Which play kitchen if money were not too much of an object? - Page 2

[texmama]

I'd get this and this

[VocalMinority]

I saw a wonderful one you can order through Toys R Us that *might* be in your price range. (Sorry, I don't remember exactly how much it is.) It's a little room (with no ceiling), so your kid can walk into the center and there are all the basics, including overhead cabinets! If memory serves, it has some sort of breakfast bar, so kids can of course interact with people outside the actual kitchen.

If my husband only had the time to build one like it!!

P.S., Pottery Barn has great ideas, but I don't find their materials or workmanship to be appreciably better than what you find in lower-priced stores.

[inkslinger]

We have this and love it

http://www.kidkraft.com/toys-and-pla...kitchens/53160

[almadianna]

http://www.camdenrose.com/product/a_...h/31/?catID=99

Camden Rose Simple Hearth.

We loooooooooooove it.

[LuxPerpetua]

Originally Posted by Jeannine

I saw a wonderful one you can order through Toys R Us that *might* be in your price range. (Sorry, I don't remember exactly how much it is.) It's a little room (with no ceiling), so your kid can walk into the center and there are all the basics, including overhead cabinets! If memory serves, it has some sort of breakfast bar, so kids can of course interact with people outside the actual kitchen.

If my husband only had the time to build one like it!!

P.S., Pottery Barn has great ideas, but I don't find their materials or workmanship to be appreciably better than what you find in lower-priced stores.

My dd has this one at her grandma's house (she actually got it on clearance from TRU for $50--I think it originally sells for $150). It's made by Step2. For a plastic kitchen, it's great, but I still prefer the wooden ones. It's not all that tall so that by age 5 or so (my dd is tall) your child might be too big for it. DD does like it, though, and she loves to climb on top of it. It's actually really well made and attractive, just small. It has an oven, a refrigerator, a microwave, a stove top, a phone, and it comes with pots/pans/utensils and plastic food. The wooden kitchen we have at home is nice and tall, well-made, and beautiful. If money were no object, I'd go with a wooden one (I posted ours earlier in this thread).

[SparklingGemini]

I'm not sure if they're sold anywhere in the US or what it would cost to import them but I love, love, love the kitchens and accessories from Holzkram.

That being said, we have a Pottery Barn retro kitchen and adore it too. We have the sink and the oven but not the fridge. Its very durable and sturdy and will last us a LONG time, I think. The best part is the grandparents helped purchase it and when we got two pieces together there was a bit of a price break. I think it was less than $400?

[brennan]

This is my favorite!

http://www.camdenrose.com/product/a_simple_hearth/31/?catID=99

[rubidoux]

Hmmm....  there's so many cool kitchens here.  I wish I had seen them all before I made Augie's.  I'm not sure I would have done anything different, but it always helps to see other people's ideas.  Anyhow, I used ana-white.com plans and made him this:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/14054236@N02/sets/72157625671357360/

I spent about $170 on it, but I didn't use several of the pieces I bought, so I could have probably shaved $20 off that at least.  It was really fun, though.  Plus, I really had my heart set on an orange kitchen.  :)

[NicaG]

Originally Posted by Lisa85 

We have this one which we found at a local furniture store for $100 2 years ago on Black Friday. It's the KidKraft Large kitchen. It had all my must haves - microwave, stove, sink, oven, fridge, wooden, and 4' tall. Any shorter and I felt like it would have gotten outgrown quickly. I wanted this to be something they could play with not just at 2 and 3, but still at 6, 7, and 8 years old. We have the M&D pizza set which fits with room to spare in the oven. They do have a couple of variations, one which has a dishwasher in place of the yellow cupboard door. We store the utensils and plates in the yellow cupboard, the M&D condiment set fits perfectly in the space next to the microwave and the M&D spice set sits on the counter. We store pans in the bottom shelf of the oven, pizza set on the top shelf and all the other food fits in the fridge and/or freezer.

We have this one too, and we're pretty happy with it. We have some m&d food sets, including pizza, and they fit well, and we can also fit a dish set, a box for pans, and even a play cash register for grocery/restaurant play. My tall 5-year-old still plays with it sometimes, and it's a good size for young kids and bigger kids. Note that theres no counter space, so you have to pull up a chair if you want a surface for prep/cutting. I get a little tired of the pastel colors, but I think it comes in neutral white too (we also got ours at deep discount during Christmas sales last year). Have fun!