Whether you're a fan of Swedish meatballs or enjoy perusing through furniture stores for hours, maybe without buying anything, this is the news for you. The iconic blue brick home furniture store with bright yellow lettering is entering the I-35 corridor with plans to open a new store to serve communities in both San Antonio and Austin.

IKEA, the internationally known Swedish furniture store, announced Thursday a new location will open later this spring in San Marcos. However, the store won’t look like a typical IKEA location.

People in San Marcos will be getting their own "new format" IKEA store designed for a smaller city, according to a press release. It'll be 35,000 square feet — that may sound big, but IKEAs are often around 300,

The new location will be a fraction of the size of its traditional store in Round Rock, which is 306,000 square feet. The smaller footprint is on trend with a different model Ikea