KidKraft Majestic Mansion Wooden Dollhouse with 34-Piece Accessories, Working Elevator and Garage, Gift for Ages 3+

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.

My 7 year old granddaughter asked for a Barbie townhome for Christmas. I looked at them at Walmart and after reading some 300 reviews decided that the Barbie dollhouse was plastic and cheaply made. I researched the Kid Kraft dollhouses which were hugeall wood and came with 30 some pieces of wood furniture. I ordered it and the box was the size of our kitchen table. My son took the box home and set it up the day before Christmas. It took some time to assemble but he handled it with ease. The dollhouse is truly spectacular. You need a lot of room because it is so very large. It is probably the single best gift I have ever bought her.I was amazed to see how well the Barbies all fit in the house and the furniture is all wood and of great quality. All her friends come over to play with her andthe Mansion. I ordered the Majestic Dollhouse but Amazon sent me the Majestic Mansion because they had run out of the one I ordered. When UPS delivered it the two men carried it into the house for me and my son picked it up for his home.This is probably the best dollhouse I have ever seen. It is bright, beautiful and sturdy. My son read all the helpful hint reviews posted at Amazon and was able to assemble it in three hours. His only issue was that the instructions were all pictures. No written instructions. Without all the extremely helpful reviews and hints from people who had built their dollhouses previously, he could have run into assembly problems. But after reading all the helpful hints, it went together smoothly.I have told everyone I know about this dollhouse because all our friends have granddaughters 7 and 8 years old. I am sure she will play with this dollhouse well into her teens. Great purchase.

This dollhouse, at 4½', is huge and heavy, so you definitely want to assemble it in the space in which it is to remain. I gave it five stars because of its large 9 room size, weight, well-made furniture, and nicely decorated wall surfaces. Parents should take note, however, that its height and weight may pose risk of serious injury to a young child should little hands pull it down, so the most important step upon assembly for me was to secure it to a wall with the two included wall anchors.AssemblyTwo allen hex key wrenches were included, which I supplemented with a medium Phillips head screwdriver and a mini snapoff utility knife.The first thing I did upon unpacking was to group the parts according to the numbers affixed to each. This proved to be extremely helpful during assembly.The manufacturer, for some unfathomable reason, chose to forego written instructions for illustrated instructions. Not the easiest to understand, but doable. The parts illustrated, including the hardware, are numbered to correspond with the number affixed to each part. Additionally, some of the hardware is also color coded thereby further easing the assembly somewhat. All in all, it wasn't a terrible experience, just one where I found myself occassionally frustrated by all the flipping of both the illustrations and the actual pieces to ensure the proper alignment prior to screwing pieces together. I also found the pictures of the house posted on Amazon to be extremely helpful during those times I found myself totally stumped. I set aside four afternoons, spending about 7 hours in all on assembly.I also affixed a strand of battery operated mini led lights to the ceiling of each level to better illuminate the play areas. This proved to be a big hit with the grand who loves flipping on the switch each morning.MaterialsThe house is accented with solid wood framing on its front and thin strips of wood trim baseboard running along the rear of the floors. The floors and walls are composed of some type of composite material. The floors are decorated to resemble hardwood flooring; the walls are decorated with appropriately themed furniture and fixtures.The included furniture sets are a very nice bargain as similar wood sets run upwards of $30. Most of the furniture pieces are made of sturdy wood. The tub, toilet, and refrigerator door are plastic. The only small downside that I can see is that tips of the garage door paper finish lifted in the upper corners a tiny bit during assembly. Not too surprised given that the boards are overlayed with glued decorative sheets of paper. A dot of gorilla glue took care of it.The house is divided into nine living spaces, including a bathroom, patio, and garage, and has a manually operated elevator. My grandchild absolutely loves this dollhouse and enjoys many hours rearranging the included furniture and moving her doll family throughtout the nine living spaces. It is an awesome dollhouse which will grow with her through the years. One of my best toy purchases ever!