Majestic Mansion Wooden Dollhouse with 34 Pieces, Working Elevator | 4 Feet Tall, Garage, 4 Floors, 8 Rooms, Attic Nursery, For Dolls Up to 12 Inches, Gift for Ages 3+

As it always seems to work out, my husband is deployed for my daughter's third birthday. I'd like to call myself a "pro" at putting together children's toys and furniture at this point. So I'm going to break this review down for all you military wives, single moms, wives whose husbands travel for business, and the ladies who just want to do it themselves!Why I love Amazon.com -They almost always have the best price! They offer free super saver shipping on many items. They ship things out very quickly and offer tracking on all of your packages!Why I love KidKraft -Almost every big item we have for our daughters is made by Kidkraft (kitchen set, various kitchen accessories, table and chairs, bookshelves, toy box, train set and table, wall shelves, and now the dollhouse!) The packaging of the hardware is excellent and easy to find pieces. Everything is always VERY sturdy. It's a much more eco-friendly option than the big plastic pieces you can find by other companies. The price is right for the quality item you recieve. The customer service is one of the best I've ever come across. They even have a place on their website where you can order missing or broken parts without the hassle of having to call. (I've only ever needed a part once out of all of our items! They shipped it quick, even around Christmas time.) I suggest ordering ahead of time if you can, just in case you are missing a part or something is broken. That way you're not disappointed! And remember.. mistakes happen, we're all human!Why I love this dollhouse -It IS HUGE! The children in the display photo are not scaled down. Some people may not like this, but I however; love it! We have two toddler girls, and needed something that would be big enough for both of them to play with to avoid future temper tantrums. For the price, you get double the dollhouse you get from other models that are just a small amount cheaper. It will accomodate Barbie dolls once my girls start playing with them instead of their other dolls. This is something we will have for a long time, and I am confidant that the girls will be able to grow into it, and that the construction will last!Some tips for construction by yourself, ladies! -1. You will need a big (+) screwdriver and a little (+) screwdriver. You may need a (-) screwdriver to hold in some pieces at points. Kidkraft supplies the allen key. If you need a glass of wine, I suggest white, just in case it spills ;)2. You will need a large space to build this, since there are points when the house will need to be on its side.3. Unwrap all of your pieces. Read through all instructions before beginning as well as check and count all of your parts. I personally go through step by step and place the parts I will need in bunches.4. Make sure you have the time to do this all. You will only get frustrated if the kids are awake, or you set a time limit to get this all done by! I did this during naptime and once the girls were in bed. All in all I think it took me about 2.5 hours to get it done, but this is also coming from a woman who can do this stuff with her eyes closed at this point.5. Take your time to really look at the photos in the instruction manual. Plan it all out in your head first, then do it.6. If the screw's paint doesn't match the spot it's in.. it's in the wrong place.7. If something needs to be forced, it's probably in the wrong place or you need a new part. Kidkraft's items usually go together seamlessly. This is another reason I am a huge fan.8. The wall makes a good "partner." If you need to hold something up, just put it against the wall.9. Take your time, and don't get frustrated. You'll be SO proud when it's all done!Some more fun facts -I am 5'1", and the house is almost as tall as I am. If you are short.. get a step stool to screw the roof on! The box is 70lbs. when shipped. If you can, get your delivery man to place it right where you are going to set it up.. especially if you're a pregnant momma!I hope this helped!Overall I would recommend this dollhouse to all of my friends and family. My daughter has not yet played with it, but I just know that from the moment she wakes up on her birthday that this house will be played with daily for years to come!

