We have a kidkraft and it has held up great, and I actually enjoyed assembling it. It was a lot of pieces and bad instructions though. I would say if you've assembled an IKEA dresser without strife, you'll be okay. It's going to be 2-3x more annoying than assembling a Billy Bookcase.

I like that it has a toekick so stuff can't slide underneath it. Or I guess not as much stuff.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry to hijack but until what age did your kids play with these kitchens? DD is 4.5 and has the small Calico Critters/Woodzeez setups that she loves playing with. We’re on the fence getting a bigger toy due to space and not being sure how much longer it will get used.

Actually came here to ask the same thing. Most say 3+ but I could see a younger kid enjoying it too.

Yes definitely. 10m plus like opening cupboards and drawers, dumping things, moving things in and out, pretend eating and feeding.

Anonymous wrote:Sorry to hijack but until what age did your kids play with these kitchens? DD is 4.5 and has the small Calico Critters/Woodzeez setups that she loves playing with. We’re on the fence getting a bigger toy due to space and not being sure how much longer it will get used.

1.5 to 7-8 or so. Most of the time as an activity with other kids. I had ours in our actual kitchen/dining area, then they played with it while I was busy in there. I would think you still have some solid use time, though maybe they like helping you in your real kitchen just the same.

Anonymous wrote:There is only one answer here and it is IKEA

LoL except the other five or six answers that people have given here

Anonymous wrote:Sorry to hijack but until what age did your kids play with these kitchens? DD is 4.5 and has the small Calico Critters/Woodzeez setups that she loves playing with. We’re on the fence getting a bigger toy due to space and not being sure how much longer it will get used.

Actually came here to ask the same thing. Most say 3+ but I could see a younger kid enjoying it too.

My main piece of advice about a play kitchen is to try to get one secondhand. Why? It's is worth the imperfections to NOT HAVE TO ASSEMBLE the dumb thing. We got one from a friend, and yes it had some bumps on it already, but my 2 year old didn't notice. And we saved HOURS of time not needing to put it together ourselves.

Put an alert on facebook marketplace / go to a yard sale this weekend and grab any that are under like $20. There are so many floating around that you're sure to find one.

We have a Melissa and Doug that grandparents got for kid's 3rd bday. It's great and still going strong after two moves and approaching the 8th bday (still plays with it too!).

Sorry to hijack but until what age did your kids play with these kitchens? DD is 4.5 and has the small Calico Critters/Woodzeez setups that she loves playing with. We’re on the fence getting a bigger toy due to space and not being sure how much longer it will get used.

Anonymous wrote:My kids had the Step2 lifestyle deluxe kitchen. Not sure if they still make it, but it was fabulous and blended in with our house well. Lots of kids would play at it at once.

The thing I don't like about wood play kitchens is all the banging around, I find them so much noisier than good quality plastic ones.

This looks bigger than my actual kitchen.
I can see kids having fun with it!

My kids had the Step2 lifestyle deluxe kitchen. Not sure if they still make it, but it was fabulous and blended in with our house well. Lots of kids would play at it at once.

The thing I don't like about wood play kitchens is all the banging around, I find them so much noisier than good quality plastic ones.

I meant a Little tykes Food truck

We have a little tykes for truck. I like it because it leads to other pretend play like a restaurant or driving places. It's also easily portable. One dowmfall is that because it's tiny play food needs to be strored elsewhere. We have a little cart for that.

Anonymous wrote:There is only one answer here and it is IKEA

This.

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Anonymous wrote:The IKEA one is by far the best.

Also happy with our IKEA one

Yes, the Ikea one!