Elin &Laila's Lexington

50% Playhouse, 50% Storage, 100% Sensible Solution

The parents say, “This divided barn fits perfectly in our yard, charms everyone who sees it, and is exactly what we had planned.”

A Half-and-Half Playhouse for Two Sisters 

In the American Girl movie, Grace, the title character travels to Paris with her mother and is delighted with a French bakery/café, the inspiration for Elin and Laila’s playhouse. For the girls’ parents, the idea of a playhouse competed with the need for a storage barn. They managed both by special ordering a divider wall in a Lexington, a model that also gave the girls a welcoming porch.

Transforming a storage barn into a French bakery took only a coat of paint, a few nostalgically aged furnishings, a tea set, two charming blackboard signs and a fertile imagination. When the girls outgrow the playhouse (not anytime soon!), all of the barn will become available for storage.