Toy Story: Mill Valley's ToyHouse Nears 6th Anniversary

​Nearly six years ago, Kristen House took the leap of a lifetime, opening a local toy store that sought to keep Mill Valley families shopping locally.

And while opening Toyhouse Mill Valley in June 2010 was House’s maiden voyage into the retail world – “It was all new territory for me, so there was a giant learning curve,” she says – she had just the right shop to emulate: Hopscotch Kids, the much-loved store that had a decade-long run in the 352 Miller Avenue space where Once Around is now.

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