Hundreds of shoppers queued from 6.30am as IKEA stores reopened in Scotland for the first time in three months.
Around 300 people queued to shop at the Swedish homeware store in Straiton, Edinburgh.
The shop has a capacity of 450 people - a quarter of how many shoppers it can usually accommodate.
Large crowds also gathered outside the Glasgow branch in the pouring rain desperate to shop in the homeware department.
The first shoppers arrived at 6.30am, and by 10am when doors opened around 300 eager shoppers were waiting to buy flatpacked furniture and frozen meatballs.
Metal barriers and yellow dots showed people where to queue while maintaining social distancing, and some shoppers wore face masks in preparation for browsing.
Stewards in high-vis yellow jackets were on hand to make sure people obeyed the rules. Shops down south opened on June 1.
IKEA stores in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen all opened today.
It comes after sausage roll fans rejoiced as Greggs has announced that 70 Scots branches would open their doors once again.
The firm previously carried out a health and safety trial at a number of stores in the North East of England amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Traffic chaos also erupted after McDonald’s opened their Scottish branches which saw lines of cars stretching back from stores in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Fife.
Police were even called to the to restaurants as Big Mac fans waited for hours in queues before stores opened to get their hands on a takeaway for the first time since coronavirus lockdown began.
Primark is expected to see crowds flock to stores after hinting they could reopen in Scotland by 'late June'.
The fashion giant has already reopened hundreds of branches in England after the government gave non-essential retailers the green light to welcome customers.
