Safe use of 'fine china' Covered Dish?
chas045
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Comments (16)Hmmmmm. Don't really see a defined theme to the pics-- and there is nothing wrong w/ that. :) It's just giving me pause on what to suggest. I'll throw out a couple of ideas for you to think about. Looks like the wall on the left of the LR opening is not as wide as that on the right so forget about matching for scale. Let's try for similar colors. You could try holding up 2 of the large plates from your father in that space stacked one over the other. Does the gold in the plate compliment the print? If you like that effect, it would be easy to just hang 2 of those for now. You can always keep your eye out for something else that echoes those colors more. Something w/ more gilt on the rim or in the overall pattern? Something like a solid gold charger? Or find a couple somethings the same size/scale of the smaller print on the wall to the left of the cabinet and stack those in that space. Can't really see that print to tell what it is of. But by having 3 of those similar (but not having to match) would balance that side of the room, too....See MoreEveryday dishes - porcelain, bone china or Corelle
Comments (67)Excited to share that after much deliberation, GW thread reading, and sale price watching, my new everyday dishes have arrived. I decided to go with bone china, in the hopes that they would prove chip resistant, and grey cutlery mark resistant. I am so sick of those gray lines. I was also inspired that my two sets of pfaltzgraff dishes combined were down to 5 plates and 3 bowls. Comments from the family peanut gallery like 'why dont we ever have plates' pushed me to decision making 'code red'. I got a great deal at Macy's with a buy 1, get one place setting offer. I got 5 place settings of Lenox, Tin Can Alley 4 and five of Tin Can Alley 7. It also seriously considered Wedgewood Nantucket Basket but it is made in China and the Lenox is made in the US- clincher! The in-store price was less than the on-line price, and in-store still honored the bogo. Plus I got my 15% of macy's card discount. All told the 10 4 piece place settings delivered to my house came in at less than $350- I thought that was awesome. Now I can serve Thanksgiving in style! Last night we used the new dishes at dinner and it was lovely. The thinness of the china is a delight after heavy stoneware. It looks so pretty, even when dirty and loaded in the dishwasher. Thanks GW for inspiring, and educating....See MoreEveryday dishes - china vs porcelain
Comments (22)Even china that is "microwave safe" can show crazing after repeated use. We put our Gien dishes into the microwave but the crazing is starting to show so I hauled out some old glass plates and we're using those now. Or paper. Before I bought any china that I thought I would use in the micro, I'd buy a piece, put some water in it and test it. Zap it on high for 1 minute and see if the piece feels hot. If it does, it will be ok but have a shorter life. The cooler china stays, the longer it will live. All dishes are made from some type of clay. Stoneware -- anything that looks brown/beige when chipped -- has a high mineral content -- which means metal particles that heat up in the wave. Porcelain and china have less, but always good to test first. Re: Crate & Barrel. I bought a set of dishes there 5 years ago and they still have the same ones. I can still add any pieces. Some of their stuff is trendy; some is staple. Not everything goes away. I personally like to buy dishes in house sales or auctions. That way you don't pay "retail" whether you shop at Crate or Penneys. Waay cheaper. Added a link to an extensive list of tableware sources on Atticmag; some basic; some discount; some simply droolworthy Here is a link that might be useful: Tableware Sources...See MoreSiverware and white china/dishes
Comments (30)I'm in the sterling in the DW camp. I have done so for 44 years and am missing no patina and have no marks or loosened handles on the knives. As for mixing stainless and sterling, most of my sterling knives have stainless blades. I DO try not to put stainless and sterling in the same basket in the DW. And I always air dry...perhaps the lack of extra heat in the drying cycle has helped. Also, I chose Dansk stainless when I got married 44 years ago, and I am very happy with how it has held up. I bought a couple of new place settings 5 years ago at the Dansk outlet in New Orleans, and it's hard to tell the new from the old. Our first everyday china was Shenango restaurant ware. It held up beautifully but was really heavy. I gave it to youngest son when he left after college and got his own apartment. I've replaced it with Fiestaware which is almost as heavy, but I love the retro feel of it. In case you think I'm a total slacker when it comes to taking care of nice things, I DO handwash my grandmother's Haviland. I'm sure its gold rim would never last in the DW. My parents were so poor after WWII with no money for extras, so my grandma's silver became the everyday silver. My mom used to let me dig in the sandbox with her sterling serving spoons! I still have them, they're in great shape, and they do go in the DW but no longer in the sandbox....See Moredoucanoe
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