<p>Yeah, but the original set probably still had lead in it! I started my Fiestaware obsession several years ago–and keep on adding to it! I love it!</p>
<p>We are also in the beginning hunt for new dishes, must be some kind of universal Dishware/Circadian rhythm. I will trade our old set for anyone else’s set that includes black and white borders and/or images of poultry.</p>
<p>My husband grew up in the area where Fiestaware is manufactured. His high school team was called the Potters. We often went to the Fiesta factory when we were visiting his family. The company that manufactures Fiestaware is Homer-Laughlin–the next time you’re in a restaurant, look at the bottom of the plate and you’ll find that about 80% of the time the china was manufactured by Homer-Laughlin. The factory tour is very interesting; there’s also a collection of custom china that they’ve produced over the years. They’ve done all kinds of china for colleges and universities and other institutions. Needless to say, we have lots of Fiestaware. A few years ago, I discovered Italian china from Deruda and fell in love with the designs and the colors. I put the Fiestaware away and I’m now using the Italian majolica. I also have a Johnson Brothers set of white china (Heritage-white pattern) that I got as a wedding present from my aunt/uncle and godparents 28 years ago. I use it as well and have found replacements on a great website called Replacements, Ltd.</p>
<p>I love my Corelle. I have had two sets over the years and just bought a new set on sale from Amazon for our beach house last summer. You can stack a lot of it in limited cupboard space and it doesn’t chip. There are lots of nice, modern patterns to choose from on Amazon, and it just shows up at your door.</p>
<p>I found some stuff at IKEA that isn’t made in China…</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.komotv.com/news/consumer/11514236.html[/url]”>http://www.komotv.com/news/consumer/11514236.html</a></p>
<p>just when you thought it was safe to open the cupboard</p>
<p>We’ve had Dansk Bistro since the late 70s. When DD and RM set up their apt in Sept. RM’s Mom sent the dishes she was tired of. Guess what? They were Dansk Bistro! I would like new dinnerware, too, but haven’t seen anything I think I’d like for the next 30 years.</p>
<p>Grew up on Fiesta. Lead plumbing. Asbestos. No seat belts. No bike helmets. Water from the aquifer. Raw milk. Aspirin for a fever. Red wine in a crystal decanter. Etc, etc, etc.</p>
<p>Not saying that this isn’t all a problem, but I’d say I’m pretty lucky to still be around! (Knocking frantically on my desk, which is probably filled with formaldehyde-laden glue)</p>
<p>Nuts, this discussion group is so educational. Now I am looking at china on the internet, and I didn’t even know I needed it…</p>
<p>Darn it, the majolica site has 52 different animal plates! I don’t need them, they won’t go with anything I own, they are too heavy, but the biologist inside me wants them, bad.</p>
<p>We are living in parallel universes. I recently ordered a new set of china. It hasn’t arrived yet. I used Homeclick, because they had everything half price, no tax, free shipping. But not everything is in stock so I will have to wait weeks for some pieces. </p>
<p>My china history: I have 6 place setting of Royal Worcester fine china, bought in England in my early 20’s. Couldn’t afford more, then the pattern was discontinued. I also have some of my husband’s grandmother’s fine china from Germany that blends well with mine. But the colors (white with blue) don’t go well now with anything I have. When we moved to NY my taste changed from blue/red to green/yellow/brown.</p>
<p>I started out married life with a set of Arabia stoneware, off-white with blue band. Over the years pieces broke, the pattern was discontinued, and my husband insisted on getting new stuff. He was unhappy about the lack of bowls. I saw that I could sell the pieces I had on Ebay or Replacements and make enough $$ to buy a new set (still haven’t sold the stuff, of course). Bought a set of Mikasa all-white English Countryside. Pretty, but chips like mad and breaks easily. (Actually, some kinds of pieces chip, others don’t, everything breaks.) Only 2 or 3 years later, I am down from 12 to 6 in dinner plates and other things. I decided to get Villeroy & Boch because some patterns are nice enough for somewhat formal use but can go in the dishwasher, microwave. Everyone assures me the stuff is indestructible. My husband said he was tired of white. So I ordered mix-and-match pieces from the Audun collection, white with lots of yellow and some black and white toile-like patterns. I ordered mostly the simpler pieces (Audun Fleur) but a few with the patterns. I ordered rimmed soup bowls with a picture of a hunter with a dog (Audun Chasse) because my husband said that it reminded him of his grandfather:</p>
<p>[Pattern</a> Audun Chasse](<a href=“http://eshop.villeroy-boch.com/us/shopping/show_101070]Pattern”>http://eshop.villeroy-boch.com/us/shopping/show_101070)</p>
<p>Does anyone have a recommendation for glasses? I keep buying them but the break like crazy. We are down now to not enough.</p>
<p>Consignment shops often have complete sets of dishes, sometimes unused, that cost a tiny fraction of what they would have if they were bought in store. In some cases probably those sets of “good china” that people saved for special occasions, and didn’t use enough (like ours, inherited from a Great Aunt & Uncle, packed neatly in our attic).</p>
<p>We are still using the dishes my Mom bought for us when we moved into our first house. It was never what I would have chosen. This thread has motivated me to actually think about replacing it.
