Going the Way of the Buffalo

(via My Favorite and My Best)

Something about plaid really draws my attention this time of the year. My current plaid-of-choice you ask? Buffalo check!

Sure, the connotation is northern hunting cabin, but it doesn't have to be. This fresh print reads as classically clean in many rooms:

(Courtney Giles's home via Odi et Amo)

(via House Beautiful)

(Shaker Village via Apartment Therapy)

For a touch of buffalo check, try a warm throw. Here are two I have my eye on (high and low):

Ortolan's buffalo plaid blanket, made of 100% organic cotton for $700 (yikes):

(via Ortolan Organic)

A reasonable alternative: Lands' End's lambswool buffalo check throw for $99.50:
(via Lands' End)