I just ordered this for Christmas for my 5 and 6-year old girls. What I found is that the price on Amazon fluctuates frequently. Over a period of two weeks, I saw this listed as over $200 to the lowest of $99. I picked it up at $129 plus free shipping. I'm guessing this is a hot product for Christmas, and as the holiday draws closer, the price drops. At $129, I feel like I got a steal, even though less than a week later it dropped another $30! That said, it came in a large brown box and was delivered within a few days. The box said what the item was but didn't have any photos on the outside. Fortunately, I read many of the reviews on this site and was prepared beforehand with some lube for the elevator, some wood glue, a hand drill with phillips head bits, a regular hand phillips head, and alcohol. I put this together alone, with a wide open work space, low stress (no kids around), and with a nice frothy beverage. From the time I started cutting the box until the time I was done putting it together was right aorund four hours. Anyone who says they did this in an hour and a half alone is a stone cold liar - yes I said it. I'm a pefectionist, but it's just not possible for a first-timer. If I'd put together a few of these, I could probably cut the time some, but I hardly think I could cut it in half. With two people and one of those two being skilled, maybe two to three hours...maybe. That said, I did not have a single hiccup in building this thing. The directions have no words, but the pictures are very clear. There were a total of 29 steps...by the time I hit step 5 I was glad I had beer on hand. But it was not hard by any stretch, just time consuming. I wish the pictures in the instruction manual had some color photos...this would have helped on one or two of the steps, but I just looked up pictures of the product on Amazon on my phone and that was good enough to guide me. All the parts were clearly labeled and numbered with a little white sticker, which was really important to the ease of putting this together. The screws were all separated in a little vaccuum pouch, and were even color coded. Again, this was extremely important. All of the holes in the wood were in the right places and all of the wood was cut to the right dimension. When contructing the wing on the left, there was one piece that didn't match just perfect, but I made it work with little effort. When I started, I wood glued the elevator pieces, but stopped gluing there. By the time I had the whole thing put together, honestly I don't think it needs the wood glue. This thing is very sturdy, it's huge, and it's beautiful. I'm totally impressed with myself. I knew I was awesome, but I'm now in awe of myself for selecting this product and putting it together all by myself. I can not wait to see the look on my girls' faces come Christmas morning. Kidkraft made an awesome product in this doll house. I did purchase the Kidcraft Professional Doll Set as an accessory. Biggest warning I have for a prospective buyer is this thing is huge!! Like if it falls on a kid, you seriously have to worry about brain bleeds and hospital copays. I plan to anchor this to the wall, which likely will take more beer to do. I have to transport this from my mom's house to my house now, which will require keeping the main house split from the wing and using a pick-up truck bed. I have to admit, when I first opened the box, there was an alcohol-fueled tirade of choice expletives echoing throughout my mom's home, but once I set my mind to it, it went smooth as a baby bottom.

We purchased this doll house as a Christmas gift for our daughter. She'd played with these huge doll houses at a local place where they host birthday parties, but never had anything like this at home. Having ordered it a few weeks before Christmas, it arrived and I moved it to the basement to put together, knowing she would be down there. It goes together fairly easily. Here are a few observations.* There is a lot of attention to detail: Some of the screw heads are actually painted different colors so that they blend into whatever wall they're going into. You have to decide for yourself when to use painted screws or silver, but it's a nice touch.* There are a lot of screws included, but don't let that scare you - they all make sense once you get through building* It's not difficult to put together. You don't need to be a professional handyman. Some moms have posted here about their success in building it and I would wholeheartedly agree and encourage any parent to order this with the confidence that they'll be able to assemble it. It's more like a 3d puzzle than a construction project.* I put it together in 2 separate one-hour assembly sessions. I was extra careful not to damage any of the wood or scratch anything. It helps to have an extra person around to hold it up while you're still getting the basic structure of the 4 floors put together.* The elevator is cute, but the track is pretty tight, making it hard for our toddler to move it up and down. Good news is, she doesn't care.* The garage doors can flap open by themselves... nothing that can't be fixed with cheap magnets* The overall quality of how all the pieces are made and how they fit together is very high - this is a well made toy and not a carelessly mass-produced kit.* I've already ordered some cheap LEDs to add some actual light inside the house.* There's an impressively complete set of wooden furniture included, which really adds to the fun.The thing to keep in mind - it's really a giant thing. My daughter can only see/reach as high as the 3rd floor. The 4th/attic floor - which is supposed to be the baby's room - is unoccupied at the moment. She's fine with it because a large part of the fun is rearranging the furniture. Also, being so large, getting it up the basement steps was pretty tricky. We had to experiment with a few different angles and my wife had to help carry it. It's too heavy and large for one person to do steps with, but I could lift it a few inches and move it across level floor pretty easily.* Speaking of lifting it - use the side windows of the main part of the house as handles when lifting and you'll be in good shape. Don't lift using the garage/porch section at the left!On Christmas morning, our daughter came down the stairs in complete amazement when this was under (actually next to) the tree. It's found a permanent spot in her toy room and actually looks great. It warmed up the room and added some height in what was pretty much a room full of toddler-size toys. She loves it and it's part of her everyday routine already. Hopefully she'll get years of mileage out of it as she grows into it and discovers more ways to play with it.

