Giada and Giacomo’s love began with them watching each other from afar: one of those kinds of love stories you talk about with friends, idealizing them, convinced they’ll remain only in your imagination—until one day, by fate, they become a reality.

In December, Giada received a San Lò pillow: a Betto model covered in Schumacher’s Dutton Buffalo Check fabric in the shade “Coffee,” featuring its signature red piping.
It was like a first taste, a preview of an almost platonic love, an initial glimpse of what meeting Giacomo would mean.

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In fact, Betto was the kind of friend who stoked her feelings: he talked to her about Giacomo, told her how well they’d get along, and even suggested that Vittorio, Giada’s dog, would have adored him.

And then, finally, Giacomo—the charming brown-checkered sofa with a red wooden base—arrived in her living room, bringing with it, as she puts it, a sense of emotional stability. It was no longer a dream or a fantasy of what it might be like: now it was there, real, ready to win her heart.

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