PLAY: Modular Houses from Play Modern

Sometimes it's the simplest ideas that seem to work the best. Inspired by their children's play with cardboard boxes, Kansas-based parents Kimball and Laura Hales set to work designing a play house that would give all the fun of a cardboard box, but offer more permanence. The result was a group of large flat wooden pieces that fit together in various configurations, allowing flexibility and change when a new structure is desired. Houses can be made as simply as a four-sided cube, or as complex as a two-story bunk bed! Right now they are working on a sandbox and a slide that will click in with the playhouse, as well as a modular kitchen.