IN PLAIN SIGHT: WINTER BLANKET STORAGE

I housed a few guests over the Independence Day weekend, and in preparation, stripped the beds of the heavier blankets dressing them since the winter time.  Now, if you are blessed with generous closet space, then you needn’t read any further.  However, if you fall under the category of the “other folk”, then do read on.

So there I was, stuffing what blankets I could fit into my tiny hall linen closet; the others got plopped on top of my bedroom catchall chair.  Truth be told, I refrained from teaching that chair how to catch; I like my bedroom visually pleasing, and things piled up on chairs is not pleasing to my eyes.  Anyway, plopping blankets on it was a tiny sacrifice for my near(s) and dear(s).

After my guests departed, and upon my getting to laundering the linens and remaking the beds, I decided that I didn’t want to dress them for winter quite yet.  Who knows… I may house more guests before the summer is over.  But, the linen closet was packed so tight that it became a wrestling match in order for me to retrieve regularly used things stored in there. As for my bedroom chair….. that pile was really starting to annoy me.

Enter……. these.

©Linda Nelson 2015

Remember this post?  That’s right, Rip, Dip and Roll.  Not only does colorfully dyed vintage linen fabric strips make for fanciful gift wrapping bows, they make for great rolled blanket cinching apparatuses.  And, the rolled blankets make for ideal bolster pillows!

©Linda Nelson 2015

©Linda Nelson 2015

©Linda Nelson 2015

From now on I’m keeping a few of my extra blankets stored….in plain sight!  And, if my overnight guests need some lumbar support while sitting and reading in bed, they just need to simply reach for a roll.

By the way, my bedroom chair is now just the way I like it 🙂

©Linda Nelson 2015