Fluff - preferred cups, plates, utensils?

We have one spoon that neither of us like. It used to always be the last spoon left in the drawer. Now I feel bad for the unloved spoon, and I always use it if it is the first one that I grab instead of putting it back and getting one I like better.

We were low on spoons so I bought some that Bed Bath and Beyond sells individually. I had 3 of them and would actually hide them in the drawer from DH so I could have my spoon. He didn't care which one he used.

Finally though when we lost enough forks that we were constantly having to go to the dishwasher for silverware, I broke down and bought a new set - 12 place settings! We shouldn't be without silverware again. We really like it, too. It's Oneida Moda.

Oh, but I did keep the BB&Beyond spoons in the back of the drawer for eating soup. They really are the perfect size in between a teaspoon and tablespoon.

I have a Guinness mug with a toucan on it that I use for coffee. It's the perfect size/weight - everybody knows not to touch it.

I like soup spoons. I like the shape, the size and how they feel. So in addition to buying the regular sets of flatware we also purchased a dozen soup spoons. So now, for the two of us, we have something like 44 spoons  This is our flatware. We choose it because, in addition to liking the way it looks and even more importantly, it is sleek hefty and a pleasure to use. DH prefers to use the salad forks. My all-time favorite spoon was this sugar spoon. We loved the whole set but had to select a new one because some young family members threw away a lot of the pieces and it would cost more to replace them than start over. Anyway, this spoon felt amazing, even the light bumps in the design. I’m tempted to buy this one 

We got our glasses from a restaurant supply store. Similar to these, but our base is probably a bit thicker. 20 oz and 10 oz I think. We had commented for ages how much we liked them when we ate out, liked that they were hefty and sleek. Unfortunately, when I bought them I showed them the one I wanted and they grabbed the boxes. We had them open them and confirm it was the same glass, and checked for chips. But I didn’t notice until we had used them for a while that the one we got was just slightly larger than the one I had selected. Just assumed it felt different because I wasn’t used to them. DH has ginormous hands so they’re perfect for him, but they’re just a touch to big to fit perfectly in my hands.

Dinnerware is all about the quality and the pretty. Oh, and the size! I don’t like for my food to touch so we use the larger Fiestaware chop plates for dinner plates. And we get the jumbo bowls as well.

Everything glass or ceramic except some melamine we just purchased for picnics. All matching everything, just the 2 options for glassware except for some travel and glass water bottles. I think I’m traumatized from the various cheap plastic everything my Dad would come home with. It was such a pain to get everything to fit in the cabinet, was always cracking and is visually jarring. Our uniform cabinets and drawers are soothing to me.

Haha!

OMG - me too !  Actually, I have to use a salad fork, because I prefer the smaller size.  But, not any salad fork -   Has to be one of my Rogers ones that are lighter.  Same with dinner knives, has to be the lighter ones. 

eta ~ I, too, used to have a sugar spoon that I loved.  Loved.  I somehow lost it, and have looked for a similar one online.  😊

I always use a salad fork for eating my meal, too.   Regular dinner forks are just too big and don't feel comfortable to me. maybe it's the fact that the handle on a dinner fork is longer?  I dunno, exactly.

we have mainly one set of silverware, but have a few 'old' spoons, a different fork, and one oddball knife.  I always use the 'old' fork for serving up the cat food.  It's not like washing them won't get the cat food off of it, so I don't know why I do it like that- but I do.  I would never use one of our regular 'eating' utensils for serving up the cat food, lol.

I prefer my Tervis cups. We have a couple of different sets of silverware and my dh and dd2 have their favorites that they MUST use. Dd2 loved her forks so much that when she married and moved out, I packed them up for her in her grocery haul from our house. She was so surprised and happy when she saw them!

For cups we only use Yeti and RTIC. Everyone has their favorite one of those.

Our dishes (plates, bowls, etc.) are all the same (Pioneer Woman - I like the colors, patterns, and weight of the pieces). Our silverware all matches.

Yes! I remember picking out our original flatware when DH and I had our first apartment. I didn’t love any of the choices we had at the time so I just picked the ones I hated least, LOL. Yeah, 30+ years later and we still have that same set of silverware, ugh.

BUT! About a dozen years ago my friend bought a bunch of rando secondhand silverware to use for scrapbooking events, and when we stopped doing the events we had to decide what to do with all of our combined stuff. She didn’t want the silverware and said I could have it for our cabin, so I took it home. Some of the smaller spoons and some of the heavier weight forks migrated their way into my kitchen drawer, and those spoons are the ones I prefer. When I’m emptying out the dishwasher, I typically put all of the “good” spoons down at the bottom of the silverware tray so my family won’t use them, LOL. I also like the heavier forks for dinner when we’re eating something that can be “cut” with the side of a fork.

And my answer is yes for the dishes and cups too. We had three remaining salad sized plates from an old set of Corelle that we used all.the.time. Bigger than a dessert plate, smaller than a dinner plate, the perfect size. I finally broke down and bought six more in plain white right before Target stopped carrying them. I prefer my 24 oz Tervis tumbler above all other cups in my house, and DH has three heavy stoneware coffee mugs that he always uses. We kept a few other slightly smaller ceramic mugs for cocoa, but otherwise we got rid of all the rest that no one ever uses.

we have a set of Corelle dishes... I also like using the smaller salad plate for my meals. It looks like I'm eating more, since the plate is smaller!! But there's only two salad plates, and 6 dinner plates, lol.

We have several Starbucks "city" mugs as well as a couple from special places in Hawaii. I'll sometimes choose my cup based on how I feel that day- Hawaii because I'm dreaming of a beach vacation or one that reminds of special times.

I once upon a time had a nice set of every day dishes. And a second set set. And a third. Now, I had an assortment of all kinds of plates bowls, sauces, forks, knives, spoons, etc. I’ve thrifted all of them. They all have a similar weight and feel, but are different patterns and brands. It makes for an table setting, but it really works and other than my MIL, every one loves it! And I don’t get upset if a dish is broken a a spoon or fork is lost to the trash or disposal.