Custom Playhouses,
Make-A-Wish of Minnesota would like to thank you for donating the
children's Adirondack loveseat and chair and the absolutely beautiful
clothes trunk for our annual dinner/auction this past May 2001. From all
of us at Make-A-Wish, on behalf of the children and their family and
friends who share the joy of each wish becoming a reality, thank you.
And, a special thank you also for your generosity and assistance
throughout the year.
Sincerely,
Judy
Make-A-Wish of MN
Custom
Playhouses,
We don't even know how to begin to thank you for everything that you
have done. Your generosity and desire to work with Make-A-Wish, your
beautiful craftsmanship and attention to detail, and your obvious caring
for the children and their families. Chris (and all the neighborhood
kids) have been thrilled and practically living out in the playhouse.
Everyone loves our "little cabin in the woods." We had a wonderful
celebration of the playhouses arrival and Chris' completing chemo last
weekend. Thank you for your caring and for your beautiful work.
Sincerely,
Don and Sally
Minnesota
Thank you for the
playhouse it is very fun to play in.
You do a very nice job of building them.
My friends and I think it is neat and are using it all the time.
Thank you,
Chris
Minnesota
To all the people
at Custom Playhouses who made my beautiful playhouse,
Thank you from the
bottom of my heart, you have made my wish come true!
Jennifer
California
Dear Custom Playhouses,
I am so thrilled with my garden cottage. I am very anxious for my
husband and Dad to finish the interior.
You did a beautiful job - a real craftsman.
Pam
Minnesota
Dear Custom Playhouses,
We have owned our playhouse for over a year now. Our family and friends
have enjoyed spending time in and around our other small home!! Everyone
at Custom Playhouses is very wonderful! Delivery went so great - I think
it's the best purchase we ever made as a family. I will always recommend
Custom Playhouses!
Love,
Carol and Ashley
Minnesota
Dear Custom Playhouses,
Thank you so much for the wonderful playhouse you
created just for us with the Swedish flair. The grandchildren are loving
it and so are we. We enjoyed so much working with you.
Loudly,
The Larson's
Minnesota
Dear Custom Playhouses,
We purchased the Princess Cottage model playhouse for two of our
granddaughters. They really love it. When it was delivered and
assembled, one of them said, "This is the best day of my life!"
Peterson's
Minnesota
Dear Custom Playhouses,
We purchased a Custom Playhouse to use as
part of our Home and Garden Show exhibit promoting Home Loans. The kids
were drawn to the playhouse, which brought the parents over. Not only
did it help us with our marketing, but afterward we donated the house to
a United Way daycare in our community. The kids and teachers were
thrilled.
Boone County National Bank
Missouri
 Dear
Custom Playhouses,
"Abby Sue's Hus!" our granddaughter says, as she runs to play in
her Custom Playhouse when she visits us. At 22 months, her dollies and
dishes are playhouse favorites. We couldn't be MORE PLEASED with our
purchase. Custom Playhouses creates a top quality playhouse that will
create happy memories for years to come!
The Carlson's
Minnesota
Dear Custom Playhouses,
The playhouse that we purchased from your company was auctioned off
to the highest bidder with proceeds benefiting the Transplant Team of
the National Capital Area. The Transplant Team will be attending and
participating in the 2002 transplant games in Orlando, FL. Thank you for
helping make their dreams come true!
National Kidney Foundation of the National Capital Area, INC.
Washington, DC
 Dear Custom
Playhouses,
The playhouse is fantastic - the children use it constantly for VERY
creative play! Ordering and delivery were made much easier by the
helpfulness of the CPH staff!
Ellen & Tim
Ryan, Emily and Sarah
Virginia
When we first contacted Custom Playhouses, my dream was to see my little
3
year old daughter spend hours playing "house" with her dollies and
stuffed
animals!!! Well to my surprise, she has held the roll of "the pizza
delivery man", "a commander of a spaceship", " the mailman",
 and
"the head
cook at the playhouse restaurant specializing in cranberry and leaf
sandwiches" . The imagination and creativity that my daughter and her
little friends dream up while playing in her "cottage" is indescribable.
It brings tears to my eyes, as I know each memory created will be
cherished.
