Tufting gives a pillow texture you notice with a hand before you notice the color. This one is worked in New Zealand wool and cotton, in browns and greys with blue running through it.

Eighteen inches square, tufted so the surface sits in raised rows, and filled rather than sold as a cover. The palette is quiet enough to sit next to almost anything already on the sofa.

For the house that leans neutral, the friend redoing a den, the housewarming where nobody knows the color scheme yet.