Friday Fluff: Good China

We did not get wedding china. We were gifted a cheap set of Corelle that lasted for a long time. Over time we collected Fire King jadeite and buffalo china so that's what we eat on now. We do have parts of another 'fancy' china set, but it all has to be hand washed which is kind of a pain so I want to sell it if possible.

I wouldn't say I have good china, but I do have 3 sets of dishes and it's just too much. I am ready to downsize the dishes but feel guilty getting rid of the wedding set. It is a service for 12 plus a ton of serving pieces. One other set was given to me and then I have more recently purchased all white Fiestaware plates but no serving pieces and we use this on a daily basis.

I have everyday dishes (Pfaltzgraff Filagree) and two sets of good china (one from my mum and one from my great aunt). Right now the good china is boxed because my sideboard and hutch are still at the old house but I've always used my great aunt's for holidays and my plan is to use my mum's for dinner every night in the dining room (and keep the filagree for breakfast/lunch).

Mum's is Wedgewood Edme and was her wedding china, I think (she had another Wedgewood set that might have been - my sister has that one). My Great Aunt's is Imperial (Japan) Seville -it's from the 60s so possibly a set she bought after being widowed.

When we got married 27 years ago we picked out China for our registry because that’s what you did. However we were only gifted a couple place settings and we were young and poor and it seems like wiser use to exchange those and buy other more practical things for our house. I’ve never bought any China. I’ve never wished even one time I had some. In fact, MIL has multiple times tried to pawn off hers and great grandma’s to us and I do not want it. It just doesn’t fit our life or style.

I have my wedding china, my grandmother's china, and a full set of holiday china.  

Can't remember the last time I used any of it.  Yet, my son is getting married this year and I'm forever saying to them "register for china! It's the only time you'll get it!"  Maybe I should give them mine lol

Never had 'good' china.. just my everyday dishes.. currently and probably forever, Fiesta. I'm sure I'll inherit my MILs 'good' china.. she considers her Corelle, I think it is called, her good china.  I don't need it or want it.. so either my SIL will take it or we will just get rid of it. (SIL I am sure won't want it either).  My mom doesn't have good china either.. and she is from that era of using it.  Guess we were never good china people.


How many times can I say china in one sentence.   

We have a full set of china from our wedding 25 years ago, still love it and use it. Sometimes for a special meal, sometimes for spaghetti or that yucky frozen Luby’s fish he likes so much. It includes place settings for 10 or 12, some serving platters and bowls, a few accent plates. Lenox Hancock. We did choose different salad plates because we wanted a design in the center, we have a mix of these and the originals. Lenox Urban Lights Gold. And some crystal wine glasses to go with. Lenox Eternal Gold. 

I love a nicely set table, so we have started collecting different patterns, but just enough for the two of us. Not whole place settings, just the pieces we love. His grandparents’ Christmas china is very special to him, so we have a couple of dinner plates Lenox Holiday. . We also have the bowl and accent plate from the Noritake Austin pattern. I have my eye on lots of others but first I want to select some crystal and flatware without gold on it, and some more linens.

I also like to use chargers, our two most frequently used are some black leather ones and gold glass.

eta: For our wedding each set of grandparents bought us a full setting for two including crystal and flatware and I love that and thick of it often when we use them 

I still love china and use it often. Our daily dishes are plain white bone china that are super versatile and can be dressed up or down (Wedgwood White). We also have our wedding china, which is a simple Greek key pattern on the edge of a white dish (Wedgwood Palatia). Both of those sets are the same brand and shape, so mix perfectly. We also have a sweet Christmas china (Lenox Sleighride) that mixes well with our plain white.

I know most people don't use china anymore but I still love it. I also don't believe in only using it on "special occasions." 

Me too. I’ve never had, nor wanted, good china. I’ve bought and used lots of different sets over the years and currently use fiestaware with a couple of other pieces thrown in.

My mom got rid of all hers when she downsized a few years ago. She doesn’t miss it all all.

My MIL collected a ton of different fancy sets and they’ll all ugly as hell along with the rest of her stuff.

I inherited my grandmother's good china - gold trim so can't be put in the dishwasher. I am 63, so I am sure it is close to 100 years old. It has been in a box in a closet since 1986. I have never used it, but I have taken it with me the last three times I have moved. I have promised myself that I will not move it again!

In my family everyone brought over china from the old country. It has been passed down, I could open up a china shop.

dewryce - We have Lenox Urban Twilight which is the royal blue version of yours. I love the design in the center of the salad plates.

We use it only for holidays, but I have it displayed in a glass front cabinet in the formal dining room. Now that the dining room is my work from home office, I at least get to see it every day!

36+ years ago pretty much everyone registered for china. I was 36 when we married so my group of friends were established in their careers and it showed when it came to our gifts. My sister had registered the same china pattern and only got a few pieces as they married right out of college. I had always loved it so we picked the same one. We received 12 place settings, two vegetable bowls and a large platter. We also received 68 stems of crystal and 8 place settings of our everyday which we still use. Haven't used the china or stemware for years ~ we are much more casual when we entertain now.

I've never had, nor wanted fancy dishes.

I am not a fan of entertaining. I don't like cooking. 

I eat on small dessert and appetizer plates. Smaller portions. 

My dishes are all the same color. A combo of Target Magnolia and CostPlus Trilogy. 
The majority of my dishes are small. I have two larger size rectangle sushi style dishes that hold more if needed. 
My one "fancy thing" is a set of six polka dot dessert plates that stack on a rack/holder.