Wolf Pillow Case

A wolf pillow case is the cheapest way to test this theme in a room, and that is the honest reason to start here rather than with a painting or a comforter set. A cushion cover costs little, changes a sofa noticeably, and can be swapped back in seconds if you decide the room does not want it after all.

Everything in this group sits at a single price, so the only decision is which design and how many.

What a wolf pillow case actually fits

These are sized at 45cmX45cm, which is the standard square cushion dimension across most of the furniture trade. If you already own square scatter cushions, the inserts almost certainly fit.

The trick worth knowing is to use an insert slightly larger than the cover. A 45cmX45cm cover filled with a 45cm insert looks slightly limp at the corners. Filled with an insert a size larger it looks plump and deliberate, the way cushions look in a showroom. That single substitution does more for the finished result than the design choice does.

Measure an existing cushion before ordering if you are unsure. Rectangular and lumbar cushions will not work with these, and neither will European square pillows, which are considerably larger.

Covers only, with no insert included

Worth stating plainly because it catches people out. What arrives is the printed cover. There is no filling inside it.

That is normal for decorative covers and it is what makes them cheap, light to post and easy to change seasonally. It does mean that if you are starting from nothing, you need inserts as well, and those are widely available from any homeware shop.

If you are replacing covers on cushions you already own, this is exactly what you want, and it is by far the cheaper way to refresh a sofa than buying whole cushions.

Where these work in a room

Sofas are the obvious answer and the most common use. Two or three covers across a three-seat sofa is the usual arrangement, and mixing designs works better than matching them provided the palette agrees.

Beds are the second use, where a pair of cushion covers sits in front of the sleeping pillows and picks up whatever else is in the room. This is where they pair most naturally with a larger bedding purchase.

Chairs and window seats are the third and most overlooked. A single cover on a reading chair carries a theme into a corner of a room that otherwise has nowhere to put it.

The general rule that keeps it looking intentional: an odd number of cushions on a sofa looks better than an even one, and varying the designs while keeping the tones related looks better than repeating one design across all of them.

The designs in this group

The range splits between the atmospheric and the symbolic, with a smaller set aimed at couples.

Atmospheric designs place the animal in a setting or a mood. The Night Wolf Pillow Case and the Sparkling Wolf Pillow Case work this way, and they are the easiest to integrate into a room that already has a colour scheme.

Symbolic pieces carry more meaning on the surface. The Wolf Pillow Cover Sign Of Wisdom and the Wolf Pillow Case Sign Of Love state their theme directly, and these tend to be bought as gifts more often than for the buyer's own room.

Paired designs are a distinct group. The Wolf Pillow Sham Couple In Love and the couple variants place two animals together, and they are usually bought as a pair for a bed rather than singly.

For something more restrained, the White Wolf Pillow Case and the Floral Wolf Pillow Case keep the palette light, and the floral treatment softens the theme considerably for a room where a howling wolf would be too much.

One more point in favour of starting here: covers are the only piece in the room you can change seasonally without cost. A set for winter and a lighter set for summer costs less than a single framed print, and it keeps a room from looking static.

Washing printed covers without dulling them

Take the cover off the insert before washing, which sounds obvious and is skipped often enough to be worth saying.

Wash cool and inside out. Printed textiles release a small amount of excess dye on the first cycle, so wash new covers separately the first time rather than with pale bedding.

Skip the tumble dryer where you can. Air drying keeps colour longer and avoids the shrinkage that makes a cover harder to get back over its insert. If a cover does come out slightly tight, putting it on while very slightly damp solves it.

Zips are the part that fails on any cushion cover. Do not force one over an oversized insert; work the insert in by hand first and then close the zip with the corners already filled.

Layering with the rest of the room

Cushion covers are the smallest piece in a bedding scheme and the easiest to change, which makes them the natural companion to something larger. Our wolf comforter set collection covers full bed sets that these sit in front of.

For a sofa rather than a bed, our wolf blanket collection covers throws that pair with cushions in the same palette. On the floor beneath them, our wolf rug collection covers printed mats.

And our wolf decor collection holds everything for the room in one place.