When my oldest daughter was about 5 we bought a kit for a Colonial dollhouse that we remodeled into a Victorian style. The furniture was made from kits from a hobby store or hand made. Carpeting was velveteen or a soft corduroy glued to the floor. Hubby even put finishing touches of worn looking floor boards and porch steps, broken pieces of siding etc. to make it look lived in. She and second daughter played with it constantly. She is now 33 with a 3yr. old daughter {& two older boys}. I hope to get it refurbished for her by the time she turns 5.