I came out of the shower this morning to hear LD calling out to me with excitement. She had just received a text message from our friend Mandy. She could not stop screaming! Mandy had texted her that IKEA was finally coming to Kansas City! I went from happiness to disbelief, thinking that Mandy was just pulling our leg. I asked where it was going to be built, and she texted Mandy to ask. I could not believe my ears when she told me it was going to be built in Merriam right off Johnson Drive and I-35. As in 3 miles from our home!
Do you think it is possible that IKEA executives might have actually read our blog? Back in March 2009, I wrote about two potential great locations in Merriam for an IKEA. Check this blog entry out:
My Selfish Idea = Bring IKEA to Merriam!! They actually selected one of my two suggested locations, a Toyota dealership beat them to the other one. I think IKEA owes us a finders fee, or an invitation to the grand opening.
The weirdest thing is that we had actually scheduled a trip to IKEA this weekend (Minnesota), but ended up postponing it for later in October. Now if we could only bring a CB2 and a Room and Board Outlet to Kansas City, we wouldn't have to go on that 8 hour trek! I meant to edit this post to add REI to my wishes, but then today LD told me that REI was coming! I don't know how I missed that announcement.
Here is an artist's rendition of the new IKEA, scheduled to open Fall 2014:
We can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And if somebody is looking for a house only 2 miles from IKEA, check out our previous post below.
