The popular Swedish furniture and design company IKEA is set to open a new customer meeting point in Barrie next month, which will feature a dedicated studio space that offers personalized design services and individual planning with IKEA design experts.
Located in Georgian Mall, the IKEA Design Studio will offer one-on-one consultation services for kitchen design, bedroom projects, small space living solutions, to name just a few.
The small-format location is scheduled to open March 10 and will be open for 12 to 18 months. It will offer customers a space to design and order complex home furnishing systems for the kitchen, bath, bedroom and living room by scheduling one-on-one planning sessions with an trained IKEA design expert or via a self-service planning station in a dedicated studio space.
“Our ambition is to become more accessible to Ontario residents by bringing IKEA closer to them and offering new, convenient services that meet the evolving demands of our lives at home,” Toronto-area manager Niclas Karlsson-Järnkrok said in a release.
“Inspired by the positive response we’ve had from customers at design studio locations in other communities like Oshawa and St. Catharines, we’re excited to introduce this home furnishing service to Simcoe County."
Company officials said the IKEA Design Studio will be an affordable and accessible destination for consumers looking for custom design support for any room in their home.
The new location will serve as a unique customer meeting point for the Canadian market and is the company’s next step toward making IKEA more accessible to customers across southwestern Ontario, spokesperson Farida Talaat said in an email.
The new store will boast approximately 1,200 square feet and be located beside Rogers Wireless and close to the food court.
To make an appointment at the new IKEA Design Studio in Barrie, click here.
Purchases made at the design studio can be delivered directly to a customer's home or retrieved at local IKEA pick-up locations.
