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I neglected to mention that I have an embarrassingly large set of Portmeirion Botanic Garden. It seems so passe now that I rarely use most of it including the teapots in various sizes. I do have one large vase that sees some use.
We went to the UK a number of times on cruises and I always bought some there to bring home with me. Then friends started gifting me with it.
In case there's one person left in the world who's never seen this pattern:
All I really need is a house big enough to store every dinnerware set I'll ever want to buy. Is that too much to ask?
I had never seen it but now that I have, I do like it. Very pretty. I wouldn't mind having my morning tea or coffee in that big cup they have. A cheery way to start off your morning.
I dream about have a pantry that is large enough to store all the dishes that I want to buy. We currently go back and forth between our white Pillivuyt, mismatched Polish Pottery, some goldish-brown stoneware in not-so-good shape made by a NH potter, and the Minton china from when we got married. Sometimes I see something pretty that strikes my eye and I'd love to get it just because it's pretty and makes me feel good.
I dream about have a pantry that is large enough to store all the dishes that I want to buy. We currently go back and forth between our white Pillivuyt, mismatched Polish Pottery, some goldish-brown stoneware in not-so-good shape made by a NH potter, and the Minton china from when we got married. Sometimes I see something pretty that strikes my eye and I'd love to get it just because it's pretty and makes me feel good.
I am pretty minimalist when it comes to everyday dishes. We had a Dansk set from our wedding that got fairly beat up over 10 years or so. About 5 years ago, we replaced them with these and I love them
If I were to go with color, I would pick a blue and white as we accent a lot with that and I have a big dark blue range that is the focal point of my kitchen.
I do have formal stuff, but it's just taking up space mostly. It's pretty (white with a platinum band) and I'll get it out for special occasions but it's really rare. My mom also handed me down her Lenox Holiday dishes and I use those just on Christmas day.
I see there's another Apilco fan in the thread! I replaced my old dishes with Apilco about ten years ago, and I still love it. For the winter holidays, I have a set of inexpensive red dishes from Target that I mix in with the Apilco, and dressed up with a bit of natural greenery, it looks just lovely for a Christmas brunch.
I do not have any formal china, but my mom has a set of Fostoria glass dinnerware that belonged to my grandmother than I would love to have someday.
Im a middle age man, and I dont know much about dishes, but te one thing I have noticed is that they dont seem to last well, having chips all over.
I remember growing up my mother had dishes what seemed like forever and none of them ever had chips or broke.
When I had re done my kitchen years ago, I splurged and went to bed bath beyone and bought new dishes to match, they were so pretty. but.....
within the year 2 of the coffee mugs then handles broke off and i remember dropping a dish and it broke, alond with many chips.
I was very dissappointed, i thought they would have lasted years. the chips drove me crazy, so...
I then bought new dishes again from BBB, and unfortunetely, these also, are all starting to chip here and there.
????
Do they not make them as good as years ago? I dont think they were exactly cheap though..
and why is it, if I bought cheap plain dishes at the junk stores in the neighborhood, they would most likley last forever, but the pretty ones, will get all chipped.
I give up now, and am just keeping the ones I have now, chips and all....
Is there a bracnd that doesnt chip as much that I dont know about?
I knoe correlle is supposed to be good? are they?
the chips really do make me nuts.
One of my bowls must have chipped and there was a slice of the chip in the drain, that i did not realize, so when the sink was satarting to get clooged as I was washing them, I out my finger near the drain to unclear it, thinking there was food in the way, and it wasnt . The chip piece was there and I sliced the tip of my index finger open, OMG, need I say more?...
ugh!!!
maybe you knowledgeable ladies cant help a dumb man out on chip fee dish brands?? if there are any....
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Im a middle age man, and I dont know much about dishes, but te one thing I have noticed is that they dont seem to last well, having chips all over.
I remember growing up my mother had dishes what seemed like forever and none of them ever had chips or broke.
When I had re done my kitchen years ago, I splurged and went to bed bath beyone and bought new dishes to match, they were so pretty. but.....
within the year 2 of the coffee mugs then handles broke off and i remember dropping a dish and it broke, alond with many chips.
I was very dissappointed, i thought they would have lasted years. the chips drove me crazy, so...
I then bought new dishes again from BBB, and unfortunetely, these also, are all starting to chip here and there.
????
Do they not make them as good as years ago? I dont think they were exactly cheap though..
and why is it, if I bought cheap plain dishes at the junk stores in the neighborhood, they would most likley last forever, but the pretty ones, will get all chipped.
I give up now, and am just keeping the ones I have now, chips and all....
Is there a bracnd that doesnt chip as much that I dont know about?
I knoe correlle is supposed to be good? are they?
the chips really do make me nuts.
One of my bowls must have chipped and there was a slice of the chip in the drain, that i did not realize, so when the sink was satarting to get clooged as I was washing them, I out my finger near the drain to unclear it, thinking there was food in the way, and it wasnt . The chip piece was there and I sliced the tip of my index finger open, OMG, need I say more?...
ugh!!!
maybe you knowledgeable ladies cant help a dumb man out on chip fee dish brands?? if there are any....
-sigh-----
I would bet that your mom had Fiesta Ware. They still make it and I've had mine for 8 years now and still no chips.
Perhaps it is because we are all handling them more, putting them in and out of the dishwasher. I think chipping is inevitable, so it’s best to choose dishes that are a popular long lived pattern, rather than something that is the latest and greatest.
Im a middle age man, and I dont know much about dishes, but te one thing I have noticed is that they dont seem to last well, having chips all over.
I remember growing up my mother had dishes what seemed like forever and none of them ever had chips or broke.
When I had re done my kitchen years ago, I splurged and went to bed bath beyone and bought new dishes to match, they were so pretty. but.....
within the year 2 of the coffee mugs then handles broke off and i remember dropping a dish and it broke, alond with many chips.
I was very dissappointed, i thought they would have lasted years. the chips drove me crazy, so...
I then bought new dishes again from BBB, and unfortunetely, these also, are all starting to chip here and there.
????
Do they not make them as good as years ago? I dont think they were exactly cheap though..
and why is it, if I bought cheap plain dishes at the junk stores in the neighborhood, they would most likley last forever, but the pretty ones, will get all chipped.
I give up now, and am just keeping the ones I have now, chips and all....
Is there a bracnd that doesnt chip as much that I dont know about?
I knoe correlle is supposed to be good? are they?
the chips really do make me nuts.
One of my bowls must have chipped and there was a slice of the chip in the drain, that i did not realize, so when the sink was satarting to get clooged as I was washing them, I out my finger near the drain to unclear it, thinking there was food in the way, and it wasnt . The chip piece was there and I sliced the tip of my index finger open, OMG, need I say more?...
ugh!!!
maybe you knowledgeable ladies cant help a dumb man out on chip fee dish brands?? if there are any....
-sigh-----
Someone will no doubt beat me to it, but it matters WHAT dishes are made OF. Earthenware with chip if you look at it. Bone china can be sturdy. Diner-type china such as Fiesta is heavy but durable. Stoneware may craze. Corelle can bounce off a vinyl floor with no damage.
If you 'ping' earthenware it sounds dry and hollow. China and Corelle are more musical. It pays to know the composition of your dinnerware.
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We currently go back and forth between our white Pillivuyt, mismatched Polish Pottery, some goldish-brown stoneware in not-so-good shape made by a NH potter, and the Minton china from when we got married. Sometimes I see something pretty that strikes my eye and I'd love to get it just because it's pretty and makes me feel good.
