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1 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Can't fit furniture because of sloped roof May 05, 2010
We purchased the Chalet without furniture because we own the Plan Toy Neo furniture sets (living room, bathroom, kitchen, dining room, bedroom, and children bedroom). Unfortunately many of the upright furniture pieces do not fit because they're too tall and hit the sloped roof (such as the shower, dresser, bookcase, vanity table, floor lamp, etc). I would not recommend the Chalet unless you're buying the set with furniture (where the pieces are probably scaled to fit the low ceilings). It's too late for us to return because we opened and assembled it. I wish someone had mentioned in their review and saved me the money.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Awesome Doll House Dec 30, 2009
I purchased this item as a Christmas gift for my 2 1/2 year old little girl. Took my husband about an hour to put together but it was well worth the time and effort! She absolutely LOVES the doll house. We also purchased the family and the pets made by this company. We have spent hours playing house with her family. The only negative was she said, "Oh nooooo, where's da r'mote?" We all know the flat screen tv won't work without the remote! I would highly recommend this item. I believe it will provide us play for years and will be a great hand-me-down item!
0 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Plan Toy Chalet Doll House with Furniture Dec 28, 2009
This was for one of our grand daughters. My son and I put it together for her. We were disappointed that two pieces were missing and that our son will have to contact Plan Toy's to obtain the two missing pieces. This is a well-designed toy but Plan Toys should increase their back-check of the toy pieces before shipping.
Wonderful dollhouse! Highly recommended! Dec 27, 2009
My daughter (aged 2 yrs) just received this dollhouse for Christmas and it was a hit! We have many Plan Toys sets in our house and this lives up to the others. Made of 100% wood and good quality. The house actually comes in two sections and can be used to make a large house or separately if 2 people want to play. Love that it can be made into lots of different configurations. Rooms are easy to access and good for my daughter's little hands. Highly recommended!!
Nice dollhouse - terrible instructions Dec 27, 2009
My wife purchased the Chalet Dollhouse by Plan Toys for our 28-month old daughter. She just received it this morning (Christmas morning). She received several toys, but this was the one she spent the most time with. Ours came with a basic set of furniture, bathroom and kitchen fixtures. The bed included pillows, side tables and a lamp. The living room had a couch, lamp, tv & stand. The kitchen had a range and a dining table. The bathroom had a toilet, tub & sink/mirror combo. It would have been nice if they had included some people (mother, father, kids, dog, etc.). Our daughter immediately grabbed other characters from other toy sets to use.
The assembly instructions include only images of the dollhouse. The only writing is "long screw" or "short screw" and "ring" (for some rubber washers. The dollhouse is actually two separate structures. The first structure is on two levels, the other is on three. There are approximately 6 diagrams for the first structure and approximately 8 for the other. Each diagram is shown from the same angle. It was challenging to try and figure out where walls and vertical supports were supposed to go when they were not clearly shown in the diagrams. It took me about 45 minutes to put everything together. Stare at the diagram closely and match up the parts. One reason is there are six grey dowels that act as floor-ceiling supports. Each is slightly different and they can't be interchanged (one has a slot in the side for accepting a half-wall, one is drilled out to accept a dowel on one end, etc.). Look ahead at other diagrams to see if one piece matches another assembly location before you screw it together.
In total, there are about 12 long screws (about 1" in length), 8 shorter screws (about 3/4" in length), about 20 rubber washers and two wooden dowels. They also incorporate slots where the floor joins the walls. I liked this feature because it cut down on the number of screws needed.
A hint is to only tighten the screws about halfway during each diagram. Once you have put on the last screw in a diagram, then go back and tighten everything before going on to the next diagram. On the 3-story structure, there are some windows and walls that fit into slots before tightening up the screws. You may have to pick up the dollhouse to see that everything is nested in the slots before tightening everything up.
All in all, I'm happy with the purchase, but I wouldn't have said the same thing during the 45 minutes I was cursing it.
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