https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 23 May 2026 03:10:05 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-nicer-dishes/page/2#post-1956087 Sat, 22 Nov 2014 13:06:42 +0000 krispi 1956087@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We got a large set of Lenox Butler's Pantry "casual china" for our wedding, and we use those as our everyday dishes. We also used them when we hosted Thanksgiving last year. It was just a few months after the wedding, and I was excited to use my new dishes.</p> <p>I do have a set of formal china that I got for my first wedding, but now that I'm remarried it feels weird to use them. I do have them on display in a china cabinet, but I'd probably use our new dishes if we were hosting again this year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-nicer-dishes/page/2#post-1955751 Sat, 22 Nov 2014 01:44:46 +0000 lamariniere 1955751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a mashup of ikea dishes from before we were married. Someday I would like to have a matching set, but they don't have to be fancy or china. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-nicer-dishes/page/2#post-1955122 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 16:48:58 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1955122@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: dish twinsies! I love using bowls, so I also have C+B pasta bowls with the wide brim, and the ice cream/ cereal size bowls. </p> <p>I chose white because it goes with everything and I can dress up the table with colored or patterned napkin and placemats, and chargers.</p> <p>ETA: @Smurfette: triplets lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-nicer-dishes/page/2#post-1955022 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 16:03:19 +0000 Charm54 1955022@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have Sophie Conran and I :heart: them.... Basic and sturdy enough for every day, but we can use them when people come over </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-nicer-dishes/page/2#post-1955011 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 15:56:49 +0000 StbHisMrs 1955011@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have these from Longaberger that we use everyday in eggplant, cornflower, and butternut. Sadly the butternut has been discontinued and that's the color that has the most broken. I'm king of irritated with Longaberger because when I sold it we were trained to talk about how sturdy it is, I've broken about 8 pieces (C broke a serving dish last night :( ) and they won't replace my pieces. So I have service for 8 plus glasses and mugs with multiple broken plates, bowls, and mugs. Sad. I think I'll go looking for some melamine. </p> [attach=1475/14/nfeq6p.297x297.6325270.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-nicer-dishes/page/2#post-1954946 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 15:09:15 +0000 Mrs. J 1954946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have Crate and Barrel Roulette. No china. I dress the white plates up with colored smaller dishes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-nicer-dishes/page/2#post-1954925 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 14:58:54 +0000 fairy 1954925@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, I just have handmedown dishes we use everyday. We never have occasions here for fancy dishes though, and at Thanksgiving dinner at my mom's house she always supplies disposable plates so it was never something I did growing up either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-nicer-dishes/page/2#post-1954780 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 13:35:18 +0000 honeybear 1954780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use Lenox Tin Can Alley as regular dishes. </p> <p>I have a handful of "fancy" china dishes, but none of them match because I bought them as single pieces on clearance whenever I saw a piece I liked. They all have some silver on them, though, so the table looks festively mismatched. I use them once and a while just for kicks and on holidays. I dig dishes. </p> <p>On the stemware front, I have an embarrassing number of glasses, particularly champagne flutes. Something like half of the gifts from our wedding were champagne flutes! (The other half were mostly wine glasses. Apparently we were popularly viewed as drunks or exceptionally clumsy?) Anyhow, we only drink champagne or sparkling wine about once a year, but I like using all my stuff so I use them for sparkling water or juice and feel all fancy. (Thanks, wedding guests!) ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-nicer-dishes/page/2#post-1954758 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 13:22:33 +0000 Mrsjets 1954758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mama Bird: @birdofafeather: They're my favorite too! I've asked for the matching serving dishes and bread plates for gifts but haven't got anything yet...maybe Christmas. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-nicer-dishes#post-1954752 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 13:20:54 +0000 Anagram 1954752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sunny: haha...I still put my china in the dishwasher, on the "china" setting (my dishwasher has one, hurray!). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-nicer-dishes#post-1954750 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 13:20:07 +0000 Iced Tea 1954750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have everyday dishes in white. The only special dishes are my glass teapot (because I use that everyday and love seeing the color) and some nicer little dessert dishes, just because I found them cute and love the size.</p> <p>I didn't want a whole set of special dishes because of all the storage space they would require. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-nicer-dishes#post-1954736 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 13:14:14 +0000 birdofafeather 1954736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsjets: i have the chirp ones. i LOVE them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-nicer-dishes#post-1954732 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 13:11:37 +0000 mrs. tictactoe 1954732@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have these that we registered for: <a href="http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/apilco-tradition-blue-band-porcelain-dinner-place-setting/?pkey=ctabletop-dinnerware-sets&#038;cm_src=tabletop-dinnerware-sets" rel="nofollow">http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/apilco-tradition-blue-band-porcelain-dinner-place-setting/?pkey=ctabletop-dinnerware-sets&#038;cm_src=tabletop-dinnerware-sets</a>||NoFacet-_-NoFacet-_--_-</p> <p>My only regret is that we didn't go with plain white, but they have help up perfectly over the last 5 years. Not a single chip and we are not careful people. If we had fine china, we would never use it, so I like that we have good quality everyday dishes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-nicer-dishes#post-1954723 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 13:07:04 +0000 Mama Bird 1954723@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsjets: the Lennox set is just amazing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-nicer-dishes#post-1954715 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 13:04:23 +0000 sunny 1954715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use Ikea dishes everyday and we have a nicer set we got as wedding gifts. Unfortunately they are a PITA to clean because they are handwash only so we hardly use them :-( One of my biggest registry regrets!