The nearest store from our Nevers turned out to be a 2-hour drive away in the neighboring region on the outskirts of the town of Clemont-en-Ferron. In our region, there is an IKEA in the central city of Dijon, but it turned out to be not even 30 minutes longer.

The main task was to buy beds and order their delivery to the new house. In general, we know the IKEA assortment, so we could take some things without looking. We spent the longest time choosing mattresses 🤣 and from the unusual, we took an interesting cabinet-work surface for the kitchen 😊 And of course, we had lunch at the IKEA restaurant, which we always liked to do. Here, with desserts, everything is in order and the mashed potatoes are just right 🤗

A distinctive feature of the French IKEA restaurant is the cheese plate 😊

Having collected everything we chose, as we usually did, in the warehouse and filled three carts, we went to the checkout with this beauty. And when everything was scanned, before paying, I asked where I should go to arrange delivery... that's when the surprise was waiting 🙈 Usually, you buy everything first, and then take what you want to deliver to a special place. But France went its own way 🤣 We had to mark everything that was scanned, unload all the small stuff back, and drag the goods for delivery back to the center of the warehouse, where they arrange delivery... the second surprise was already at the delivery arrangements. As it turned out, we did not have to pick up things in the warehouse, only codes were needed. "We will still bring you from the warehouse, and not the same ones that you picked up" - the manager explained to us 🤦‍♂️ In fact, judging by the information before delivery, the mattresses were on their way to us from a completely different store in Orleans (the third closest to us 🤷‍♂️). And the main surprise, but already quite unpleasant - the nearest possible delivery date was in 9 days!

Having made the delivery, we returned to the checkout with a receipt for the delivery 🤣 There we again punched in all the change that we ourselves took into the car (a full trunk of change 🤗), punched in the delivery receipt and the goods in it! Finally, we had a snack in the IKEA cafe and left practically when the store closed at 7 or 8 pm.

Kitchen cabinet-table. Fits perfectly, although a bit cluttered for now. You can cut something and look at the garden

The nearest store from our Nevers turned out to be a 2-hour drive away in the neighboring region on the outskirts of the town of Clemont-en-Ferron. In our region, there is an IKEA in the central city of Dijon, but it turned out to be not even 30 minutes longer.

The main task was to buy beds and order their delivery to the new house. In general, we know the IKEA assortment, so we could take some things without looking. We spent the longest time choosing mattresses 🤣 and from the unusual, we took an interesting cabinet-work surface for the kitchen 😊 And of course, we had lunch at the IKEA restaurant, which we always liked to do. Here, with desserts, everything is in order and the mashed potatoes are just right 🤗

A distinctive feature of the French IKEA restaurant is the cheese plate 😊

Having collected everything we chose, as we usually did, in the warehouse and filled three carts, we went to the checkout with this beauty. And when everything was scanned, before paying, I asked where I should go to arrange delivery... that's when the surprise was waiting 🙈 Usually, you buy everything first, and then take what you want to deliver to a special place. But France went its own way 🤣 We had to mark everything that was scanned, unload all the small stuff back, and drag the goods for delivery back to the center of the warehouse, where they arrange delivery... the second surprise was already at the delivery arrangements. As it turned out, we did not have to pick up things in the warehouse, only codes were needed. "We will still bring you from the warehouse, and not the same ones that you picked up" - the manager explained to us 🤦‍♂️ In fact, judging by the information before delivery, the mattresses were on their way to us from a completely different store in Orleans (the third closest to us 🤷‍♂️). And the main surprise, but already quite unpleasant - the nearest possible delivery date was in 9 days!

Having made the delivery, we returned to the checkout with a receipt for the delivery 🤣 There we again punched in all the change that we ourselves took into the car (a full trunk of change 🤗), punched in the delivery receipt and the goods in it! Finally, we had a snack in the IKEA cafe and left practically when the store closed at 7 or 8 pm.

Kitchen cabinet-table. Fits perfectly, although a bit cluttered for now. You can cut something and look at the garden