Bring IKEA to Bellevue Fans Balloon on Facebook

I started following this oh-so-little Facebook fan site in mid-December.  It started December 11th and in a mere six weeks had over 6,200 fans.  Growing up with an IKEA less than 15 miles from my house (DC suburbs), I can attest to the wonder and power of this super store.  But, Bellevue?  Actually, it makes perfect sense.  Having lived in a Coronado townhome in Bellevue in my mid twenties, I can tell you first hand that this area of Bellevue would benefit immensely from IKEA.  But, it’s not a one way street.  IKEA can move in with all the benefits of a Cool Springs location with none of the costs.

Ikea living room. Modern Cool. Click pictures on post for further inspirations.

Ikea is a destination shopping center.  Franklin will travel to Bellevue, as will Dickson, Columbia, Cookeville, and Bowling Green.  West Nashville will still bitch about the taxing drive, to be sure.  I mean HYSA destroys my weekends.

I’m just overly hopeful, with no good reason as this is just a Facebook fan page.  But wow, what a story it would be if it happened!   The Style Diva in the Tennessean recently wrote about wanting an IKEA, as well as a Crate and Barrel, Zara, H&M and Top Shop in Nashville.  Well, get us some IKEA love and the rest will follow.  I mean, we do have an entire empty mall sitting there in the midst of one of the fastest growing regions in America.  Brilliant.

Ikea has great furniture for families.

The originator of the Facebook group is cryptic though.  He?  She? posts messages and letters but with no signature.  You can’t even email the person…or poke them for that matter.  Perhaps scared of the ModerNash guys?  Yes, if you really want IKEA now, you can order and avoid the CRAZY shipping rates by having ModerNash pick up your goods and drive them back from ATL.  Um, yep, a whole company was started to fulfill Nashville’s hunger for IKEA goods and avoid the ungodly shipping rates IKEA charges.  So, my bet is that ModerNash doesn’t want IKEA here, but these guys seem the type to jump on opportunity.  If we can get IKEA here, there will be other opportunities.

You know how much I love a white room....

In the meantime, do use local company ModerNash, but become a fan of Bring IKEA to Bellevue and perhaps, just maybe (OK, doubtfully, but I’m a dreamer) it will come.

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Update: The Tennessean actually mentioned this FB site in an article this past Monday (I wrote this post on Saturday; it seems I need to publish faster…)

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