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-nicer-dishes#post-1954712 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 13:03:32 +0000 yoursilverlining 1954712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes- we use pottery barn white plain, regular dishes for every day meals and then I have a set of china I inherited and LO has a set of china she inherited. LO’s china is the one we use most often for special dinners and holidays; it was a wedding gift to my husband’s grandparents when they got married in the early 1930’s. It’s a lovely pattern. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-nicer-dishes#post-1954697 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 12:55:53 +0000 Mrsjets 1954697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel over run with dishes!<br /> I have a plain white stone ware set that DH and I used everyday for over a decade. It's now replaced by a Corelle set that is more child friendly.<br /> I also have 2 sets of china. Royal Albert old country roses from my grandmother and Lennox chirp which I looove. </p> [attach=2201/14/nfeht6.600x600.image.jpg] [attach=2201/14/nfeht8.400x400.image.jpg] [attach=2201/14/nfehta.370x453.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-nicer-dishes#post-1954681 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 12:39:46 +0000 pui 1954681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have fancy china for special occasions. Growing up I always admired my mom's china and thought it made holiday dinners extra special, so I registered for it when we got married. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-nicer-dishes#post-1954678 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 12:37:21 +0000 Shutterbug 1954678@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have the Aspen from C&amp;B that @youboots: posted for everyday use. We also have DH's great grandmother's china, but I've never used it, because people like to EAT on holidays and those old china plates are teeny. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-nicer-dishes#post-1954531 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 11:25:57 +0000 Anagram 1954531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a vintage set of Noritake "Stella" china from 1968, back when Noritake was still manufactured in Japan. I do break it out for holidays. It's a really cute, mod-60's pattern but it's all white with just small silver accents so it still looks modern. I love it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-nicer-dishes#post-1954503 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 11:14:23 +0000 looch 1954503@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: I remember that set, from CB! I think the factory burned down or something, before i got a chance to buy them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-nicer-dishes#post-1954501 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 11:13:23 +0000 MaryM 1954501@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ShootingStar: I long for the day I have a house large enough for a china cabinet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-nicer-dishes#post-1954469 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 11:01:24 +0000 Mama Bird 1954469@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents have all the nice dishes, because they've got closets to keep them. We don't have room, so we keep the fancy stuff to a minimum. The everyday dishes are this gorgeous Cape Cod set with seashells though :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-nicer-dishes#post-1954466 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 11:00:36 +0000 youboots 1954466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have the Aspen pattern for our everyday China. And the Audrey pattern (now discontinued) for our formal China. Both are from C&amp;B at least with our everyday we can easily get replacements to replace chipped dishes. Both are from our wedding registry 8 years ago and have held up really well.</p> <p>[attach=5281/14/nfechf.450x600.image.jpg] </p> [attach=5281/14/nfechx.450x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-nicer-dishes#post-1954446 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 10:55:40 +0000 rattles 1954446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have two sets of dishes, the first for every day and the second is our wedding china. I LOVE our wedding china. We use it to entertain, for special occasions, and for Sunday dinners. It wasn't cheap, so I want to make sure we use it enough to be worth it. DD helps with the first set in the dishwasher but not china cleanup. </p> [attach=2013/14/nfec9m.503x600.image.jpg] [attach=2013/14/nfec9o.560x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-nicer-dishes#post-1954423 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 10:48:40 +0000 ShootingStar 1954423@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't register for china because I didn't think we'd use them. But then we saw some china in a thrift shop and ended up buying it. It barely gets used. But it looks nice in the glass cabinets in our kitchen. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-nicer-dishes#post-1954407 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 10:45:47 +0000 mrs. wagon 1954407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mfa_lady: yes!! We also use the serving bowl and platter several times a week. The plain white goes with everything! I told Wagon Sr. that I'll buy platinum-lined place settings all in one shot when the president or queen come for dinner. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-nicer-dishes#post-1954400 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 10:44:37 +0000 mfa_lady 1954400@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: SAME HERE! My MIL tried to get me to get something much fancier...but, you can't go wrong with pretty, white, dishwasher-safe china if you ask me. It's a great mix of dainty and usable, I think. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-nicer-dishes#post-1954394 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 10:43:13 +0000 loveisstrange 1954394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. I have some china that was my grandmothers. It's white with a plain platinum band around the edge. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-nicer-dishes#post-1954386 Fri, 21 Nov 2014 10:42:34 +0000 mrs. wagon 1954386@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mfa_lady: this is our wedding china too!! I wanted something I could put in the dishwasher :)</p> <p>I use a Mikasa set everyday and we also have a Corelle set. I'm a dish-a-holic. </p>