I want to get my kids a play kitchen for Christmas this year. My daughter will be 27 months and my son will be 11 months. I have loved the pottery barn kids ones for years, so pretty but so much $$$. Has anyone had experience getting these from PBK? Was it worth it? Do they ever go on sale? I want one of the two shown.
wonderful pea / 17279 posts
I love the style of the gray, buy that pot rack on the white one is adorable.
watermelon / 14467 posts
Those are absolutely gorgeous! I don't have any experience with them, but we have this one for our two-year-old and she loves it: http://www.amazon.com/Hape-My-Creative-Cookery-Club/dp/B000A6L6WK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1445606352&sr=8-3&keywords=hape+play+kitchen
coconut / 8472 posts
We have this one: http://www.kidkraft.com/toys-and-playsets/kitchens/kitchens/53173
I really really love the look of the PBK ones, but I couldn't really justify how much more they are than other wood ones.
nectarine / 2086 posts
Do you have an IKEA near you? I see lots of IKEA play kitchen hacks on Pinterest where ppl give them cool paint jobs and replace hardware. 
pomegranate / 3863 posts
If you can afford it, go for it! I'm sure it's worth it, PBK quality is usually really good, except for their monogramming.
We bought the same one as @ShootingStar in navy and for $125.00, I feel like we definitely got our moneys worth.
hostess / papaya / 10540 posts
Dying over that Chelsea one! I just got an espresso colored one off amazon by kidkraft. It has held up well in the 4 years we've had it.
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
@JCCovi: we have the red retro kitchen and the quality is nice. My kids didn't really enjoy playing with the kitchen set until I bought appliances that made noise and cooking tools/accessories. The kitchen doesn't get as much action as I expected and I'm actually thinking about getting rid of it next year. Kids are 4.5 and 3 in December.
cherry / 157 posts
There are a couple of the cute Kidkraft kitchens on Zulily today for $125, navy and turquoise.
http://www.zulily.com/e/toys-from-santa-154056.html
The Ikea one is really great if you like painting furniture and want to personalize.
grapefruit / 4545 posts
@JCCovi: I got DD the PBK retro kitchen last year (3 separate pieces) and am so impressed with it. It was not cheap but I did end up getting a 20% off coupon and was able to stack it with a no shipping surcharge promo. I ended up paying about $500 for all three pieces. You can check PB outlets too - I called ours and they were happy to tell me what they had in stock and fine with 24 hour holds...unfortunately they only had pink and I wanted red so it was gender neutral.
They are very sturdy - I think more so than the kid kraft and IKEA ones I have seen in person. But then again, that can be how well the person builds it. Which brings me to my last point...set aside time to build it! All three probably took me 5 hours to assemble...thank god I didnt start on Christmas eve!
nectarine / 2636 posts
Our friends have the pbk white kitchen set. It is really good quality and we go to their house every week with other families and it has held up really well from what I can tell. It gets played with constantly while we are there. They are super cute too!
grapefruit / 4584 posts
@ShootingStar: are you finding your kitchen to be big enough as the kids grow? I love the kidkraft vintage kitchen, but I'm worried it'll seem way too small for my 3 year old and 1.5 year old.
coconut / 8472 posts
@PinkElephant: Well DS is only going to be 2 next month. So far it's fine but IDK about the future. Are there other ones that are bigger/taller?
grapefruit / 4584 posts
@ShootingStar: there are, but the style isn't quite as cute, IMO. Thanks for replying
kiwi / 705 posts
Thanks everyone! I went to PBK today to check them out and they are so darn cute! Now I just need to keep my eye out for sales! The lady at the store said I could get 10% off if I make a registry and use he completion discount. I think I'm going to make a random Halloween registry and do that plus probably sign up for their credit card since it's such a big purchase!
grapefruit / 4545 posts
@JCCovi: Do you have an outlet nearby? You can always try them...
We use a PB card as well for the points back - it ends up being another 5% "off" I think...
apricot / 371 posts
@JCCovi: If you put stuff in your PB KIDS cart (linked to your e-mail) you will get coupon codes CONSTANTLY. Usually 15% off running all the time, occasional 20% off ones.
grapefruit / 4545 posts
ditto what @ksnow: said - I find it creepy that they know I have unpurchased items in there!!!
cantaloupe / 6171 posts
We were gifted the retro kitchen for my daughter's first bday (except in pink 
) and it's held up fantastically for the past 6/almost 7 months so far! the only problem is that the little dials are really hard for lo to turn herself (almost 19 motnhs)--that's the only design flaw I've noticed
kiwi / 705 posts
I'm leaning retro although I did see they have an adorable doll sized version of the Chelsea!
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