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Really Pretty Placemats!

ECBG — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 23:47:57 GMT

I need some new placemats. My favs have "wash fatigue"!

Years ago, I got some dark navy floral mats by Ralph Lauren at Marshals. I rotated them with another medium blue floral that I've had so long it's unreal! They just work, you know.

DH would hold on to our dishware and scream and go balistic if I ever replaced it (he's "married" to the bowls), so I just buy placemats! I don't chose mats with a lot of white because of stains. I expect them to go the distance.

I had SO much fun going through all 30+ pages of mats on Etsy! You wouldn't believe the pretty looks!

I have several I'm looking at!

Here is that "amazing" set, lol!!! It does look great on my primative table, though!

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Nonametoday — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 23:59:00 GMT

Target has some very pretty placemats on sale from time to time. I bought some lovely silver beaded ones for holiday one year that were $38/each on Amazon for $5.00 each Christmas Eve eve. I have bought several different ones at Target but that was my real steal. From time to time, TJM has good deals on them. Our TJM is a treasure hunt. If you get there on Monday mornings, okay but if you wait --- you lose. ;-)

I like your cornflower Yorktowne Pfaltzgraf.

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Love my grandkids — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:09:27 GMT

For many years I bought loads of lovely placemats at Mervyn's. I had 4 or 5 sets that I loved equally! They all eventually got "used" to death and had to be replaced.

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haddon9 — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:16:50 GMT

Pfaltzgraff...a classic!

I never had Pfaltzgraff dishes but something similar when I first got married. The quality wasn't as good and they started to chip. I replaced mine with Fiestaware in several colors.

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froggy — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:47:28 GMT

Oh my. I have placemats for all my tablecloths - and I have a lot of tablecloths. In fact, I rarely buy a tablecloth if it doesn't have coordinating place mats.

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Sooner — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 01:00:29 GMT

We have Chilwich mats on our bar in the kitchen and love them. They come in navy! I think ours are basketweave. If you spill, they just wipe off. They are not cloth.

You can google the company site but lots of places sell them and they do go on sale.

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PamfromCT — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 12:39:01 GMT

@ECBG, Your dishes are lovely and a true Early American classic.

Among antiques, jewelry, and other stuff, I love dishes. I pared down, but then bought a little starter set of Spode “Blue Italian” dinnerware. I love blue and white have a number of pieces for decoration, but no blue and white to eat from.

It’s a disease, for me. And at my age, buying dishes? I guess I am an optimist.

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Katcat1 — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 12:43:58 GMT

@ECBG A soft yellow would work as it would bring out the blue in the dishes. It really depends on the rest of your decor in the dining area. Good luck.

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Harpa — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 13:14:06 GMT

@ECBG, I bet you're having fun choosing!

We inherited a set of Phaltzgraff in that pattern. Service for 12! But the dishes and things were so heavy, we gave it all away. I kept the glasses, though!

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ECBG — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 16:08:01 GMT

@Harpa wrote:
@ECBG, I bet you're having fun choosing!

We inherited a set of Phaltzgraff in that pattern. Service for 12! But the dishes and things were so heavy, we gave it all away. I kept the glasses, though!

@Harpa

When our boys were young, they couldn't set the table because of the weight of the plates. I usually filled the plates in the kitchen, though.

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ECBG — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 16:20:08 GMT

@Katcat1 wrote:
@ECBG A soft yellow would work as it would bring out the blue in the dishes. It really depends on the rest of your decor in the dining area. Good luck.

@Katcat1

Thank you. I'm leaning toward denim. The tie top drapes are burgundy. Here's the house done for Christmas. I did change the great room lamps to large hand thrown cream ginger jars.

The house is primitive antiques.

https://community.qvc.com/t5/Among-Friends/Here-s-My-quot-Country-quot-Christmas/m-p/4317085#M202493

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Sooner — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 16:25:17 GMT

@PamfromCT China, flatware and drinkware is a disease for me too! Oh how I love it!

I started with Blue Room when it came out and have a LOT of it. We love it! We packed it at our last move and one of my projects oddly enough is to unpack it because we both miss it!

I just got out some Waterford balloon glasses we got on vacation once dirt cheap at a factory store long ago--and am having juice from one this week!

Do you drool over the Southern Lady, Tea Time and such magazines? OH my goodness!

My favorite maybe has to be Villeroy and Boch Petite Fleur. OH don't get me started! And their Audun? OH my have you seen that?

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Lucky Charm — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 16:33:42 GMT

I put out pretty dishtowels as placemats every morning.

I have a colorful collection of many beautiful ones that I've gotten from specialty boutiques and when travelling around the world.

I have a set out now from Thailand done in a batik pattern that compliments my *sunshine-y* Fiesta dishware.

Easy to care for as all are machine washable/hang to dry. Between the table and the kitchen sink I do a load of *placemats* every few days. Always switching it up!

I don't think I've used *true* placemats for decades.

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Nonametoday — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 18:02:25 GMT

@ECBG

You really have the Americana look in keeping with the style of your home. Very nicely done. Thank you for sharing pictures of your Christmas home.

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PamfromCT — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 18:12:15 GMT

@Sooner, No, I don’t recall the Auden. But I do like that brand. Beautiful quality china.

We’ve had Waterford forever, and our silver forever, too.

Our everyday dishes are “Botanic Garden” by Portmeirion,

best dishes we still have after 50+ years a now discontinued Royal Doulton pattern, Spode Christmas dishes.

I envy you your collection of blue and white Spode. It is gorgeous. And yes, I love to see pictures in those magazines.

It takes you to a special place, becoming more lost in time.

I do give things away to my DD and DIL, who both appreciate nice things.

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PamfromCT — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 18:15:43 GMT

@ECBG, Your home at Christmas is gorgeous. Love all your decor and Christmas decorations. And that pup is a cutie, too.

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wilma — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 18:31:38 GMT

@ECBG

Let us know what mats you purchase. The only thing I’ve ordered from a vendor on Etsy was a piano bench cushion. Good quality. I replaced my wash worn placemats a few months ago. Got mine at my local Pier One store when it was having a “going out of business” sale.

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ECBG — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 18:41:54 GMT

@wilma @PamfromCT @Nonametoday @Lucky Charm @Sooner s

I'm really looking at the denim for daily. I have the slightly more fancy for holidays and birthday dinners. I use the Franciscan Apple and Ivy.

I had looked at the home area of the Ralph Lauren site. The combination of different medium to dark blues and whites was wonderful and what I would do if I were redecorating with blues. I would have loved to have most of those fabrics as a place mat.

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Katcat1 — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 18:59:25 GMT

@ECBG Lovely decorations. The best decos are the two dogs --- so sweet.

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Spurt — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 19:30:37 GMT

Etsy has some nice ones, also Bed, Bath & Beyond as well as Home Goods, and there are a couple charming shops in the Texas Hill Country that doesn't disappoint either!