Imagine you are a well-made dollhouse, intended for use with dolls like American Girl. Imagine you've survived a decade of being moved around and even disassembled and reassembled. Now imagine an overweight woman, with bad knees and ankles, using you to brace herself as she rises from a seat on the floor. Yeah. I have killed a dollhouse.
Wicked Cool Toys makes an amazing dollhouse. That it lasted this long is a testament in and of itself. That I believed it would support my weight (again) speaks volumes.
As a result, my dolls have moved. One shelf is (in my mind) the first floor and the other is the second. And maybe an attic. Depends on where I feel like pretending the game room is.
The rooms are about the same width, not as deep, but there are more of them.
Here we see the kitchen (invaded by a random checkout counter) and the dining room (table is being repaired).
Living room and pantry. Most of the pantry was previously the grocery store.
Two bedrooms.
Whoever sleeps in the top bunk better not be claustrophobic. Or maybe the dolls will take the top bunk down for sleep. It does pop off. The daybed makes this room suitable for three.
The bed in the room with the crib is made for the more recent version of My First Barbie and therefore wide enough to serve as a double. They'll use the trundle bed it if they have company, but usually this will be for a couple and their baby or babies.
Another pair of bedrooms.
The sewing room has another of the My First Barbie beds. This room will normally sleep just two.
The kids' room has bunk beds and lots of toys.
Game room.
I put it on the bottom shelf because I suspect it will get less use than the others.
The other bottom shelf has the folding house (formerly Sunburst Cafe), the basketball court wall (remnant of a Monster High playset), and a bin of school furnishings.
The round purple bin is outdoors stuff. Picnic tables, garden seats, strollers...
I spy the clothes bin behind it.
A close look will show you that the small bins are stored on top of the shelves. These have labels like "beach" and "sports". Thus, the dolls are now mostly tucked into a corner of the living room.
Vehicles and the 70s dream house (which is serving as a garage/barn) are still in my bedroom.
