Hope springs eternal

[hel_ana]

They're building an IKEA in Atlanta, scheduled to open in Summer 2005.

I've waited to be with Ross. I can wait for a drivable-to IKEA.

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[eve2007.livejournal.com]

Well I think there is one in Miami and that one is only 5 hours away. So......I think some of us need to save up some money, rent a truck and make an IKEA trek down to Miami one weekend.

Now, how cool would that be?! Tres cool

[hel_ana]

If there's one in Miami, the ikea-usa.com site does not list it. Atlanta isn't that much further away (7 hours, according to MapQuest) and so doing a group trip up isn't out of the question.

Though if we do manage to get one into Florida, Ross tells me that Miami will be the likeliest first store. It's my mission in life to spread the gospel, so that more people are willing to do the trip, and make it clear to the nice people at IKEA USA that there's a market in FL.

[eve2007.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I am surprised they haven't built one in the area. At least Orlando!

I have been to an IKEA only once and it was in Morocco of all places. I couldn't be dragged out of the store! It was very small though and was in a mall (of sorts). Still, they had awesome modular furniture and all kinds of nifty stuff.

[hel_ana]

IKEA is the best..

Of course, IKEA can also suck with the power of a thousand flaming suns... it's like that. I love it, but I also hate it -- they tend to discontinue things without warning, and it's not so much that they discontinue a piece.. but when you're collecting pieces in a modular set, and then poof, it's no longer for sale, well.... it makes you wonder if Don subcontracts out his hockey stick skills.

[eve2007.livejournal.com]

Hah! I know it.

All I have from IKEA is a hot pink shower curtain and a hot pink circular rug (trust me, it works). It was cheap and that is why I love them.

What I really hate is that what I want to order from their site, they won't allow mail order on it. Simple stupid things like blankets or curtains!

[hel_ana]

i've never tried to order from the website..

how do they deliver, then?

[eve2007.livejournal.com]

US postal or in your case canadian postal I suppose.
Oh wait, I got mine off of Ebay.

Still, you can order from their site, but the items are limited, that's all.

[lesliepear.livejournal.com]

We have 2 near us in NJ. One a 1/2 hour away. One 10 minutes away (newly built, closed on Sundays to comply with local blue laws).
My son's crib and changing table come from there :)

[hel_ana]

We have four within a hour of each other in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area).

The closest one to me (I don't actually live in the GTA) is about an hour away. The furthest is an hour and a half.

And they're all full, all the time. And there's one in Ottawa, which is about five hours away.

[lesliepear.livejournal.com]

The one that just opened near us in Parmus, NJ was packed when it opened. Alan (17 months) likes to play in the baby size ball basket they have :)

I think this is the furthest north, northeast US store, right at the cross roads of 2 major routes and across from a the largest mall in Nothern NJ, so they expected a lot of traffic

[angel-renewed.livejournal.com]

The store in Paramus is such a zoo. We were there on Saturday. You really have to make it an all-day outing :-P