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Wretched Excess Dept.: Over-the-Top Playhouses That Cost More Than A real House
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I must confess, I am in love with SmartPlayhouse's miniature versions of modern classics, like this Kyoto model. But it somehow seems wrong, in this time when so many people have lost their houses, for the very rich to be spending up to a quarter of a million dollars on playhouses for their kids. Even the owner of a $50K playhouse acknowledges it in theRead the full story on TreeHugger
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