There will be topics of conversation years into the future when
she returns back home from college some day and we reminisce at the
thanksgiving table about her
childhood!! Even her 2 teenage cousins play with her in the house when
they visit - they love the "real lights, doorbell and mailbox". We are
so grateful to Custom Playhouses for their endless patience with the
details we wanted to add as the project progressed and for the true
partnership we had throughout the construction process!! We were just
blessed with a bouncing baby boy in early November - and my husband is
already dreaming
about adding a " fire station playhouse " to the backyard!!!
The Boyer's
Minnesota
 Everyone
loved the house! They couldn't believe I found you on the internet and
that the price was reasonable! It was fairly easy to put together and we
had a great time
 painting
and decorating it. We were also able to do things to it like drill holes
to put the lights up. I would have loved to have had the porch, but we
didn't have the space for it.
Stefanie
Marketing Coordinator
Astoria Homes
Las Vegas
Custom Playhouses,
My playhouse is wonderful. It is everything I dreamed of and more. The
construction, quality and details are superior. I had been looking f or
someone to build my playhouse for three years. I had done a lot of
research and inquiries and never found the quality, size and details
that you provided. This was all very important to me because I knew
I was going to use and enjoy it as well. It is my favorite cozy & quiet
hideaway to read. I curl up on my chaise lounge, window open with a
breeze and listen to the birds or play music. Having electricity gives
me many options as well as during the Christmas season we hang Christmas
lights & change flowers in the flower boxes to Poinsettias. It is so
adorable!
It has been a joy working with you. Construction of any kind can usually
be stressful and nerve wracking! You are so easy to work with and talk
out ideas with, this was a fun and exciting project. You communicated
well with me on the progress and were very receptive to my ideas. You
are very pleasant people and I really enjoyed our laughs and
conversations we had together!
Thank you, All the Best,
Karen
Maple Grove, Minnesota
Thank you so much for the playhouse. Me and my friends have so much fun
playing in it. Our favorite things to play is house, Valley fair, school
and with our dolls. I bring my kitten Lilly out there and play with her
too.
Love,
Nicole
Our Playhouse is really neat. My favorite thing to do is get my friends
lots of snacks, Kool-aid and board games. We have a lot of fun eating,
laughing and playing games.
When my cousin Ava comes over, she always wants to have a tea party in
the playhouse.
Sincerely,
Grant
The kids love it and I love it as well! The kids spent all last week
playing in and around the playhouse. You do great work! The house is
great quality and I'm sure that someday my grandchildren will enjoy the
playhouse as much as my kids do now.
Take Care,
Dave
Northern, CA
We enjoy the beautiful playhouse. The children
 check
the mailbox often. Men seem more impressed even than the women who have
seen it. The only negative (if you can call it that) is it should be
bigger. The children use it for "school" as well as play. A
representative from a local deck company said "very impressive, cute,
lots of work went into it, it's the cutest" are some of his comments. It
really adds to the view, we are really enjoying it. A neighbor made
covers for the pillows. We painted the upper interior pink and
wallpapered the lower portion. It's fun having over other children.
The Nestl's
Minnesota
 Hey,
we are so excited!!!
Thank you
for all that you have done.
You have
been a pleasure to work with!!!!!!!!!
 Amazing!!
The best present for the whole family!! Exceeded our
expectations...I could go on and on... Thank you for a smooth delivery
process and putting it together was not a problem (with some great
helpers of course). Here are some pictures that are not too great of
Blair and her cousin, Kaylee...I will get better ones soon and send them
to you.
Thank you!!
Hillary
Texas
 The kids love they're new playhouse and play deck they won't come in
the house. they want to sleep out in their playhouse every
night. Grandpa purchased this for our children as a Christmas present.
It is by far the best present they have ever received. Working with
Custom Playhouses with the design for the deck and all the equipment was
so easy. From the beginning to the delivery we had no problems,
everything was as they stated. The design staff have such great ideas.
The quality of the playhouse and play deck exceeded our expectations.
Thank you Custom Playhouses!
Florida
Well,
the playhouse has been a very big hit already! My kids were quite
surprised to see it when they got home yesterday, and the 2 younger
ones spent most of today out there (plus they’ve already planned
several sleepovers to break it in). Just wanted to let you know how
impressed we are with it – it’s even better than the online pictures!
