--- title: You Can Sleep in Ikea For a Night Thanks to Airbnb description: Don't worry, you don't have to put the furniture together yourself canonical: https://time.com/3156287/you-can-sleep-in-ikea-for-a-night-thanks-to-airbnb/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-22T00:23:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:12:40.688Z og:title: You Can Sleep in Ikea For a Night Thanks to Airbnb og:description: Don't worry, you don't have to put the furniture together yourself og:url: https://time.com/3156287/you-can-sleep-in-ikea-for-a-night-thanks-to-airbnb/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf3fc19697b966bd3/6986a0823617605ee590d8ff/135241947.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3558 og:image:height: 2001 og:image:alt: IKEA Build A Creche For Men og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: You Can Sleep in Ikea For a Night Thanks to Airbnb twitter:description: Don't worry, you don't have to put the furniture together yourself twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf3fc19697b966bd3/6986a0823617605ee590d8ff/135241947.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # You Can Sleep in Ikea for a Night Thanks to Airbnb > Sponsored content. 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A man walks in an IKEA store, on Sept. 1, 2011 in Sydney, Australia.Newspix/Getty Images  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Aug 22, 2014 12:23 AM UTC Ever dream of sleeping on an Ikea bed without having to go through all the hassle of actually piecing it together? Now you can. Airbnb and Ikea have partnered to allow a group of Australians to sleep in the Scandinavian furniture store for one night only on August 21 in Sydney for a mere 11 Australian dollars. Participants must sign a waiver acknowledging that they will “be awoken in the morning in a remarkable way,” [according to Mashable](http://mashable.com/2014/08/21/sleep-in-ikea-for-the-night-make-your-dreams-come-true/?utm%5Fcid=mash-com-Tw-main-link). The store goes on to reassure the guests, “Nothing frightening — we promise!” \[[_Mashable_](http://mashable.com/2014/08/21/sleep-in-ikea-for-the-night-make-your-dreams-come-true/?utm%5Fcid=mash-com-Tw-main-link)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3156287/you-can-sleep-in-ikea-for-a-night-thanks-to-airbnb/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3156287/you-can-sleep-in-ikea-for-a-night-thanks-to-airbnb/"},"headline":"You Can Sleep in Ikea for a Night Thanks to Airbnb","datePublished":"2014-08-22T00:23:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:40.688Z","description":"Don't worry, you don't have to put the furniture together yourself","url":"https://time.com/3156287/you-can-sleep-in-ikea-for-a-night-thanks-to-airbnb/","keywords":["Newsfeed","World"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf3fc19697b966bd3/6986a0823617605ee590d8ff/135241947.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf3fc19697b966bd3/6986a0823617605ee590d8ff/135241947.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"IKEA Build A Creche For Men","caption":"IKEA Build A Creche For Men","creditText":"Newspix/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3156287/you-can-sleep-in-ikea-for-a-night-thanks-to-airbnb/","name":"You Can Sleep in Ikea for a Night Thanks to Airbnb"}}]}] ```