We bought her a "used" Barbie dream house to play with while with us on the weekends and she wanted one for home too! We couldn't see paying the high price for the plastic one when we could have this HUGE Kidkraft Shimmer Mansion Dollhouse made of much better materials for less and it is made to last!! It took us about 2 hours to put it together and fit nicely on a wall next to a smaller dollhouse we had gotten her 2 years ago (Kidkraft what else). She loves it.