I have Villeroy & Boch Audun and love it. It goes in the dishwasher and microwave and hasn’t chipped in the 8 years I’ve owned it.
https://www.macys.com/shop/product/villeroy-boch-audun-dinnerware-collection?ID=70270
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I have the plain white Crate and Barrel dishes at both our houses and (knock on wood) have never chipped any of the pieces. I have a lot of dishes, but these are the ones I grab most often and use in the microwave. Nothing hurts them. I buy the ones that come in sets of 8 - I think the Essentials line. Mine are several years old so don’t look the same as what I see online right now. Mine have a flat rim around the plates. Nothing fancy but I love them because they are so sturdy.
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Cheap Gibson Regalia. But I like it. It has been discontinued.
For many, many years we used a “busy” pattern as was more popular back then. I still have it and still love it. Maybe someday we’ll go back to it again.
https://www.replacements.com/china-mikasa-spring-tradition/c/62016
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I got rid of my chipped Dansk stoneware every day dinnerware several years ago and replaced it with the Apilco Beaded Hemstitch white porcelain from Williams Sonoma. Contrary to popular belief, it’s very sturdy and after about 8 years there’s not a single nick, scratch or chip on any of the pieces. It’s not cheap but incredibly versatile and would look completely appropriate on a formal table, with silver and crystal as it does on the breakfast bar, smeared with jam. The photo shows cup and saucer and soup plate but cereal bowls and mugs are also available, which we use all the time. I wish I’d bought it 20 years ago.
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Those look lovely!
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When our daughter was going to be moving into an apartment, I had three years to amass everyday dishes for her to take. Since I volunteer at a very nice thrift shop, I was able to assemble all white dinnerware. It came from a variety of sources…Williams Sonoma, Crate and Barrel, and Sur La Table. It’s all very nice and in excellent condition. It was used to begin with and she has used it for six years. Not a nick on it…and it all looks brand new.
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I must be the only person here who is not a fan of plain white dishes.
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Late to the party on this thread, too … I have my paternal grandmother’s china, a service for 12. It’s Haviland; Clinton pattern:
https://www.replacements.com/china-haviland-clinton-luncheon-plate/p/1891521?utm_source=google_shopping&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=shopping_feed&rplSrc=GPLA&rplSubEvent=151823&productTargetID=&dvc=c&rplsku=25&gclid=Cj0KCQiA0-6ABhDMARIsAFVdQv8hL2r2REsoYCqeVn1OARrFdaLfEcf1uenUt4OHclGPOWoMDczBQ5YaAuIXEALw_wcB
I don’t use it all that often, but love it for the family history it represents. It has a gold rim, so I hand wash it. I remember my grandmother putting it the dishwasher, but back then the dw soap wasn’t nearly as strong as today.
Several years ago I bought a set of plain white dishes for everyday use. I thought it would be such a simple thing to buy white dishes. Wow, was I wrong! I did a ton of online research and finally settled on ones from Sur La Table. I could buy items separately, which was good because I didn’t like their bowls (way too large; I bought a couple to use as small serving bowls) or coffee mugs (didn’t fit well in my hand). I bought bowls and mugs from Pottery Barn. I bought one of each item to bring home to check (1) how they fit in the dishwasher and (2) how they fit in the cabinet. I’m glad I did that; it was enlightening. There were some brands that had oversize dinner plates that wouldn’t have fit in my cabinets.
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No, gouf78, you’re not. I don’t have plain white dishes. My kitchen cabinets bring a lot of white into my kitchen already. I love my blue/white Blue Danube set and my pastel Monet set.
Also my dining room table cloth is pure white so white dishes would disappear.
I have Lenox Poppies on Blue which I collected over a few years when I first married. Still love it. Guess it is popular because the Replacements site has sky high prices for it! A glass serving bowl I bought on sale for $3.50 all those years ago is $50!
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Two years ago, I bought 16 place settings of Apilco Zen porcelain from Williams Sonoma for our vacation place. I love it. We often (at least in the past) have lots of people visiting on the weekends and these dishes are easy to clean, don’t take up lots of space, and look great. *
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GOUF, I have those too!
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That is a beautiful pattern. I have always loved it.
For years we used Mikasa Spring Tradition and I still have it.
https://www.replacements.com/china-mikasa-spring-tradition/c/62016
But I do have a cheap set of white dishes right now and I like how I can use all different kinds of placemats rather than trying to match dishes. It’s Gibson Regalia.
https://www.gibsonusaoutlet.com/regalia-20-piece-dinnerware-set-white.html
My formal china that we never use is Noritake Randolph.
https://www.replacements.com/china-noritake-randolph/c/68933
I wanted Wedgewood Runnymede Dark Blue but I was too intimidated to ask for expensive china as a wedding present nevermind completing the set at my own expense. But I will never forget it. A neighbor of mine had it and I nearly swooned when I walked in her dining room and saw it in her china cupboards.
https://www.replacements.com/china-wedgwood-runnymede-blue/c/114304
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Is this the Noritaki Randolph? I really like that!!
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Our everyday dishes are also plain white. I have a nicer quality all white set as well that we typically use when entertaining. That said, after the fancy china thread, I’m motivated to use the nice stuff more often 
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Yes, it is.
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Love your dishes!
V&B Twist Alea here - had it for more than 8 years, heavy daily use, and only one chipped plate that got too cosy with a cast iron pan. 
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@BunsenBurner we love the VB switch and twist plates we have. I think VB has some really nice, but not fussy dinnerware.
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Question. I have a set of chipped and mismatched set of everyday. What do I do with them? Throw them away, donate a chipped half set of stoneware? I have them in a cupboard, not knowing what to do.
But that seems to be a theme, trying to figure out what to do with stuff I no longer want
We had a set of Pfaltzgraf and every single piece had a chip on it. We kept four plates to put under poinsettias at Christmas, and took the rest to the dump.
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