Lilliput Play Homes offers this "Grand Victorian" design for $19,999. Baby grand piano? Check. Handmade kitchen stove? Check. Skylight and bay window? Check, and check.
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The Most Outrageous Playhouses For Kids
by Erin Clements
"Childhood is a precious and finite thing ... And a special playhouse is not the sort of thing you can put off until the economy gets better," Barbara Butler, a builder whose houses sell for $54,000 on average, told the Times.
And many of the subjects interviewed concur: One couple dropped nearly $248,000 on a treehouse and connected fortlike structure.
The Times rounded up several companies that offer myriad fantastical constructions for kids. We've taken a closer look at some of the most over-the-top that are on offer.
View the gallery above for some extreme posh kids' pads.
For more out of this world houses and buildings, check out Weirdest Buildings in the U.S. and Crooked Houses For Your Backyard.
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Barbara Butler's "Rosefield Cottage" boasts a hand-carved and stained exterior, real glass windows, electricity and a fully furnished interior.
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Did we mention there's patio furniture?
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La Petite Maison's most popular model features a wrap-around porch and loft. The house itself presumably costs much more, but for $195 you can buy its architectural plans.
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Artistically inclined tots will appreciate the mid-century modern design of Smart Playhouse's "Illinois" model.
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And finally, this elaborate structure from Posh Tots consists of a lookout tower, rock climbing walls, a clubhouse, "fortress bridge" and slide. The price? $122,730.
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