Fiesta dinnerware: Any other fans?
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Comments (30)When we were down to TWO bowls in our everyday dish set I started looking for something new. I found (surprise!) Christmas dishes that don't look very Christmassy, a Southern Living product produced in conjunction with Ballard Designs. They were inexpensive to begin with, and after the post holiday sale price AND a coupon, I think I got three sets of four place settings for what one cost originally. They are mostly white with a spray of greenery across the plate or bowl and the name of the plant in red script. I absolutely love them, and my meandering point is not to look in the obvious places for your dishes :-)...See MoreEveryday dinnerware recommendations
Comments (56)Another vote for Fiestaware here. They are just so...happy. And very timeless, all-American, and all the other great things said here. The drawbacks for me personally are weight/size (on the heavy side, and cannot stack as many in cabinets as I'd like) as well as silverware marks. I primarily use the cream color (which is not really cream, IMO, but more of a light yellow) and after almost 4 years I am seeing lots of little marks on them. My friend has white, and hers are far worse. It doesn't really bother me and I think this happens to most everyday ceramic plates...but it's something to be aware of. Probably much less noticeable on the medium and darker colors. I do not care for the shallow bowls or coffee cups that are included in the place setting boxes, so I buy open stock. I like the big, deep bowls (I think maybe they are labeled 'chili bowls'?) and the mugs with the larger handle. Happy shopping!...See MoreWill Portmeirion Dinnerware fit in Miele Futura Dishwasher?
Comments (12)Thank you to everyone who posted helpful comments. Since no one who posted had the exact same situation, I did end up taking three of each of my various types of plates and bowls to the showroom to test in the Miele models I posted. Here are my results, which may be of interest to a future buyer who happens to share my dinnerware pattern. All of the plates fit fine in the tines, including dinner plates, salad plates, and bread plates. Actually, the plates were my biggest concern because they are not flat in style but have a raised rim that seemed to me to be too pronounced to fit into the rather tightly spaced Miele tines. Amazingly, they fit just fine. Those clever German engineers! The soup bowls also fit fine, as did the cereal bowls. I did have trouble with two bowl styles that are deeply rounded in design. Neither the 8 1/2 inch pasta bowl shown here not the 5 1/2 inch fruit bowl (which I think looks more like an Asian rice bowl in shape) were able to fit in adjacent tines, nested beside one another. So for these items I will have to skip three or four tines between bowls, but I do not use as many of these on a daily basis, so I think we're still OK. Here is a link to the dessert bowls: Here is a link that might be useful: Portmeirion Botanic Garden Individual 5-1/2-Inch Fruit Salad Bowls...See MoreFiesta - time for my first set of dishes
Comments (26)Thank you all so much for posting your likes/dislikes with Fiesta! You are all so helpful. Eileen you are supersweet. I do not have a dillards near me. I will keep my eye out for sales at kohls and Macy's though. I don't think I will be buying the place settings. I don't have much use for the mugs and I dont think I will need as many bowls as I will the plates. That is one of the things I like about it. How easy it seems to buy exactly what you need while being able to mix and match such pretty colors. I am going to order a plate of the three colors so I can see it in person today. If I love it, which I have a feeling I will, I will start a wish list on Amazon and start ordering peices. I have already been scoping out ebay too. :) Of course I have a tendancy to go overboard so I already have visions of a platerack molding type thing going around the kitchen so I can have a "plate" backsplash for color and to have the smaller plates handy, and lots of mixing bowls and carafes on top of the cabinets for color there. I think I might have to see if one or two more colors will work with the mix if I am planning on open storage. I have a picture of a gorgeous white kitchen with tons of fiesta everywhere that I have saved for years. I don't think I will ever have that white kitchen but I think the fiesta will still work. I have no idea why I am so in to lots of happy colors all of a sudden but I am so looking forward to this. :) Makes me love my crazy butterfly curtains all the more. They were my best ebay bargain of all time and I am so glad I made a big stink when the people buying my last house wanted to write in the contract that I leave the two panels I had hung. I have the perfect spot for 5 of the panels in this house and I am going to use the 6th to get a roman shde made for the window over the kitchen sink. Best $100 including shipping I ever spent on ebay!...See More- 13 years ago
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