A toy warehouse

WarehouseIt was my son’s first birthday last Sunday and we figured, given our current geological location, an Amsterdam-style toy warehouse would be the ideal present.
I remember that some of my childhood friends had a warehouse like this and it was played with extensively (as a doll house for the girls and a fire station or garage for the boys). And when not being played with, it was used as toy storage (a warehouse after all)!

After having it in the house for a couple of days, I can say it is a hit! My little one-year-old loves standing next to it (he’s still smaller than the house – cute), opening and closing the doors and peeping through the windows. (He also liked the pulley but we removed it for safety reasons until he’s a bit older).
My daughter likes the fact that she can climb into it (I’m happy we went for the more expensive sturdy version with a bottom plate for this reason!), and she of course immediately put it to use as a dolls’ house.
And finally, my husband and I like the fact that it looks really cool in our living room.

In the Netherlands it is sold at Spelmaterialen.nl (they only ship to the NL, Belgium and Germany), but I also found a similar (and cheaper) warehouse at Toypost in the UK, and they will ship internationally.

xxx Esther

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1. Courtney | February 28, 2008 | Reply

It looks very, very cool! At the moment my kids are playing in an old cardboard box (calling it their ‘little house’). Maybe it’s a good thing you don’t live here any more– they would be forced to learn their first lesson about why some people’s houses are nicer than theirs! :)

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