December 02, 2004
Lilliput Play Homes.
Now THESE are children's playhouses! Here's one: "Owned by an NFL player, this replica sits atop a hill overlooking a tennis court. A bay window and window seat allow the occupant to view the tennis matches. Other features include French doors and round interior columns."
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Wow - maybe I'll get one for my daughter, and when the market crashes we can all live in it.
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What about just buying up to a nice lot, then living in it instead of getting a house built? If your HOA says nothing about square footage then at least you won't have people bitching about what color of siding you're using.
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Actually on a more serious note, I found these kind of cool to browse through. Very neat visual design. These are DIY-able though, for about $500-1000, if you're good with carpentry and careful design. I wouldn't be looking forward to all the trim work, though.
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If I were seven, I would want one of these *more* than a pony. (And I wouldn't get it, either :( ) My grandfather built me a sandbox, though, that had a bench on either side and a roof to keep me out of the sun. That was awesome.
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Someone I work with had a gentleman she and her usband both knew buy one of these things for their daughter. It was 11,000. The kid is 3.
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I can't help but think that one day these will be occupied by low-income renters (like me.)
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I want the castle. I know I wouldn't fit, but I still desperately want the castle. It has a secret room! And a portrait whose eyes are secretly spy holes! All it needs is a dungeon, moat and drawbridge, and it's perfect.
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The castle looks to me to be hazardour for an active child. Starting from the upper parapet: loop a rope around one of the crenelations in order to swing down to lower enclosure -- quite possibly would dump a kid onto a low set of crenrlations. There is also quite a drop from upper parapet to ground. How strong are those crenelations? Would have een delighted to try this maneuver when I was small.
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hazards are what make childhood worth living. What was fun when you were a kid? Everything you'd be too chicken to do now (climbing trees, climbing on the roof of the school, hanging by your knees above cement, climbing on the outside of the playfort, swinging so high it rocked the swing set and totally freaked out your sister... yes, I did break multiple bones in childhood)
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jb, i remember distinctly my mom letting us bust open a thermometer in the bathtub and play with the mercury. kid you not. cool stuff! it rolls around in shiny balls that are fun to squish. now when there's a "mercury spill" (teensy amount) they shut down entire schools for weeks. i'm just sayin'