Some local excitement
Sun, 4 Dec 2011Yesterday afternoon I should have been studying French, finishing up my Christmas shopping or doing some laundry. Instead, I went to Ikea. And why is this exciting (according to the title of this post)? I am fortunate to live in a city that has had an Ikea for as long as I can remember. The only problem is it was SMALL. Trips to Ikea were successful if you were able to pick up half the items on your list (and of which the large items you had to drive a few minutes down the road to a second warehouse to pick up). Very frustrating. Yesterday was the soft opening (to friends and family) of the LARGEST IKEA IN CANADA - here in Ottawa! A very kind reader of ours named Erica, a kitchen designer at Ikea, sent me an invite so my husband and I went to check it out. It is HUGE - triple the size of the old store, which only had about 15 decorated showrooms, and now has 55. The restaurant holds 640 people and serves booze! Other reasons why I am excited - I finally got to see a Docksta table in person. (The old store has NEVER carried it). And about 10-15 years ago the old store decided to stop selling fabric. Now Jo doesn't have to ship me some from Australia. The store officially opens on Wednesday and I guarantee it will be insane.
Reader Comments (27)
Kim - I've been coming to Ottawa for work since July (you gave me the original recommendation for the Arc Hotel)... and watching the IKEA progress as I drive up the freeway to our jobsite. Funny - I KNEW I could count on a posting from you to let me know when it was finally open. My next trip is in January and I might just need to stop by for a nice plate of meatballs!! :)
I´m from Argentina. I want IKEA in Buenos Aires!!!