*This review may be edited at a later date by my husband as he is the one who put it together.This was a gift from Santa for my 2 year old and 5 year old daughters to share. While they were VERY excited to receive a dollhouse from Santa, they were a bit disappointed that Santa delivered this unassembled. Apparently the elves now have something in their unionized contract which gets them out of assemblage on this unit. Santa apparently made an attempt to assemble it in the middle of the night but was unable to complete his project. He left a note by the stockings that there was a dollhouse waiting to be assembled for them in their daddy's workshop. So my husband being of good sport assembled it on December 26th. It was an all day project. And I do mean ALL day. He is handy, builds things and invents things on his own. So he is not an amateur. There were a couple of holes which needed drilling so the screws would insert properly. Also, the directions which came with it were poorly done and there was not a picture of what the finished product was supposed to look like. Thankfully, Amazon carries almost EVERYTHING. So even though this was a gift from Santa, we were able to see what we were assembling. Between figuring out the instructions, drilling some holes, changing out screws so that they were color coordinated and being under the close supervision of a 5 year old who has a tendency to micro-manage, it was an all day project. He did take a couple of breaks (coffee, food, watching Dumbo, etc...). But he started around 11am and was finished at 7:43pm. I suppose if one hadn't stopped to watch Dumbo, eat or drink and if the supervisor wasn't quite as 'present,' it would shave off a few hours. My guess is given the 'right conditions,' if you are a perfectionist, you should allow 5 hours for this.NOW, that is the negative part. The positive thing is this. IT IS ASSEMBLED!! And the girls LOVE it! Truly. It is a little girl's dream dollhouse. It is HUGE first of all. That in itself is magical. They love the furniture and rearranging it. They can easily play with their play figures and 12-14 inch sized dolls in it. And they love the garage. Their only 'complaint' was that it didn't have a pool. But that is easily solved by getting a barbie type pool and placing it on the side.All-in-all, I would recommend this. It will provide years of joy!

