Every time I share what we're eating for dinner on instastories, I get tons of questions regarding the plates we are using so I'm going to do a full blog post about them so you can get all of the details!
When it's just the two of us, we mostly eat at the kitchen island. I wish we could eat at our dinner table but as you may have read in this post, I need to get the cushions redone and I've been on the hunt for months for the perfect chandelier/light fixture for above the table. I found our dining chairs on Facebook Marketplace. They were exactly what I had been looking for (antiques from the 1960s!!) but boy do the cushions look like they are OLD. Plus, the cushions put you too low when you are seated....we need bulkier/firmer ones made. Once we get the cushions taken care of (this really needs to get on the top of my priority list as I already have fabric, but it's tough finding someone to do this) we will likely eat there for every meal.
However, I still set the island for dinners most nights...sometimes I will even set up place settings even if we are eating from somewhere like Chick Fil A, ha! I just love a pretty setting and it always feels so much more civilized.
Our everyday plates are all linked above. I love them all so much. I love Blue Italian Spode (it seems that Wayfair has the lowest prices and you can also find at Homegoods periodically) and we use these bowls more often than we do plates. I think the bowls just make a lot more sense in terms of what we eat most often. They are called 'pasta' bowls but we use them for chili, salads, salmon/veggies, and so much more. If it's just the two of us, we also try to eat dinner off of our salad plates (when possible) as it's much easier to control portion sizes when eating off of a smaller plate.
I actually bought china before any of these more casual plates...buying china and silver was one of my biggest priorities when I moved into my apartment. I have a full set of 12 Wedgwood place settings and I love them so much. I would say we use the Wedgwood china 25 % of the time and the only reason we use them so little is that I can't reach them. We keep saying we need to reorganize our cabinets now that we have lived here for a while and have figured out what we use most.
In terms of flatware, we only have silverware (we don't have anything 'casual' as I just prefer silver). It's annoying because we do have to polish everything several times a year. I just love the old school look of silver, though, so the extra bit of work is worth it. I have considered getting a casual set like this to change up the look every once in a while.
I collect placemats as I love how easily they can change up a tablescape. These are my current favorites but I have all different shapes and sizes. I love finding vintage ones with embroidery or scalloped edges. I also collect Embroidered Cocktail Napkins. I love mixing different embroideries together on one table and while they make great cocktail napkins, I also use them as coasters, too! I find that these also make great host/hostess gifts as they are pretty inexpensive but thoughtful and personalized.
We have 3 different sets of plates right now and we have registered for even more. My grammie and mom passed down their love for plates/tablescapes as they both have so many beautiful sets of dishes. I have started to collect the Spode Woodland set as my mom has these and I always love it when she uses them. They are so 'fall' and I love that cozy vibe that they give off. I'm just a Spode girl and thankfully, it's affordable and easy to find. I have also been collecting the Christmas Spode plates as well (my grammie gifts me pieces each year).
We registered for these very basic plates as I like that they are completely void of color so they can be layered with everything. Plus, they're not very expensive (or irreplaceable heirlooms) so I will be totally fine if one or two get broken throughout the years and I can always replace them easily. We registered for the Herend Chinese bouquet salad plates as I like the idea of layering them with the basic china plates. I already have quite a few Herend pieces that will look great mixed in. I also love the idea of mixing and matching. I don't personally love the look of everything matching all of the time. Whenever I set the table with the Wedgwood china, I rarely put it all out. I think a mixture is what makes things fun and a little more 'modern', especially since I'm not hosting super formal dinner parties. I have a bunch of vintage sets of dishes saved on eBay that I'm always considering purchasing but I keep holding off because we already have too many plates as it is!!! I also held off on registering for these plates and these plates as I love them both, but enough is enough!
4 comments:
Thanks for sharing! i love your taste. When I was a little girl my mom actually took us to the Spode factory before it closed in England and we picked out her China. Such a fun experience and it's such well done china. Love spode!
I already have a couple Blue Italian pieces. I had been thinking we needed some type of bowl that was bigger than a cereal bowl. When I saw the pasta bowls, I knew they would be perfect. Thanks for the great idea!
Love that you use silver as your everyday utensils! Is it dishwasher safe? And what do you use to clean it with the several times a year you need to polish ?
Love that you use your silver for every day utensils! Is it safe to put in the dishwasher? What do you use to clean it with the several times a year you polish it?
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