Martine Taccia was shopping at the Catania location of the Swedish furniture store recently when she discovered the dogs cuddled up on carpet among the Christmas displays.

“To develop LURVIG, the starting point was our human furniture at IKEA, but then we focused on the most common needs and behaviors of cats and dogs: sleeping, eating, playing, exercising and being close to us,” says Schäfer, adding, "We are striving not to ‘humanize’ cats and dogs while still seeing them as family members.”