This is a Christmas present for our 6 & 8 yo girls. It came out pretty nice overall. Other reviewers said it took them 4+ hours to assemble it so I actually took a day off work to get it done, but it only took me 2.5hrs total, including setting up the furniture…Overall it’s really nice, sturdy and quite large! I’m 5’9” and it comes to my collar bone. I think the girls are going to love it.There were a few pretty significant drawbacks… Just like other reviews said, the instructions were pretty terrible. The IMAGES seemed pretty clear, but there’s a lot of color matching required for each room and the instructions give NO CLUES whatsoever on which way to flip the colored panels; you have to spend some time figuring that out yourself. It was bit of a headache. Kidkraft should have printed detailed black/white images, of each room, on the panels in the instruction manual to help with that. Also, they give a bunch of screws/bolts with matching colored heads which is nice, but again they give no direction on when to use them. You have 5 containers of screws all labeled “I” and each one is a different color. The instructions label them as only “I” also so you have to figure out if the “I” screw is a brown/blue/white/yellow head screw….KidKraft could have easily labeled each screw different letters or numbers to clear that up… Some spots were super clear, but others were not, and you end up filling in some spaces with silver colored screws that didn’t match wall colors… I also think they should have had all the screws with colored heads and no silver screws, so there would be no question about it.The build quality is pretty good. It’s sturdy, and the printed images are nice, but some of the images were already peeling a little bit where they didn’t trim the paper all the way against the panel. Our girls are a little older so it shouldn’t be a problem, but they had a cheaper one when they were about 3-4 years old and they would peel those sheets off when they saw an edge starting to peel. Also all the screw holes are pre-drilled, but 2 of the screws that connect the roof to the walls, split the wall panel. I don’t think it’s going to be a problem, but I’m betting the holes weren’t drilled quite far enough down, forcing the panel to split.The furniture is very simple and a tad bland and blocky (probably for little kids) but it’s mostly solid wood (some plastic), and I think the girls will enjoy it.Overall I would definitely buy this again, but KidKraft should really work on their instructions and a little on quality control, and then this would be an amazing product!

Ok so I took so many photos for future buyers. This product was amazing after all of the hard work. It wasn't super bad to put together but I'm also a person who likes to build things so if you aren't your in a rude Awakening.So the instructions were great but need to be in color so it is more clear as to the direction each piece needs to face and the roof need arrows or something to be placed properly. I was t expecting for the house to be so tall so I took a photo with it to show the true size. I am 5'2 as you can see so the house is huge. But totally worth the buy.I can t wait to unveil it for my daughter on Xmas. The screws and everything were I'm order with the instructions so if your patient and take your time with it it comes out perfect. I say do t screw so tightly tho I thought I was going to split a few pieces and break the house while building it.Also they do need to adjust the cut outs some pieces o had to struggle to fit properly. They weren't totally accurate in the measurements I had to push and pull pieces to fit so the screw would fit in both holes to begin screwing the screw Into it.All that aside it's a great gift. I would buy it again to be honest I love it and it's better than. Amy other doll house. Like I know it's a huge house. It size wise it's perfect. They should aim for an upgraded version to 2020 status but keep the same size they have created now.Other than that I give it a great review.Just be patient putti g it together a d be sure to screen shot a pic of the displayed house to refer back to as you build with the given instructions. That's what I did other wise I would have messed the house all the way up lol.

I have been debating whether to give a 4 star or 5 star rating. After carefully thinking this through, I feel like it deserves a 5 stars on the COMPLETED dollhouse.The only reasons I considered giving a 4 star rating is simply because the directions were a complete nightmare and the paper laminate on the roof has already began to pull up on the edges. It would have been very, very helpful to have the instructions in color, or to shade the images or even better to label each item with a part number as it had, but also to list each side as A or B. Each panel has double images on the walls including the floors and roof. Had the pictures of the Dollhouse not been available on Amazon as a reference I would have to return it- it would be just impossible for an average person to figure this out without images.The box was carefully packed and had no damage.The hardware was in blister packs and labeled well. Trying to figure out a yellow bolt vs a blue bolt was easy enough.The elevator assembly was another very difficult task. After screwing the elevator box together, it’s quite the task to line up the predrilled holes in the elevator to the plastic slides because you can’t see them due to having assembled one side.Patience and being very careful is needed as the house continues to grow larger and larger, it becomes difficult to handle and you can’t just tip it over to get a better angle. Any additional stress on the partially assembled house could cause the panels to break. Once it’s all together it is strong and not flimsy.The dollhouse is quite large as you build it and you have to be crafty at trying to manage the bulkiness and securing the bolts and locking nuts in place.This dollhouse is wonderful once built. My granddaughter adores it. It’s a lovely dollhouse that seems sturdy and much better than the plastic ones.But be warned that this is a 3.5 - 4 hour project. I consider myself very experienced from building retails displays to home improvement. Would I volunteer to put another one together again- definitely NOT. But seeing the joy and happiness of my granddaughter was all worth it.

