Jill Harness
Fantastically Imaginative Playhouses
by Jill Harness - December 10, 2009 - 12:40 PM

Realistic

When I was a kid, I longed for a simple treehouse to play in. But the playhouses featured on Web Urbanist put my childhood fantasies to shame. The post has every type of possible playhouse, from realistic, scaled-down houses to cartoon-styled buildings to castles and pirate ships.

Of course, only the wealthiest 1% of America could afford most of these playhouses (some cost over $10,000) and most kids will grow tired of their play areas within a matter of years, but its still fun to dream about being the kid with his own private mansion, isn’t it?

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Comments (8)

  1. Those are cool. Hopefully they don’t go into playhouse foreclosure!

    posted by Chris on 12-10-2009 at 1:29 pm

  2. Man, I could still enjoy some of these!

    posted by ann on 12-10-2009 at 1:57 pm

  3. Playhouse scaled up 100% = one awesome mancave!!!

    posted by TXCherokee on 12-10-2009 at 2:11 pm

  4. My childhood tree fort was a platform on a branch with a tire swing underneath.

    Good times…

    posted by Michael on 12-10-2009 at 3:21 pm

  5. These are really cool. My kids have been after me for years to build a cool playhouse, My oldest is now 12. I think I am running out of time..

    posted by Tires on 12-10-2009 at 4:00 pm

  6. I used to watch \Underdog to Wonderdog\ on Animal Planet before my favorite show, \Animal Cops\, aired and at the end of every show, they would unveil a playhouse for the kids that included something for the dog, too.

    Some of them had themes related to the family, like the fire truck playhouse when the dad was a firefighter, and some of them were pretty awesome!

    I haven’t been able to find any pictures online, though \-(

    posted by Sarah in CA on 12-10-2009 at 4:02 pm

  7. Hurry up Tires! My dad build my first playhouse when I was fifteen…

    posted by Kels on 12-10-2009 at 6:07 pm

  8. Wow, those are amazing! Now I want one. ;)

    posted by Sands on 12-11-2009 at 10:51 am

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