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I have fiestaware, which I love because you can mix and match all the colors. Right now we have only service for 4, but will gradually add pieces until we have what we want. The good thing about it is that if pieces break/get chipped/destroyed they are easy to replace, which is why I don't really plan to replace the whole set, just pieces on an as-needed basis. It's also relatively inexpensive at around $30 for a 4-piece place setting (dinner plate, salad plate, bowl, mug).

We registered for Fiestaware and got about 4 sets, but I wish I had more! Since we only have 4, I kept all my mismatched old stuff and I HATE that it is such a hodge podge of dishware. I want to upgrade to a full 16 piece matching set just like you are talking about. I love our Fiestaware that we do have and would probably just buy additional sets in the color we already have. It has held up perfectly for the last 5 years.

I have the Aspen line from C&B. Love it- we registered for it and they still have it 10 years later.

We also have a more formal set from C&B for holidays or special dinners.

We had a mish mosh until our wedding, when we registered for, and received, 10 matching place settings. We have the mismatched ones to our younger siblings. A few of our wedding set have gotten chipped here and there and a mug broke, but I don't think we will replace them for a while. But they weren't that expensive and I expect eventually enough things will break or chip and we will replace with another full set.

I think you should get rid of all of them and get a brand new matching set. Or wait until Christmas and ask then.

Oh and I have 8 place settings of Christmas dishes thanks to my mil. In a tiny condo wth no storage....

We've never changed ours....

But we have gone through a few sets. One set was porcelain and several pieces broke. We have a complete set of ugly China. And we've had two different sets of Corelle. One was sold at a yard sale when moving because we had the ugly stuff and the now many pieces missing porcelain set.

I'm thinking when we buy our house hopefully this fall I'll donate it all and buy a set I actually like.

Never. We have fiestaware too, which is amazing. Most of my collection is open stock, so we have plenty of what we use and not a ton of extra. I might get rid of some of the plates in the future and get new ones in colors I like better, but that's it.

Like others above we registered for Fiestawear and don't regret it at all! We plan to stick with it for the long term. We can easily switch up colors (do all one, or an array) and they're easy to find on sale at Macy's a few times a month.

We bought 2 boxes from Ikea years and years ago (each box had 6 sets) and we love them though they are starting to look pretty worn out and a few plates have chips. Eventually we will get a better set but these have been great.

I had this set from IKEA from graduate school through when we got married:
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60057098/
They actually have a lot of other products in that series, too.
I got rid of that after we got our registry dishes that we still use everyday:
http://www.crateandbarrel.com/roulette-dinnerware/f11023
I love the simple white pattern that I can use with different placemats and napkins to change things up. Also, like @youboots: said, this is another C&B line that they've had forever, so we can get replacements if needed.

My mom got me my set as a birthday present, maybe 5 or 6 years ago. I haven't really felt a need to change it. I have this pattern, service for 12 - http://m.mikasa.com/products/VIND01-016

We got rid of our mishmash of 2 different sets when we got married and got this http://www.crateandbarrel.com/dinnerware-collections/roulette-blue-band-dinnerware/
We have 8 places settings plus we got extra plates (12 total) so I don't anticipate replacing them for a very long while.
@GreenThumb: We have the same in the blue band! I love them.

We have 12 settings of the pantry line from William Sonoma, which I love. Dinner plate, salad plate, app plate, soup bowl.
We also have cereal bowls, salad bowls, and some other accent pieces from a local potter, and are slowly working on completing this collection.

I've really liked having basic white dishes. We haven't had any chip or break in four years, but I know I can easily replace them. And it's fun to add accent pieces. We are planning to get holiday salad plates that we can just stack on the dinner plates for Christmas, for example.

We are still using our dishes we got for our wedding. I think we've only lost one small plate in 7 years! We got everyday china from C+B.

I'd suggest Fiestaware, too! Places like Macy's and Kohl's often have really good deals on place settings. We have about a million place settings from our wedding registry and a couple years after when they released a new color I fell in love with.

Our everyday stuff is from Ikea. I love the aqua color! We've had it for about 3 years now and it's still good as new. We got hand me down dishes for our wedding and we also have service for 12 in our china.

We registered for dishes from The Food Network line at Kohls. I have a lot from this line and I love it. It's reasonably priced and such good quality.

@Raindrop: Well, with DS growing up, we got an IKEA plastic set in the last couple years. The rest is since our wedding, so 5 years.
The flatware has been mine since 2002. :o

I went through the dinner plate saga this past year. We didn't have a registry when we got married (eloped) and so we had a mashup of dishes (mostly ikea). But as time went on, a few pieces broke so we only had 5 matching plates of the plates I liked, which made me a bit crazy. Also, not all of our plates fit properly in the dishwasher. (Yes, I know, first world problems all the way). I hunted for months for simple white plates with specific dimensions so that they would fit in the dishwasher. I finally found them and ordered 12, the brand is Villeroy & Bosch. I don't care about buying whole sets of matching dishes, I just wanted enough matching plates.

We bought Denby dinner plates and side plates (8 of each)when we bought our first house 4 years ago. We have subsequently added 8 matching pasta bowls. Our soup bowls dont match the set. I cant see us replacing any time soon - I guess we will when too many items get broken or chipped.

@hb3233: my mum has given me her original sets from her engagement around 1979, she never used them. They're not an expensive/brand name but look really pretty so I love using them for myself.