Bespoke Children’s Playhouses & Wendy Houses

Custom-Made Children’s Playhouses & Wendy Houses

Every young child loves to pretend being a grown-up and what better place to play house than in their own playhouse? Flights of Fantasy create custom made, luxury playhouses and Wendy houses to excite and inspire. Whether they are preparing a fantasy banquet in the kitchen or playing at mummies and daddies, the world of make believe comes to life in our elegant children’s playhouses that can be passed from one generation to the next. For the most incredible and enchanting gift imaginable, a playhouse by Flights of Fantasy is a lasting family treasure. Flights of Fantasy itself was born from a children’s playhouse when Russell Bowlby, the founder of the company, hand made the first Tudor Playhouse for the eldest of his four sons, enjoyed by each of his following children.

Quality and safety are at the heart of everything we do.

We work with you to design the perfect custom made playhouse. For inspiration, see the playhouses we have already created.

Our full service includes planning, delivery, and installation. With decades of experience, you won’t have to worry about a thing.

Our bespoke Wendy houses and playhouses are of an incredible quality. Only the finest craftsmanship will do.  

True-To-Life Replica Landmarks

We love having a theme to follow with our creations and because everything we construct is custom made, we can recreate famous landmarks or buildings, and even replicate your home in small scale – something we’re asked to do very often. When we make a replica playhouse, our aim is not to make an exact clone, but to create an engaging piece of play apparatus that captures the features of the main structure so that it is recognisable to our clients. Below is a small selection of our miniature-replica themed playhouses along with the original structures, but you can also look at our replica landmark page and our play trains page, where each piece of play apparatus is based upon a real, larger structure.

Quality and Durability

Construction And Detail

Each playhouse that we design and build is designed to last a lifetime with appropriate maintenance. The fact that we used the original Tudor House at the Chelsea Flower Show almost two decades after it was built is an excellent example of this. Detail is everything and nothing is too much to ask. We can include  include fully functioning windows and tiled roofing, install full interiors that include a fully fitted kitchen (with working taps and cooking facilities), add heating and insulation, and even create your own custom built furniture. Read more about timber durability here.

Enjoyed All Year Round

Because our wooden playhouses can be customised to have lighting, insulation, and heating, the quality is far superior to that of other playhouse companies. Cool in the summer and warm in the winter, our playhouses can be used year round. You can kit out your playhouse to be as comfortable and hardy as your house and we have installed playhouses in areas of extreme weather, including the Swiss Alps where temperatures are sub-zero for multiple months of the year and everything is covered in snow.

30 Years: Standing Up To The Test Of Time

We pride ourselves on making high quality, durable play equipment that stands up to the test of time. As the original Tudor House was our first ever creation, there is no better way to do this than to look at this playhouse and see how it has fared. The first photo, below, was taken when the playhouse was around fifteen years old. It had been sitting at the bottom of the garden, with almost no maintenance, for all of this time. As you can see, lichen has started to grow on the paint and the roof shows sign of age, but structurally it was sound. The second photo (where the playhouse looks like new) was actually taken around a decade later, when the playhouse was nearly thirty years old. We spent a couple of days touching it up for aesthetics, resulting in a playhouse that was like new. We are extremely proud of this and make all of our products to the same, high quality.

Optional Accessories

Internal Fittings

Imagine the look of delight on your children’s faces as they discover what lies within their wonderful new playhouse: A fully fitted kitchen, feature fire place, an ornate staircase crafted from solid oak, dining table and chairs, folding beds or bunk beds, a built in television, and handmade curtains. These luxury playhouses really are a home from home that your children will never want to leave. Whatever customisations you want in your playhouse can be realised by our bespoke design services and years of experience. Below you will see some examples of our interiors.

External Features

Let your imagination run into overdrive when considering the features for your bespoke playhouse or get your kids involved in helping with ideas for designs. How about a porch with wooden benches and chairs? Or winding stairways and a choice of exits to create intriguing hidden hideaways? We can even build French doors to allow more light into the playhouse. A wooden balcony or veranda can be built into the upper level to give children more space to play or why not add towers and turrets for a more fairy tale style playhouse?

Any customisation, inside or out, is possible, so please don’t be afraid to try something new. As craftsmen with decades of experience, we can incorporate any feature into, or outside of, your playhouse. Please take a look at our past creations for more inspiration.