I buy glasses at Costco. They are inexpensive but sturdy. If they break I don’t have to get upset.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure Villeroy & Boch is from The Czech Republic. Just got a new set of white at Tuesday Morning - it was all marked down to a ridiculously low price. I needed another set of dishes like a hole in the head, but I didn’t have white. I’ve got a couple of sets of every day - some English Blue & White (Meakin’s “The Mill”) and some “Chicken Dishes” we bought at the factory in Vietri, Italy. Then I have the antique Japanese Blue Willow I’ve always collected along w/ some Johnson Bros. to supplement, and some gorgeous hand-painted stuff we bought in Northern Italy (factory) for 2nd best. Then my mom’s good china. I am a china hog! haha! But I love to set the table beautifully w/ cloth napkins & all that. I change it all the time & change dishes too. We use all of it. Can’t have too much I say! If I were going to get some new Corelle of something, I’d get some square plates - they look cool. </p>
<p>Go for it! Buy some new stuff! And don’t be afraid to USE the good china either - you only live once; what are you waiting for? Enjoy life! Make every day special! You’re worth it! </p>
<p>This post is for everyone, not just the OP.</p>
<p>We use Dansk china for everyday, only chips are on bottoms of a couple of plates and in the dips of ridges of one set of bowls. Earthenware and everydayware chips badly. We have given what was left of sets to folks buying beach houses, college kids, etc. My MIL “inherited” my Franciscan Apple pattern, what was left of it, and she felt renewed. Meanwhile, two sets of Spode seldom make their way out of the quilted dish storage containers…</p>
<p>Wow, you guys never cease to amaze me. I’ve been looking for replacements for my Noritake wedding china for a couple of years, but had never heard about Replacements Ltd. Voila! Coffee cups! Now off to find the flatware I really liked and have never been able to find again under any of the five names it’s been carried under! :)</p>
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<p>You want WashMom’s cell number?</p>
<p>By the way, Replacements Ltd. is in NC near Wake Forest. Last spring I took S on a college tour and we passed Replacements Ltd. on the way from Elon to Wake, I think. I wanted to stop but we were in a hurry! I have ordered from them before and they’re really top-notch. That reminds me, I need to get a replacement for a bowl my DH broke last weekend…:(</p>
<p>I can’t believe it - WashDad’s post made me actually look up dishes on the internet - to see what FiestaWare was. Maybe I should get an apron too.</p>
<p>LOL WashDad! Just tell her I said it’s okay!</p>
<p>I’m always amazed (and saddened) by the stories of people who have died with beautiful lingerie in their drawers, never worn. I used to be a “saver” too, but I finally decided that “good” china, “guest” towels and all the “special occasion” stuff if worthless if we don’t get any use out of it. So what if something breaks, fades, tears, or gets lost - that just means that it is fulfilling its purpose!</p>
<p>It’s okay people! Again, use the “Good Stuff”! Sorry to say this, but you could “check out” tomorrow - LIVE today!</p>
<p>When I got tired of my brown edged dishes from our wedding in 1981, the timing was perfect. I encouraged my adolescents to wash the dishes, which resulted in lots of breakage 
Soon, it was clear, we needed new dishes. Ironically, I’d always wanted the blue Dansk, and my sister was ready to dump hers, so between the Dansk outlet store (recommend highly, if you like Dansk), and her hand-me-overs, I was set.</p>
<p>lorelei-- My Grandmother had Franciscan Apple!! Her kitchen had pink aplliances and a pink sink and everything else was green or white. </p>
<p>I’ve been thinking of this for hours: I need to keep my Dansk, I think since I have all the covered dishes and platters and extras as well as place settings for 10-12. and holiday. and tablecloths. and napkins. </p>
<p>Now, on to wall art… any one have any classic Pacific NW lithos by Elton Bennett?</p>