Buttercup Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Hi We have some money to revamp our home corner as the units are falling to bits. Had a quick look through some books but everything looks like it will last two minutes (like most things these days). Has anyone recently bought any units for their home corner? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizzy Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 sorry we havent brought any recently, but have a very robust little tikes one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 I really like the wooden ones - is it Galt has those? seen some somewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 We have the Galt units or at least some form of them. Two warnings - they came flatpacked so screwdriver at the ready and they are not as robust as we thought they would be. The "wood" on ours seems to be mostly MDF so a quick swing too far on the door and it pushes back on its hinge and breaks off. I prefer the look of wood but I do think Little Tykes type stuff might be more up to the job. Plus after being kept in our horrible cupboards they could be cleaned better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Hello Although expensive - I would always recommend Community Playthings - their items are extreemly well made of real wood. You have to look REALLY carefully at the full description in catalogues of items you want to be real wood, even to the extent of phoning and checking (I know it takes ages to get through to them!) because often the description says "wooden kitchen" when in fact it either has a thin wooden veneer of wood over chipboard (which can chip off) or as mentioned previously, is made from MDF (which is not designed to withstand a lot of water) - I've learnt this through experience of a Galt kitchen, I'm afraid their quality is not what it used to be - I've sent back a wooden garage which very quickly fell apart, and a wooden kitchen which was MDF and of a poor quality (and you don't want to know how long the return procedure took!) I must add however, in fairness, we did eventually get a replacement from Galt which is wood and so far is withstanding much use. Good luck Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlettangel Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Our home conrer stuff is made from real wood. It is at least 12 and a hlaf years old, but was there before I arrived so add on a couple more years........ However I don't know where it came from so I suppose this isn't very helpful unless its to say that it would be worth investing in real wood. As for community play things whist expensive, we have always found their stuff to be very good quality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacquieL Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 I can vouch for Community Playthings as their stuff is really good quality and lasts forever. The down-side is the cost as it is very expensive. http://www.communityplaythings.co.uk/produ...play/index.html dream on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buttercup Posted June 26, 2009 Author Share Posted June 26, 2009 thankyou not sure I like the style of the ones on community playthings. will keep looking. buttercup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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