Materials

All our playhouses are made from traditional hardwood materials that are built to last, such as FSC® European oak, FSC® Latvian plywood, FSC® redwood pine, FSC® whitewood pine, and FSC® cedar. All playhouse timber is sourced from sustainable and managed forests.

Read more about our commitment to environmental sustainability here. Read more about our UK oak supply here. Read more about timber durability here.

Play Accessories

There is no limit to the play equipment that can be included. Memories really are made from wondrous play accessories built into your bespoke garden playhouse and we can work with you on any ideas you might have.

The possibilities really are endless, but please take a look at our play equipment portfolio as any piece can be incorporated into your design.

Ordering Your Playhouse

We want ordering one of our playhouses to be as enjoyable and exciting as the playhouse itself.

Planning, design, and installation are all part of the service that we offer. Typically the process works in the following way:

Tell us a little about what you might like, and any ideas or thoughts you might already have. Russell, our founder and designer, will then be in touch to talk about your idea and arrange a personal visit, where necessary.

You’ll receive a drawn plan, written proposal, and a fixed price quote for the project, along with any recommendations for design and materials. This is when we will finalise the design and tailor it perfectly to your needs.

When you are happy with the proposal, construction begins. While we make your playhouse we’ll send you pictures and updates in advance of when we deliver and install it, keeping you in the loop throughout the design process.

Tell us about your dream playhouse and we’ll make it a reality!

A Family Treasure

We like to think of our playhouses as family heirlooms and due to their durable construction, they’ll last many decades with the correct care. We provide a complete handover package and we’re always available to talk to you about maintenance or answer any questions you might have about looking after your new playhouse.

As families grow and change, so too can your playhouse, and we can make alterations to keep up with your needs, whether by modification or intelligent design at the planning stage. We can also make minor changes, such as redecorating and repositioning or re-location should you move home. We also offer a re-sale service so that should you ever wish to sell your playhouse, we can help find a buyer and handle the relocation completely. It couldn’t be easier.

Our Previous Playhouses

Click to browse some of our previous creations for inspiration.

Swiss Chalet

Weighing in at over ten tonnes, this huge replica playhouse has an extensive interior and now resides in the French Alps.

Tudor Cottage

Charismatic and quaint, this is the playhouse that started the company. Due to its popularity, we have now recreated it multiple times.

Walnut Cottage

Built for a private client in the UK, this two storey playhouse incorporates two entirely different exteriors to make it visually appealing.

 

Elm House

With two storeys and three entrances / exits, this traditional playhouse design has lots to offer for children of all ages.

Moat House

Built to look old, it took a lot of ingenuity to locate this playhouse, involving a challenging traverse of a narrow bridge over a moat.

Rapunzel’s Dreamhouse

Fantasy themed to capture the imagination of children and adults alike, this playhouse lets children become real life princes and princesses.

 

Snowre Hall

Themed on a characterful house in Norfolk, this early design features a thatch roof and was exhibited at Chelsea Flower Show.

Ariana

Following a traditional, rustic theme, this two storey playhouse fits elegantly into a small space at the bottom of a leafy garden.

Magdalenka House

Based upon a larger structure, this playhouse is located in Poland and we drove it all the way there from the UK in under two days.

 

Miniature Play Village

Incorporating two playhouses into the design, this private play area includes lots of climbing apparatus, offering huge play potential.

Woodsman’s Cottage

Featuring two storeys, this garden playhouse is one of our larger designs and offers lots of space to move around inside the structure.

Little Lodge

Based upon the real house of the garden it sits in, this miniature replica allows the children to have their own house, just like their parents.

 

The Secret Garden

A raised playhouse (almost a tree house) is the centrepiece in this garden adventure play area that also incorporates a rope bridge.

Hatfield House

This expansive, adventure play area features a two storey Replica of the real Hatfield House as an engaging and attractive centrepiece.

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Playhouse Interior Design

Our playhouse interior can be as comfortable (if not more so) than a house! Many of our playhouses are fully insulated with full heating and electrics, and we have also incorporated cooking facilities, running water, and other customisations into certain designs. Whatever you want inside your playhouse, we can provide, having decades of experience working in renovation where we built actual houses. Below are some of our playhouse interiors to get your creative juices flowing and give you some ideas.