok but is incomplete. For example, there is a stove, sink, and fridge but no table. How can the dolls eat the food they prepared? It doesn't seem like an issue until your six year old gets upset because her dolls are hungry and need a place to eat. At this price I would have expected a complete furniture set and dolls. The paint; every other plan toy we own is stained but this doll house has some painted parts. The roof; the picture shows a yellowish color but in reality it is a bright safety cone orange. I'm not sure why they choose this orange and lime green color scheme, I would have much preferred something more subdued. The living room furniture; I purchsed this particular dollhouse because it seemed gender neutral but what you can't see in the pictures is that the couch and chairs for the living room are painted white and have hot pink cushions. The living room is more 'Barbie's dream house' than 'natural chalet dollhouse'.

The big issue with the dollhouse was the two doors that go on the back of the house. These two doors are either too big or the holes for them were drilled in the wrong spot because they don't fit and are unusable. I plan on contacting Amazon regarding this but have a feeling they will want the dollhouse shipped back and I really don't want to have to put in several more hours disassembling and reassembling.

Overall, I would not buy it again.

A few tips:
- watch the price for a few weeks if you have the time, I was able to get it for almost $50 less than the normal price but it took nearly a month for the price to drop and it went back up within the day
- use google to search for images of the dollhouse and look for one with children in the picture, it will give you a much better idea of the size than the dimensions listed

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chalet Dollhouse - Plan Toys, July 25, 2007

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K. Coombs (San Jose, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Plan Toy Chalet Doll House with Furniture (Toy)

The house is even better than in the pictures. It was really easy to put together, but one of the pieces of wood did crack when screwing it to the base - we were using a screw gun so it may be advisable to use a screwdriver. It is wonderful to be able to move the sections of the house around as well as the two staircases. The ability to be able to access each room from nearly all sides of the house is another great feature. My daughter is only two, but she has been able to manipulate people and things around the house with relative ease. Definitely recommend!

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Dollhouse Investment - Very High Quality, April 1, 2007

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VK (Kirkland, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Plan Toy Chalet Doll House with Furniture (Toy)

We bought this for our 3-year old daughter several weeks ago and she loves playing with it. The construction and quality is very good,very durable, and not flimsy or plywood. Even my engineer husband was impressed. This will survive many years. After researching several doll houses as others have,I loved this modern design and the fact that it can be changed to so many different plans. As an example of it's versatility (and knowing full well this would happen),a friend of my daughter came over to play and as they both started to play with the doll house, they fought a little over which rooms their own dolls should go into. So I separated the two halves, created two houses, and voila! Problem solved. That right there and I was glad I bought it. I haven't seen any other doll house that can do that. She also uses the roof as I slide. Great buy!