A New IKEA Store With-A-Difference Is Opening In Australia

We are so excited. Australia is getting another IKEA! This time round, it’s going to be a ‘mini store’ that will offer IKEA lovers tailored design inspiration.

The new store will open on Sydney’s Northern Beaches in Westfield Warringah Mall during May this year.

This is going to be a completely different concept to the massive warehouse shopping experience that we are used to. This new outlet will be designed to be a ‘Home Planning Studio’ and will provide personalised consultations about a whole range of home design.

The spotlight will be on helping customers to create the perfect IKEA kitchen and bedroom and as reported in the Daily Mail, there will be plenty of staff on the floor to offer their tips.

Inspire

Just like the regular IKEA stores, there will be plenty of beautifully put-together rooms that will inspire the designer in all of us. The new shop will include a bedroom zone, a kitchen section and lots of storage solutions.

IKEA has not, at this stage, confirmed exactly what products the store will stock but we hope it will include their basic ranges as well as all their household paraphernalia.

I’m hoping there will be a cafe so we can pick up our favourite Swedish meatballs and grab their famous $1 hotdogs. And if they have their signature Småland, I’ll be one happy mum. PLEASE!!!

This new store is set to be a bit of an experiment for the Swedish mega-retailer and if successful, more concept stores will open around the country.

More IKEA’s To Open

CEO of the Swedish giant, Jan Gardberg has said previously there are plans to make IKEA’s online shopping easier and the company is also looking to move away from the massive warehouse-style stores.

‘We have more than 40 years of home furnishing experience here in Australia and we want to take that and transform that home furnishing knowledge into the virtual and electronic world also,’ Mr Gardberg told Canstar Blue.

There are currently 10 IKEA stores in Australia, with this number expected to grow to around 40 within the next 10 years.

Are you an IKEA fan? Do you have a store near you and how often do you go? Tell us in the comments below.

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35 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 17 Mar 2023
    11:28 am
I wish we had one near us.

- - mom93821 said
  - 16 Jun 2019
    5:56 am
I love shopping at Ikea for their food, furniture and home accessories.

- - serotonin said
  - 03 Jun 2019
    2:24 pm
I wish one would open up here in Country Vic. I have to travel half an hour to get to Big W or KMart and even Coles anyway, and would love to go to Ikea as well while I’m in the (small) city.

- - mom74005 said
  - 05 May 2019
    9:36 pm
It’s a good idea

- - mom101628 said
  - 25 Apr 2019
    10:22 pm
Might be a great place in the future – at present I am happy with what I have.

- - roseuponatime said
  - 09 Apr 2019
    8:22 pm
Great idea for a mini store but I go to ikea for the food too!

- - Kate Sander said
  - 07 Apr 2019
    3:09 pm
This store is too large so I think a mini version is a great idea. Bring it to other states too. Hope it works out well so they bring it here too.

- - mom183717 said
  - 06 Apr 2019
    2:08 pm
Ooooo I love this idea, how cool

- - becstalou said
  - 05 Apr 2019
    12:54 pm
I’ve only been once was way too busy for me.

- - P&M'smum said
  - 05 Apr 2019
    7:54 am
Used to love going to Ikea, though the drive & warehouse layout gets tiring with kids in tow. The new concept + more online shopping sounds promising.

- - nealsq said
  - 04 Apr 2019
    11:10 pm
I think I may have been once but obviously didn’t leave to much of a mark on my memory

- - mom19782016 said
  - 04 Apr 2019
    9:28 pm
More online stuff sounds promising!

- - BellaB said
  - 04 Apr 2019
    7:00 pm
I do like ikea but it’s such an expedition to get there.
- mom93821 replied
  
  17 Jun 2019 , 7:06 am
  It is a terrific store – shame it is such a trek for you.
- - joanne said
  - 04 Apr 2019
    5:22 pm
If only it was Melbourne hopefully it will come to Melbourne also

- - tessie said
  - 04 Apr 2019
    4:22 pm
I’ve only been to IKEA once and I felt so rushed to get in and get out. You couldn’t move. This new one sounds like a good idea but I live in WA so doesn’t really interest me

- - ella12 said
  - 04 Apr 2019
    3:59 pm
Great news for Sydneysiders. IKEA is not close to me but I’m not here or there about it.

- - mom90758 said
  - 04 Apr 2019
    2:05 pm
I love Ikea. It’s a pity it’s far away from where I live (around 80 km) but when I am in that area, I always go and explore it!!

- - Blossom said
  - 04 Apr 2019
    1:47 pm
A store concentrating on room design would be great, so much easier than trying to visualise what would be the most practical / fit the rooms the best and look nice. It helps if you can take the measurements of the room/s with you.

- - Ceebsa89 said
  - 04 Apr 2019
    1:12 pm
IKEA is great, it is annoying the inspiration section and the actual stuff section. Online click and collect would be just so much easier

- - sars_angelchik said
  - 04 Apr 2019
    9:04 am
Sounds like a great idea. I like the products but hate getting lost in there.