Usually bedding comes with pillow cases. So. It might be shams that he is wanting. Or maybe a second set of shams because the first is the same swady like material. Kinda like euro shame pillow case regular sham. If it was me I would get together a couple of fabric choices and present them to him. Your best bet would be for a simple batik with a tonal or two color print or swirl. And I would go with a simple non pattern type pillow if it is a sham. And I would go with the quilting being the pattern on the face of the sham. And a very straight non ruffle type ruffle. Hope this makes since. Maybe with the batik go with an olive-y green fall color type batik. But that is me with how he already decorated. Maybe if you could get a pic of the room or if you see his furniture that would be best. Because this will help you decide which options to present.