A soft-sided storage tote in warm grey washable paper, printed EAT PLAY LOVE above a single white bone. It measures twelve and a half inches across, ten and a half high and eight and a half deep, which is the useful size for the pile of things a dog generates: chew toys, a spare lead, a folded blanket, the tennis balls that keep turning up under furniture.

Washable paper is a paper-based fabric that creases and softens with handling rather than staying rigid, so the tote reads as textile in a room instead of as plastic tub. Two stitched carry handles let it move from the hall to the sitting room without repacking, and the open top means a dog can help itself.

Santa Barbara Design Studio item F3846, from a range the maker has retired. One on the shelf.