Playhouses are so much fun. I had one in my backyard when I was growing up–an ugly green aluminum shed that stored the lawnmower and rakes. It was fun to play in anyway, though, and I was always good at “pretend.” Some days it was a Cape Cod. Other days, a castle. If I’d had a yellow cottage like the one above, I never would’ve come out! I would’ve insisted on sleeping there and having all of my meals delivered to the front porch.
This is the playhouse that Linda of Restyled Home built for her daughter Sophie (above). If you haven’t seen it yet, be sure to go to her blog and take the tour. I want to live in it myself!
At the Columbia Tusculum House Tour that I showed you photos of last Fall, one of the homes had this purple playhouse behind it. The homeowners built it for their daughters as a Christmas gift. Lucky girls!
We made ourselves right at home. The owners provided fresh-baked Snickerdoodle cookies, which were perfect for an impromptu tea party inside the little house.
Now it’s your turn to tell us what you’re hooked on today! If you have something to share with us on your blog, then add your link below. Just please be sure to:
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I always wanted a playhouse growing up, but no such luck.
Those are so adorable!
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my granddaddy built me a playhouse when i was a kid (http://www.springtreeroad.com/springtreeroad/2008/04/sand-dragons-an.html) looked very little like these, though!
i would love for my daughter to have a playhouse like one of these – they’re absolutely beautiful. won’t be happening, but i still like to think about it.
maya | springtree road’s last blog post..Crunchy snow day
We are visiting our family beach house next week, and one of the neighbors has the most adorable playhouse for her grandchildren. It even has electricity! My kids love visiting and playing in it, so this post made me even more excited about our trip.
I am excited to be participating in my first ever ‘hooked on Fridays’! Have a great weekend.
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These are so better than the Toys ‘r’ Us plastic job I put together for my kids. Maybe it’s still back there mildew’ed over.
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So much fun! I had a friend with a playhouse when I was little. We used to mix spices in the “kitchen”. While it kind of smelled wierd after a while (from all the odd spice combinations), we had some great memories in that little house.
AnNicole@OurSuburbanCottage’s last blog post..THE LOOK FOR LESS
Love it. Some of those playhouses are nicer than regular homes
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wow! those play houses are amazing… can I have one just for myself?
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I love Linda’s playhouse! What a dream!
I myself made due with a shed, similar to you.
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Oh I LOVE playhouses. I love all the pictures you’ve included. We had a tree house/tree fort when I was growing up…not quite the same. Your post has me now planning a future playhouse for our daughter, except I think I might want to keep it for myself! haha! Hope you have a great weekend Julia!
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What bright and bold little houses. I love the laundry hanging to dry. Your playhouse with rakes and everything – love that image!
Katie
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I love Sophie’s little house. All of the details down to the buggy planter out front are perfect. I have a 3 & a 4 year old who would love it. Being an unsupervised play space, she was very brave to do it all so white. I would love a little house like this for ME!!
Have a great night all!!
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I love playhouses, too, and remember one my sisters and I had when we were small. So fun! ~Arleen
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I love playhouses too! Our daughters had a wonderful bright colored one at our old house that my husband built. Now here my boys have a raised fort instead. The best playhouse I was ever in was the House at the Vanderbilt Mansion in Newport, RI…a working stove, sink and fireplace with a upstairs..incredible!
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These are so pretty! Grown-ups should have playhouses to go sit in and enjoy tea!
~Kim
I love playhouses! There is something magical for a child to be able to fix up thier own place. My husband built our children a playhouse that looks so much like the first one you have posted, cute and yellow with a little front porch and a loft.
These are just darling! We SO want a little house – just to decorate!
Have a great weekend Julia!
The Summer Kitchen Girls’s last blog post..Topiary Time
Those are so pretty, you have me hooked on playhouses too! Love em. My girls would flip over a playhouse like that.
Amber Filkins @ {ae filkins}’s last blog post..Spring has sprung
Your playhouses are ADORABLE and VERY fashionable! Come over and link with me!
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I was lucky to have a little playhouse when I was a wee one. It definitely wasn’t decorated like that though!!!
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Those playhouses are so sweet
Everyone needs another room or two to decorate!! 
Kelly @ DesignTies
Adorable playhouses!
What lucky little girls!!
~Karla
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I love those playhouses! What a dream! I always wanted one as a kid!
Oh Julia I am still a little girl at heart-I adored those playhouses! I hope to be able to have one for my granddaughter someday! Really it would be for her, I mean I would share! LoL! Have a nice day~Tam!:D
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Wow, playhouses sure has changed a lot since I was a little girl! What a fabulous selection!
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Those playhouses are adorable. If I had one, I’d never leave. As a military brat, we moved too often for me to have a playhouse, but there was an old shed at my grandparents house that my cousins and I used for a playhouse when I visited. It was just and old white washed shed that wasn’t used for anything, but we had so much fun in it.
