Kitchen

[SuesCat]

Sammijo ~ i love your method of keeping the dining table set to discourage DH from taking over! If i thought that would work around here, i'd do it too! Unfortunately, i know Mr. Sue'sCat would just pile his stuff on top of the tableware! I finally resorted to putting a couple of clear acrylic bins on "his side" of the table and plop all his mail, meds, eyeglasses, etc. in them! At least that contains it somewhat! I mean.. we eat at that table every night!

[house_cat]

What a great thread! I'm so enjoying the responses. I'm afraid mine is quite sedate. I have plain white dinnerware, so I dress up the table instead. My current favorite is a burlap runner, bandanas for napkins and simple flowers. I'll dress it up a little for Thanksgiving, but not much. I've become a minimalist lately.

[SuesCat]

house_cat ~ wow! A giraffe, kokopelli, and what looks like barnyard cannisters complete w/ cow milk pitcher??? Please correct me if i'm wrong! And is that an old photo on the shelf? I know! I'm nosey! lol Your place looks calm and serene, and you collect what you love. And i like your silverware pattern. It looks like the one i grew up with. ~ take care

[MariotaMurielle]

On 11/14/2014 mominohio said:

On 11/14/2014 Mochahoney said:

Liberty Blue Staffordshire ironstone. we don't have any fine china, but I just love this ironstone.

I have this pattern and lots of completer pieces as well, all picked up at thrift stores. I have it displayed in my china cabinet all year long, but have never actually served a meal on them. Guess I need to change that.

mominohio, mine are in our china cabinet all year, but we have used them on holidays for many years. take yours out of the cabinet this Thanksgiving and enjoy these beautiful dishes.

[cindyinfl]

Yes, SuesCat & pupwhipped: That is my pattern. I just love it for not only Thanksgiving, but all fall entertaining.

Thank you for posting a picture.

Cindy

[glinda]

We usually go to my aunts home for Thanksgiving, and I really didn't have any "good dishes" until a year ago that I would use for Thanksgiving. I USED to have my hubby's family here for Thanksgiving when our kids were small and most likely the dishes I used were "early Corelle"! Last year, my dad passed away and left me a bit of money, not a lot, but enough to take some time to consider what I would do with it. Since my mom passed on before dad, I knew I wanted to use it for something I could honor their memory with and also pass down to my kids. After MUCH thought, I decided that I would splurge and buy "good" Christmas dishes. Both my parents LOVED Christmas and family dinners for any reason or no reason. last fall my hubby and I were traveling thru Lancaster, PA and stopped at a Lennox outlet. I KNEW exactly what pattern I wanted, Well, that went out the window as I saw "Winter Greetings" which was more expensive than the pattern I originally liked. Yes, there was a special, but I still felt like it was just more money than I wanted to spend. I actually left the store and sat in the car. After about 10 minutes, my hubby came out and asked me to come back I and talk to the manager, he had heard my hubby's story and wanted to talk to me. I was blown away..6 piece service for 12.. At exactly what I was willing to pay. Got it! Being that it is not a pattern that is solely "Christmas" , but can be used all winter, and the fact moms favorite bird, the cardinal is on it...it is the best purchase I have ever made! I can still hear my dad saying "use your good things all the time"! So..last year, I had the opportunity to use my new china not once, but three or four times during Thanksgiving thru the New year! Having said that, when we go to my aunts for Thanksgiving, it will be on the stoneware she has had for years and paper plates for dessert...and who cares?? it's the people and the bond we share that makes it memorable!!

[JannyRee]

I live in a small town on the coast so we are always informal as far as what we wear but I use my Mom's Spode blue Fleur de Lis dishes and her silverware. Pleasant memories for all of my family.

[colliegirls]

I LOVE, LOVE,LOVE the blue and white china!!! No one can have too much blue and white!

[SuesCat]

glinda ~ sweet story, thanks for sharing that. I got choked up.

[hennypenny]

Suescat, thank you for posting the pic of my china. I do love it. I also have my mother's spode Pekin bird (not peking) It is quite old and lovely. and some china of my grandmothers. My favorite though is the one I bought.