Ikea

Today I went with Mum and Dad to the new Ikea store in Innaloo. You could see the store from so far away, with it's giant yellow lettering. The store has two levels and is the biggest shop in WA. We walked in the entrance and I recognised the giant love heart pillow that John had got me for Valentine's Day. There were hundreds and they could be found all over the store.

What I liked about this new Ikea was that they had a lot more displays and even had mini "houses" that you could walk through. We looked at TV cabinets, but didn't really find one that was right. We looked at chest of drawers for Stephen, because the one he has is so old. We found one we liked and wrote down the section we could find it in the big warehouse.

The children's section was so bright and colourful. We looked around there for awhile because we had to look for a present for my cousin's baby daughter Samantha. There were toys, furniture and colouring supplies everywhere. We ended up getting her a clothes basket, which had a turtle on top and a blue toy elephant.

The arrows guided us to where the canteen was. It was huge. We grabbed three glasses, a custard and fruit tard, plus two chocolate muffins and went to pay for them. The drinks you had to go make yourself (self serve), using the machines. They only cost $1.95 and you could go get delicious refills. I ended up making an Earl Grey tea, but I didn't like it, so once Dad finished his cappuccino, he went and made me one. We had to clear the tables ourself and put our trays on a rack, which is ok, because they say that because they don't have to do it, they save money and we save money too.

I went to the bathroom and when I came back, there was a window looking over the warehouse. It was the like the size of Bunnings. It was an amazing sight seeing all of the shelves with boxes of furniture, ready for people to take home and put it together themselves (saving money again!).

We walked downstairs where they had all loose bits and pieces for your kitchen, bathroom, lounge room etc. We ended up grabbing a few items and kept following the arrows until we reached the entrance of the warehouse. We wheeled our trolley to our section. We looked on the shelves but we couldn't see the right one. Turns out them put it at the end of the aisle.

There were so many checkouts, so we didn't need to wait in line at all.
They also have giant lifts so you can put your trolley into them to get to the ground floor.
The thing we didn't like was that you couldn't take your trolley any farther than 10 metres from the store as it was blocked off. You can get someone to carry your furniture to your car, but Dad carried it anyway.

I can't wait to get my own house and then go to Ikea to furnish it!