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I’m starting to get hooked on all my friends’ bedrooms. It’s a little weird I know.
Love all these play houses…I think every little girl dreams of one! Perfect for spring which will hopefully arrive on my doorstep today!
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Oh my goodness…is that really a “playhouse”? I’m ready to move right in!
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Precious! I always wanted a beautiful playhouse when I was a little girl. Now that I’m a big girl, I still want a beautiful house, but not a play one.
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I ALWAYS wanted a playhouse when I was little! I would make a “house” from two card tables and some big pink blankets! I have such great memories of playing in my pink house!! Thanks for sharing!
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my link at #45 didn’t work so you can delete that one.
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I am begging for a playhouse in my yard. We don’t have any kids but I still want one. The one you are showing looks so adorable with all the flowers planted in front. Just perfect.
Oh I want a playhouse!!!!! Those are adorable!
Suzanne
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I love the yellow playhouse, it looks just like home
Jane @ Beach House’s last blog post..Wood Obsessed
Thank you for featuring my/Sophie’s playhouse! I can’t wait to get back out there and enjoy it with her and complete the landscaping around it. After thirty-eight years, I finally have a playhouse – even though I do have to share it with my daughter!!!
Great post, Julia!
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We have a playhouse like these! It is so charming, and it makes everyone ooooh and awwww over our quaint backyard. The playhouse was included in the purchase of the house, so we lucked out for our two little girls!
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I’ve always wanted a playhouse, so when I was blessed with my boy, I wanted him to have one – he has the coolest log cabin in the back yard. I posted it on RMS – imjacobsmom – or on my blog. With surround sound, PS3 and wii he’s had movie marathons, video game all-nighters, Monopoly games, etc. etc. plus just a great place to chill out. Honestly, I can’t wait ’til he outgrows it so I can turn it into my potting shed. ~ Robyn
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I always wanted a playhouse when I was little! Wow, these are incredible! Those are some very lucky children!
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What a wonderful subject to post about, thank you!
Here are some more: http://winewriter.wordpress.com/2007/10/22/dream-playhouses-for-children/ http://www.lilliputplayhomes.com/ http://www.blackforestkids.com/ and http://dreamplayhouse.com/playhouses.aspx
Those are cute playhouses!
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I love playhouses, anything goes. You can be as crazy and whimsical as you want. I think every father should learn how to build one. It should be a requirement!
Wouldn’t that be crazy?!
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Project Playhouse raffles off a chance to win a dream playhouse each year here in Dallas. Designers and builders work together to create the ultimate play houses! It’s one of my favorite tours to visit each year. We have a playhouse outside, but it gets so dirty. I’d like to build one inside my daughter’s room or turn her closet into one. Wouldn’t that be fun?
Here is the gallery with a few of the dream playhouses:
http://www.projectplayhouse.com/index.cfm?tdc=dsp&page=national
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Oh, you’re not gonna believe what I’m hooked on this week
See ya soon!
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It is always wonderful to celebrate the start of the weekend with you, Julia!
Love these little houses. The first one has to be my favorite.
Poor Leila is so deprived. I think I need to get Steve to design her a little place of her
own. Thank you for the inspiration!
xo
Brooke
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In January, I posted about our own playhouse…this is the post I have included in the link. We no longer have the playhouse, and we still miss it sometimes! Playhouses are such magical places! I hope you enjoy seeing it!
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Oh my goodness- how wonderful! I really like that idea because after my girls outgrow it, I could turn it into a potting shed. It would have to be bigger, of course, but I’m sure they wouldn’t mind
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#2 is so adorable…, the house I played with was a doll house, handmade by my parents and it was fun. To play “real” house…, lucky kids!
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Right now I am doing a series of entitled All Things Irish and am so inspired by the Irish countryside and other lovely things.
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Hi Julia. I linked my waterfeatures post today, Hope you enjoy it. Somehow Mr. Linky also listed my outdoor Wednesday post too. I guess because that was my last Mr. Linky post. I don’t know how to delete that one. Thanks, Pam
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Those little gems are totally over the top! Loved this Hooked On Friday post Julia!
Wishing you and your family a wonderful weekend!
Blessings – Debbie
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Those playhouses are wonderful, especially the first one. I agree, I’d live in it, too. :0) Have a great weekend!
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I could move right in!
These are adorable.
Happy Friday, and as ever thanks for Mr. Linky.
xo xo
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I had the shock of my life yesterday, Lily and I were in the garden and she went to go into her playhouse which she was last in last summer….umm her head is above the door! I have a horrible feeling by this summer she’ll be out of it.
