Who else has tableware lust?

[Chris Amirault]

This is not merely a chick thing. No way. I seriously lust after midcentury modern barware, highball glasses, plates... you name it. My MIL got us a great set of eight highball glasses for xmas in this fantastic jungle motif.

I'm still looking for the perfect flatware set....

[naguere]

Well, this is not so much Junk Heap Shopping, but how i rationalised my kitchen crockery.

 

after bringing up four sons, then running the house for students (to run the four sons in education  ), i thought

 

about the crockery .

 

Cycle camping in France every year, Duralex is a trade name that crops up a lot, so i went for it and it has done me

 

proud. hard wearing, pleasant to look for  not a lot of money:

 

 

 

 

Edited September 7, 2015 by naguere (log)

[andiesenji]

Well, this is not so much Junk Heap Shopping, but how i rationalised my kitchen crockery.

 

after bringing up four sons, then running the house for students (to run the four sons in education  ), i thought

 

about the crockery .

 

Cycle camping in France every year, Duralex is a trade name that crops up a lot, so i went for it and it has done me

 

proud. hard wearing, pleasant to look for  not a lot of money:

I have a bunch of those Duralex tumblers  and they are hard wearing and don't seem as affected by the dishwasher "film" as other glasses.

 

I have to do some searching because I broke one of my Eva Zeisel Harlequin plates (sob) this morning and they are much harder to find than a few years ago.  Not a single one on ebay and the only ones on Etsy are not in good shape.  

[blue_dolphin]

Oh dear, Condolences on your dearly departed Eva Zeisel plate. I love her work and the Harlequin pieces are lovely. Good luck in sleuthing down a replacement!

[Thanks for the Crepes]

I have a bunch of those Duralex tumblers  and they are hard wearing and don't seem as affected by the dishwasher "film" as other glasses.

 

I have to do some searching because I broke one of my Eva Zeisel Harlequin plates (sob) this morning and they are much harder to find than a few years ago.  Not a single one on ebay and the only ones on Etsy are not in good shape.  

 

The Duralex dishes are beautiful in their simplicity. I adore glass dishes, and my every day ones are from Bed Bath and Beyond with a petal pattern embossed on the underside, which makes them pretty, but much more functional than if the embossing was on the top surface. I tried to find them, but they are most likely discontinued. I did find them on: http://www.replacements.com/webquote/ACOCAN.htm

 

What floors me is the price of the small fruit/dessert bowl. I paid $1 for each of my pieces, and I give the cats water in the bowls now because I have pink glass bowls (also embossed on the underside with a floral pattern) I prefer.

 

I have found that especially since phosphates were reduced in dishwasher detergent, a severe reduction in the amount you use will extend the life of you dishes, reducing etching and that white film you sometimes get. I'm serious. If you rinse and scrub your dishes as I do before placing in the dishwasher to sterilize, you can reduce the automatic dish detergent to as little as a heaping teaspoon placed in the second cup that springs open on the timer. Your dishes come out sparkling and last years longer.