Getting Ready for Fall: Blanket Storage

Fall to me, means hot chocolate, roaring fires (not that our gas fireplace roars :) blankets and books. I'm not a huge fan of throws draped all over furniture. I don't mind a well placed blanket on a leather chair, but in general I prefer them folded neatly and tucked away, to be brought out on movie nights and sick days at home on the couch.
During the summer months we store most of our throws, except for one.
In the interest of full disclosure, this is how our couch looks normally. It's a lethal combination, having a dog, a husband and a light beige couch, lethal for the couch that is. So we protect it with a throw that can easily be thrown in the wash.
Max thought he would demonstrate how it works. 

But, when fall comes we need a few more, one for me, a big one for Lee and a small one for Max.

If you read the Living Room Side Table post you might remember the empty basket we had under the table, I wasn't sure what I was going to do with it then, turns out, it was the perfect for fall blankets.
Most of the time the blankets live in their basket under the side table, but sometimes, on really cold days, we can turn on the fireplace and preheat them before we use them.

We also removed our summer lobster pillow for a simpler beige pillow, for now. I plan on making a halloween pillow for october :).