Melissa & Doug Victorian Dollhouse
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Web ID: 317765Beautiful but the furniture does not fit!
I'm not sure how I'm the first person to mention that the furniture does not fit in the house! My daughter has to pull the furniture out and arrange and play with it on the floor because there's really no room to move a doll around in the rooms with furniture, especially the kitchen and nursery. There is absolutely no way to fit all of the living room or dining pieces or kitchen into those rooms, even if you block doorways - I didn't realize until after purchase that the pictures do not show ALL of the furniture. I have no complaints about the furniture or the house as stand alone items but they do not work together. Some of the furniture seems to be on too large a scale for the house. I think we'll try to find smaller furniture and replace the original, but I wish they had matched up better.
Customer review from Melissa and Doug
Very good doll house
Pros: My daughter absolutely loves it! It was easy to assemble; it took about 2 hours with my 3-year old "helping". The instruction booklet was excellent. All the parts were included and there were quite a few extra screws included - a nice touch. All the parts fit together well and all the pre-drilled holes aligned perfectly. The finished doll house feels sturdy. Cons: It is made from some sort of pressed/engineered wood - I expected "real" wood. It would be nice if the furniture sets were included.
Recommends this product
Customer review from Melissa and Doug
section 8
We bought this house for our daughter and its terrible. When we got the house the front panel was broke and they replaced it (fine). I finished putting it together there is a shingle missing off of a roof part, the seams don't line up, the screw holes aren't set deep enough in some spots so the screws don't tighten down all the way, the plugs to fill the screw holes don't match the color of the house nor do they set even with house since the screw holes were not drilled seep enough, the patches they give to cover the screw holes on the flooring and walls don't match with the cheap laminate laid out, and on some parts the laminate it peeling off. I worked in machining for many decades and this house should not have passed through quality control it should have been used for scrap material. Melissa and Doug have many good items but this is not one of them. Very disappointed buyer.
Customer review from Melissa and Doug
Response from Melissa and Doug
Hi: Thank you for taking the time to comment on the Victorian dollhouse. Providing our customers with quality products is very important to us and I am so sorry to hear about your experience. I would love the chance to speak with you, get some details and make this right. Please call me at 800 284 3948 so I can assist you right away. We want every experience you have with us to be a great one! Best, Chelsea
Large and well-built dollhouse and simple assembly
I am far, far away from being a handyman so I was concerned about the 36 page instruction book but it turned out to be written for people like me and everything went well. It took a couple of hours but I wasn't rushing, either. There were a couple of screws that didn't line up with the holes on the roof but otherwise it was a perfect build. The finished product is impressively large and seems quite sturdy. I didn't put the finishing bits in the screw holes because I figure my daughter can do that if she thinks my granddaughter needs that... I am pleased with the house and will be interested to see it in a year after some use.
Customer review from Melissa and Doug
Comments
When we Open the box the front dor is porely made... the sqares on the dor wasent lined up and a pice of the side was broken( splint from the top to the botton hangs together. it can brake so we have to buy glue to fix it). Not a toy for Children under 7 years of age due to ruff edges and fragile furniture that u can buy(Not included). Plus side is plenty of space to play with and nice that it has wallpapers and nice looking flores. Take 2h to asemble... eaven for a handy man becauce the pices dont have numers u have to count the screwholes at all pices.
Customer review from Melissa and Doug
This was the greatest kit I have assembled
This kit was packaged fantastic and the plans were the easiest to follow. To me this is a great bargain and a long lasting dollhouse. No damaged or missing parts. This was a joy to put together. Would recommend this to anyone who is afraid to tackle a DIY project.
Recommends this product
Customer review from Melissa and Doug
Yes, I would buy this again.
I love it. I am building challenged but it wasn't bad putting it together. It took about four hours and I am still working on getting the glue off my fingers but I did it!! I am pretending I got it for my granddaughter but it is really a 'bucket list' item for me. Great product in every way.
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Customer review from Melissa and Doug
Very pleased with product.
All items of excellent quality as we have come to expect from M & D.
Customer review from Melissa and Doug