Winners of the IKEA Office Makeover

The Web Design Magic IKEA experience began in April when our Receptionist, Lizzie, was reading through the Smarter Business Ideas magazine. The bold heading grabbed her attention immediately – ’WIN! 1 of 5 office packages from IKEA BUSINESS’ – and so it began.

After registering with the IKEA BUSINESS program, Lizzie used the IKEA Office Planner to design a new and vibrant space for our team. After many attempts at perfecting the office plan, (including dodgy measurements with a dodgy ruler), we had put together something that the whole team was happy with and off it went with 25 words or less on why we deserved to be the winners. Basically, we needed a change towards an engaging and modern office space that lifted the ambience and refreshed our creative minds.

Only 3 days later, and very unexpectedly, we received the phone call from IKEA that we had won. That was it - Lizzie was on the case - excitingly scrolling through the IKEA site to find the perfect products needed for our soon-to-be perfect office. We set off for IKEA and an amazingly cheap and yummy IKEA breakfast. It was a mission that required a few trips back and forth, but with the help of the wonderful staff at the Logan Store we managed to secure dividers, chairs, desks, a couch and other bits and pieces from different stores around Australia. Of course, everyone loves IKEA, but no one really likes building the furniture. Needless to say, after 4 weeks of putting it all together, Lizzie is now an IKEA building expert.

The office looks fab (check out the pics!), while the space and the team have a new energy that flows on into our work. We would like to thank everyone from IKEA who helped with our project and the effort they went to ensuring our requests were met – especially Samantha Jones from IKEA Logan. Thanks also to Telstra’s Smarter Business Ideas magazine for running the competition.