This beautiful dollhouse has quickly become a favorite for our 10-year-old daughter! It arrived beautifully packaged and was protected well. My husband and I only needed a couple of hours to put it together, thanks to the clear labels that made assembly a breeze. The perfect height makes it just right for our daughter, giving her plenty of space to play and enjoy. She's excited to use it with her Barbie dolls, and we're happy with how sturdy and charming the design is. We didn’t encounter any missing parts, and our daughter was already enjoying the furniture and accessories even before we finished setting everything up. I truly recommend this dollhouse—it’s a wonderful choice if you're looking for something larger and more suited for a more mature play experience.

Le livreur avait balance le carton très lourd au dessus du portail d'un mètre 80. Heureusement, qu'elle est bien emballée, la maison était intacte.La maison est vraiment d'une belle qualité. Elle est très belle et très grande. Même si je le savais, c'est plus impressionnant en vrai...Les couleurs sont jolies, les détails sympas.Ils ont même été jusqu'à peindre les têtes de vis en fonction de la couleur des murs, c'est dire.Pour le moins, il y a quand même, les explications de montage sont mal faites, il faut bien réfléchir à chaque étape. La construction est un mauvais et long moment à passer. Certaines planches n avaient pas les bons numéros ! (21 au lieu de 12...)Les vis de couleur sont sympas, mais on ne sait pas où les mettre, il n'y en a pas assez pour en mettre partout (des vis colorées, il y a assez de vis tout court)...Bref, une fois montée, ce n'est que du bonheur pour l'enfant.

I got this for my 3 years old daughter and it was going to be Christmas gift but we ended up opening it early cuz we were to exited. It came on time. Thank you so much. Noting was missing and was beautiful at the end. There was one this that was confusing the small house on the side not sure how its supposed to attach togther other then that everything was great. I added some light and so beautiful. She loves it so much i think she will grow with it until 8 -10 years old. Its big and nice. Even my 7 years old son plays with doll house helps my daughter with think she cant reach for now. Over all best doll house

Excelente para niñas desde los 4 años hasta más de 10 !!! Buen tamaño y horas de diversión!

We purchased the Kidkraft 65252 Majestic Mansion Wooden Dolls House With Furniture And Accessories Included as a Christmas present for our 3 year old granddaughter and she loves it. Never stopped playing with it.The box it arrives in is quite large, with everything flat packed and well packaged, it recommends a 2 person lift on the box, but I was able to lift and move it on my own.It took around 3 hours to build, although I'm fairly ok/good with DIY stuff, and there were a couple of points of the build that required my wife to hold some pieces in place until I had them screwed together.A nice touch of the build is that the heads of the screws are painted to match the colour of the piece they are screwing into, the downside being that since a lot of the screws are the same size and marked with the same letter you'll need to figure out which colour head screw to use based on the panel it's screwing into, or if you're not bothered it will probably save you 10 minutes of build time.All other pieces of the build are clearly labelled and I found the instructions easy to follow. There are also 2 plastic straps that attach to the back of the house that then attach to the wall to prevent the doll's house tipping over.The panels feel of good quality and are printed with the respective room or outside wall they are meant to represent when built and put together.If I was going to be super critical, there is no print on the back of the house, but you're not likely to see that when build as due to the height of the doll's means it is recommended to use the fittings to attach to a secure wall to prevent toppling.There is a good range of house furniture included and when built the house looks great. Our granddaughter is using it with the smaller Chelsea Barbie dolls, but it can also be used with the full size Barbie's.

The wood's apparently rotten. Sides on which no paper has been stuck, develops fungus which needs cleaning daily. Probably not the original KidKraft product but a cheap copy. Can't let my kid near it...