Throws are accessory of choice

Deborah Lee Readyoff isn’t content with just one throw.

Readyoff and her family have an entire collection. On this evening, she is showing off just a sampling of those found throughout the home she shares with her parents.

The family, she says with a gentle laugh, has a “history of pulling on blankets.”

Throws – those smaller-scale options designed for both warmth and decorative purposes – are the blanket of choice.

As heating prices continue to rise this winter, it’s expected that throws will become the accessory of choice. Not only will more people be nesting, but they’ll be doing it with an eye on the thermostat.

Readyoff, of Mahopac, N.Y., rummages beyond the faintly patterned sage one, past the satin-trimmed orange one and finally plucks out the plaid throw.

“For 25 years, I remember it,” she says. “This is it.”

Being tucked in by her mother while watching television or nursing a cold are just a few of the memories Readyoff has wrapped up in this family favorite.

Another favorite is a gift from friends after the Readyoffs shoveled their driveway.