--- title: Ikea Has an Amazing Life Hack to Solve Relationship Problems description: Ikea has come up with a life hack of a solution to solving one of the most common problems for the modern couple. canonical: https://time.com/5115265/ikea-life-hack-swedish-sleeping-method-duvets/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-23T20:59:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:59.951Z og:title: Ikea Has an Amazing Life Hack to Solve Relationship Problems og:description: It's inspired by a traditional Swedish way of sleeping og:url: https://time.com/5115265/ikea-life-hack-swedish-sleeping-method-duvets/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltece58308112c3b5a/6988f93c22fb85b711e24790/ikea-couples-separate-duvets.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Couple in bedroom. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ikea Has an Amazing Life Hack to Solve Relationship Problems twitter:description: It's inspired by a traditional Swedish way of sleeping twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltece58308112c3b5a/6988f93c22fb85b711e24790/ikea-couples-separate-duvets.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ikea Is Coming Through With a Swedish Life Hack to Solve This Extremely Common Relationship Problem > Sponsored content. 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Vasyl Dolmatov—Getty Images/iStockphoto  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 23, 2018 8:59 PM UTC Those who co-sleep with their partners know that the struggle can truly be real, especially if the person you share a bed with has a tendency to [steal the blankets](http://time.com/5080253/american-airlines-basketball-players-theft/). However, [Ikea](http://time.com/4905127/game-of-thrones-ikea-rug-cape-photoshoot/), home goods giant and purveyor of [_Game of Thrones_ outerwear](http://time.com/4901655/ikea-game-of-thrones-rug-cape-diy/), might just have a solution to this problem, inspired by the “traditional Swedish way of sleeping.” Ikea is launching a “TOG-ether bundle,” which is basically two duvets for each person as opposed to one shared duvet; users can even choose the level of insulation of their separate duvets. According to a statement sent by Ikea to [_Mashable_](http://mashable.com/2018/01/23/ikea-duvet-together/#9AdSKPhnyOqw), this new offering came about because of the prevalence of poor sleep. “Many of us find that not getting a good night’s sleep is becoming a regular occurrence,” said Carol McSeveny, Ikea UK & Ireland’s textiles leader. “This is why we have introduced this traditional Swedish sleep trend of using two single duvets instead of a double, in UK stores for a short period, allowing couples to select a duvet from the bundle that suits them.” The “TOG-ether bundle” is only being sold in the U.K., but common sense suggests that couples who want to try this “traditional Swedish way of sleeping” could easily get two separate duvets to solve their nighttime woes. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5115265/ikea-life-hack-swedish-sleeping-method-duvets/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5115265/ikea-life-hack-swedish-sleeping-method-duvets/"},"headline":"Ikea Is Coming Through With a Swedish Life Hack to Solve This Extremely Common Relationship Problem","datePublished":"2018-01-23T20:59:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:49:59.951Z","description":"Ikea has come up with a life hack of a solution to solving one of the most common problems for the modern couple.","url":"https://time.com/5115265/ikea-life-hack-swedish-sleeping-method-duvets/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","relationships","Bizarre","Ikea"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltece58308112c3b5a/6988f93c22fb85b711e24790/ikea-couples-separate-duvets.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltece58308112c3b5a/6988f93c22fb85b711e24790/ikea-couples-separate-duvets.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Couple in bedroom.","caption":"Couple in bedroom.","creditText":"Vasyl Dolmatov—Getty Images/iStockphoto","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/5115265/ikea-life-hack-swedish-sleeping-method-duvets/","name":"Ikea Is Coming Through With a Swedish Life Hack to Solve This Extremely Common Relationship Problem"}}]}] ```