--- title: Ikea’s Turning A Ferry Into Houseboat—And You Can Stay In It description: Even Kanye West wants to enter this contest (probably) canonical: https://time.com/4511482/ikea-houseboat-ferry/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-28T16:27:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:06.546Z og:title: IKEA's Turning a Ferry Into Houseboat—And You Can Stay There og:description: Even Kanye West wants to enter this contest (probably) og:url: https://time.com/4511482/ikea-houseboat-ferry/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: IKEA's Turning a Ferry Into Houseboat—And You Can Stay There twitter:description: Even Kanye West wants to enter this contest (probably) twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # IKEA Is Turning a Ferry Into a Houseboat You Can Sleep In by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Sep 28, 2016 4:27 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Sep 28, 2016 4:27 PM UTC [IKEA](http://time.com/3742007/find-out-why-you-overshop-in-ikea/) Australia has just created an unusual hotel in Sydney. The Swedish furniture chain has transformed a ferry parked in Sydney’s harbor into a houseboat, fully outfitted with IKEA products, of course. In addition to giving guests the chance to finally sleep in the [furniture megastore](http://time.com/3265308/ikea-catalog-2015/?iid=sr-link2), the ferry comes with beautiful views of the Australian coastline and the Sydney Opera House all tucked into a sleekly designed space filled with Scandinavian charm. The ferry is open to guests, but the only way to book a night at the houseboat (looking at you IKEA fan, [you’re Kanye West](http://time.com/4434782/ikea-kanye-west-collaboration/?iid=sr-link1)) is via a contest run through Ikea Australia’s [Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/ikea.au/app/403834839671843?brandloc=DISABLE&app%5Fdata=chk-57eb16923b2fb). For a chance to sleep on this ferry, all you have to do is share a photo, video, or a story that tells [Ikea](http://time.com/4203023/ikea-taiwan-hot-pot-smart-phone/?iid=sr-link3) what it is you love about your life at home. The contest ends October 5th 2016. \[H/T [Mashable](http://mashable.com/2016/09/27/ikea-furniture-sydney-ferry/?utm%5Fcid=hp-n-1#EGIHl%5F8eMaqX)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4511482/ikea-houseboat-ferry/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4511482/ikea-houseboat-ferry/"},"headline":"IKEA Is Turning a Ferry Into a Houseboat You Can Sleep In","datePublished":"2016-09-28T16:27:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:06.546Z","description":"Fully outfitted with IKEA products of course","url":"https://time.com/4511482/ikea-houseboat-ferry/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Australia","Travel","Ikea"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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/4511482/ikea-houseboat-ferry/","name":"IKEA Is Turning a Ferry Into a Houseboat You Can Sleep In"}}]}] ```