I was also really impressed with the delivery guys – it was
fascinating to see how they unloaded that heavy playhouse. (I was
sorry it was so terribly hot for them though…hope they weren’t too
worn out.)
Thanks
again – we are really happy with the playhouse!
Carolyn
Riley's Cottage
Irvine, CA
I sent you some pix of the crane moving the
house into our yard. It was pretty cool to watch. I'll send you some
more once we get the fort moved out of the way and get some flowers
landscaped around it with the kids out front. Will probably be the end
of next week
Thanks - the house looks great!
Cindy
We all wanted to Thank you for Samantha's beautiful
playhouse.
You really do make dreams come true. We never imagined
the playhouse would be so breathtaking.
Your craftsmanship is so evident in every detail.
we all will be enjoying this house for years to come.
It was a pleasure getting to know the Custom Playhouses
family. You all work so well together. You really do love what you do.
Samantha loves to have tea with mommy in the morning.
She even "mailed" me a cup of tea.
It's a Dream Come True.
Thank you!
Sincerely,
Karen, Aaron & Samantha
Girl
with cancer gets special playhouse
09:12 AM CDT on Friday, August 26, 2005
By
DEBORAH FLECK / The Dallas Morning News
 The
day before Ashlyn Foss' seventh birthday was not a happy one. It was
the day she found out she had leukemia. For almost two years, the
Irving girl has battled the disease with daily chemotherapy.
The third-grader at
The Highlands School in Irving had a big reason to smile Saturday. The
8-year-old received the house of her dreams - a yellow and purple Cape
Cod-style playhouse, complete with a loft and a patio. The Make-A-Wish
Foundation of North Texas granted her wish, its 300th this year.
"This is the most wishes we have granted in a
year," said Charisse Brown of the foundation. "Last year, we granted
261 wishes." The foundation's fiscal year runs from September through
August. The wish also is the foundation's 2,500th granted since the
Texas chapter was founded in 1982. The nonprofit organization will
move from Dallas into new headquarters in North Irving in October.
Ashlyn (in
the pink dress) enjoys her first day in her new
playhouse
 "Children
will be able to come to our headquarters to make their wish," said
Erin Michel, a foundation development officer. She noted that the
office would have an interactive Wishing Tower that lights up with the
children's favorite color when they make a wish.
The foundation grants four types of wishes: I
wish to go, I wish to have, I wish to be and I wish to meet. Families
can recommend their children for the program. Doctors also offer names
in hopes of cheering up their young patients facing life-threatening
medical conditions.
Someone at Children's Medical Center Dallas,
where Ashlyn receives care, recommended her, said her father, Gary
Foss. "She was approved for a wish and then went online to make her
wish." He said she drew her plans for a playhouse, and the foundation
did the rest. The custom-made house was shipped in pieces from a
Minnesota company.
A crew of volunteers from McCarthy Building Co.,
led by project engineer Nate Krisko, put the house together. The
employee-owned company is involved in community service on a national
level as well, said vice president Chris Peck. Aside from the
Make-A-Wish Foundation, the company helps with Habitat for Humanity. "Ashlyn's
house is our first minihouse," he said. But it doesn't seem mini to
Ashlyn or her sister, Mariah, 2. "They never expected anything so big
and so wonderful," their father said. "I really like it," Ashlyn said,
adding that her favorite part is the loft.
She furnished her house with a small table and
chairs. Then she, her sister and their friends gathered inside for a
pizza party. Ashlyn kept smiling all afternoon. Her wish came true.
Her parents are hoping their wish also comes true. With about six
months of treatment to go, they hope their daughter will be cured.
"We have great doctors treating her," Mr. Foss
said. "And with so many advances in treatment, the cure rate is now
about 84 percent, much better than what it used to be."
They want Ashlyn to enjoy her dream house for a
very long time.
The Make-A-Wish Foundation of
North Texas grants wishes to children
with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human
experience with hope, strength and joy.
Thank you for your help with this
darling playhouse.
Berta
I
hope you can see how
beautiful this bed has turned out. We all love it, and Aiden thinks
it is
the coolest bed he has ever seen! (Everyone who sees it agrees!)
Recently
I have been giving your website out to friends of ours who may want to
have
a bed made too. Thanks again for the coolest piece of furniture in
the
house!
Aiden, Laura, and Ryan
CA
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Everyone at Custom Playhouses,