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Oh I love playhouses, always wanted one but had to content myself with visiting my friend’s. But I remember thinking, “she just doesn’t know what to DO with this house!” Even then, lo those many years ago, I was a House Junkie!
I wish I had one NOW!
Thanks for your kind comments on my post today. And I don’t know how you manage to keep up with all you do! Amazing.
Cass
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I just mailed a birthday card to a lady who is celebrating her 95th birthday in March. Her goal is to have her new playhouse finished in time for her birthday celebration. She is filling it up with her favorite collectibles and it will be a special place to enjoy her favorite hobby – “quilting”. She is living proof that one is never to old to have a playhouse!! By the way, her playhouse even has a set of stairs that she walks up with complete ease.
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Julia, (re:Southern Lady mag) why not try going to the website http://www.southernladymagazine.com to see if they have that issue available. They usually do have back issues. I tried to find mine, and it seems to have disappeared. If I found it, I was going to offer to scan the article for you and email it to you. I’ll keep looking.
Suzanne
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Oh Julia I LOVE them…..I had one as a child “The Dollhouse” oh how I loved it, I had a pink stove, sink and cabinet along with my pink round table…when we were sick of house we’d play school. Once or twice a year we would get out the record player (remember those) and put on a show, we’d dress up in our costumes from dance/recitals, we charged 5 cents….lol we had a ball. Thanks for this post and taking me down memory lane
Have a great week-end,
Kathy
I’m hoping Costco will come out with a cute affordable play house this year. I think my girls would love it.
Although my oldest daughter insist I build them a tree house.
Hi Julia,
Looks like I just made it to your party, sorry I’m a bit late. Your little cubby houses are just so adorable. I always wished for one when I was little, we only had a fabric and metal frame tent. I did spend hours in it playing. But nothing like your beauties.
I have a wonderful glass collection on my site today, I photographed my girlfriends collection which is just fabulous. I hope you get a chance to pop by and have a look. By the look of your list you must be exhausted visiting everyone. How do you find the time?
Have a wonderful weekend. xx Coty
Those houses are so stinkin’ cute! My kids would love that.
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I wish I had been able to make a playhouse for my daughters! Maybe for my granddaughters
These are beautiful!
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I used to play in my grandma’s old rabbit hutch. Ah memories. Those little houses are gorgeous!
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Hi Julia,
I hope I’m not too late to join. I accidentally put a link to my blog address the first time (#76) If you wouldn’t mind deleting that one, I fixed it and linked to the specific post in #77.
Thanks, Michelle
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I love playhouses! I have a boy, though. Can boys have playhouses?
heh, your playhouse was a shed, too?! I always thought because my dad was a handy craftsman he would build us playhouse, when he didn’t, we built our own unstable treehouse!
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It looks real enough that you can live in it.
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Please forgive me but I didn’t know how to submit my post regarding Hooked on Playhouses??/ Sorry for the lack of knowlege but wondered if you could help me out.
Love your blog
http://itisanevolution.blogspot.com/2009/03/hooked-on-green-houses.html
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Sorry, Janet. I close the blog party each Sunday morning. That’s why you couldn’t figure it out! I’ll have Mr Linky up by 10:00 p.m. Thursday night (ET) if you want to join us this week! I apologize for the confusion. I’m glad you want to join our party, though! -Julia
I have always wanted a playhouse…I STILL want a playhouse!
Sonya
First I wish I had one when I was a little girl, to those girls who had a playhouse made by there parents lucky for you and be thankful, treasure the moments you’ll spend there. And let me share this, my parents gave me a Victorian Cottage which I happen to see at http://www.classicdollhouses.com/dollhouse-kits-easy-build.html for I did a research for a dollhouse to give my daughter for her birthday and maybe with the help of your blog I can convince my husband to build a playhouse as a present for our daughter on December provided she will do good in school and in doing here chores at home.
I ALWAYS WANTED A PLAYHOUSE I HAVE TOLD MY DAD TO BUILT ONE FOR ME AND MY SISTER WHICH HE NEVER DID BUT HE HAD A SHED THAT WE COULD PLAY IN AS A PLAYHOUSE BUT WE ALWAYS WANTED A REAL PLAYHOUSE RATHER THAN SHED .. OH WELL.. IF MY DAD EVER BOUGHT OR BUILT ONE FOR THEIR GRANDCHILDREN THEN I PROBABLY PLAY IN IT WITH MY KIDS OR MY SISTER’S KIDS HA HA EVEN THOUGH IM TO OLD FOR THAT BUT I STILL ALWAYS WANTED A PLAYHOUSE … ITS MY FAVORTIVE …
I’d be honored if you would stop by my blog and see the playhouse my husband built for our son:
http://cutest-little-things.blogspot.com/2009/09/little-boys-playhouse-revealed.html
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This really answered my problem, thank you!
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