Hoorayy IKEA is in Town!

Feels so happy these days, because IKEA has opened a store in my country! Hoorayy!! :D

IKEA Alam Sutra, Tangerang

The location is nearby my hometown, so I'm quite excited because I can visit the store anytime. Last week I came to the store to look around for the first time, and everything looks exactly the same like the stores I've visited in Singapore. But sadly, some of the furniture prices are higher than in other countries. :(((((  Don't know why, maybe due to the bureaucracy and the taxes here are quite tough so they have to increase the prices. *tears*

But anyway, it was really fun in my first visit there. I enjoy every showroom that they arranged so I can imagine how it looks like to have the furniture in my own house. Even though I didn't shop that much, but it's quite fun to be there. And I feel like having an exercise from afternoon to evening since the area is quite big to walk around. I might loose a lot of calories. :D I came there on Monday to avoid the crowd, I heard from my sister that there was a very long queue just to get into the store in the last weekend. Ouuwhh.... =/

Luckily I didn't have to wrestle among the crowds so I could enjoy every inch of display showrooms. Hohohoo... ^^ In the middle of my trip along the showrooms, me & my sister met my sister's ex-colleague. He worked in IKEA so he voluntarily gave us a short tour to the showrooms plus giving us an interactive explanation of every design item there. We're quite enthusiastic having a 'design tour' together, since the three of us having the same design background so we're like 'clicked' to every conversation. :D

On the last tour, we had a dinner together. I was a bit hesitated to pick the meal, because I'm not sure whether it's halal or not. Because there were no halal certified logo anywhere, and all the menu there are Swedish Foods according to the menu board, so I was afraid that the meat, chicken, or every meal there is not halal. Then I asked one of the restaurant staff there, and he said that all the meat, poultry, fish, and everything are coming from local suppliers. So he said I don't have to worry since majority of our local suppliers are halal. So then I decided to take the meatballs, hopefully it's fine. =S

The cafeteria in IKEA is very comfortable. It's a perfect place to eat or to chit chat with friends. We spent the rest of the time in the cafeteria until it's time to close. We really enjoyed our dinner and our conversation. To my point of view, all of these comfortable comes from a good design. That's why I really enjoyed my time being an Interior Designer as one of my work, because with design you can make people's life much better by creating a better space. Taking Interior Design study as my majoring in university has never been a regretful decision. It's an enjoyable study for me, alhamdulillah. Hopefully I could dedicate more of my time in this field again.

Small space, maximum coziness

One of my favorite hanging lamp

Billy Bookcase, the price is quite good

Textile Patterns designed by Indonesia's young designers