Ikea, is that you?

As many of you know, Steve and I absolutely love Ikea.  Because we move around so much and need to mix and match to fill our new places (not to mention how our stuff gets banged up from all the moves), over 90% of our furniture and household items are from Ikea.  And, who can resist eating at the restaurant (french toast sticks anyone??) and getting a cone after making it all the way through the store in one piece.  Well, today I was taken to the Chilean version of Ikea: HOMY.  Now, to be quite honest, I have no idea if there is any kind of affiliation, and I could probably Google it and try to figure it out, but it doesn't matter.  The facts are that the store is laid out exactly like Ikea, you walk sort of a particular direction and pass rooms decorated and laid out with tags and prices.  There are little stations around the store that have paper rulers, little pencils, and forms to fill out of what pieces of furniture you like.  Then, there is a whole couch section, a whole table/chairs section, etc. The furniture is pretty modern, but there is a good mix. I have spent quite a lot of time in multiple Ikeas (a whole 7 hours in the one right outside of Chicago, which is a story for another day), so I'm confident in my comparison.  I even took some pics so you could see for yourself.  What HOMY doesn't have is a major cafeteria like Idea does, but they did have a cafe!

 

After HOMY we went to a huge park that had a rose garden, and I took a pretty pic of the Andes overlooking the rose garden.  Just thought I would throw that in there...