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November 20, 2005

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Rachel

I know it's not super close, but I highly recommend Ikea. My sister also got her white plates from Crate and Barrel and they've been great.

Peggy

JC Penny outlet at rolling acres mall has a very large set of white, with serving pieces, very cheap as of yesterday.(might be too much of a drive for you now but worth it)

gabby

I second IKEA. Our kitchen is in red & yellow and we have the white Corelle dishes that we just use and spice things up with linen napkins and colored water glasses, etc. It works well.

Amy

I priced out six place settings (plate, small plate, mug and bowl) at both IKEA and Crate and Barrel; I was surprised that Crate and Barrel was only $12 more than IKEA. I would love IKEA but it's more than three hours round-trip and I don't think we'll be able to get there before Christmas (plus I'm sure we'd use up more than the $12 savings on gas!). There is a Crate and Barrel on the other side of town, tho, so maybe I'll head over there. Shipping would be $13 from C & B . . . I wonder how much it would cost me in gas to get there? These days it might be cheaper to have it shipped!

Shelly

We got this set from Crate & Barrel and it's fabulous! All the pieces are very thick & sturdy and they look great, too.

http://www.crateandbarrel.com/family.aspx?c=30&f=20677&viewall=1

Amy

We got the (pretty inexpensive) white thick stuff from Crate & Barrel when we got married and it has been awesome. Nothing's broken yet! I love it!

sarah

If you look around, you will be able to find something extremely sturdy, and ours (which came from Target about 8 years ago- a line called cafe ware that was identical to dishes I saw in pottery barn) is also oven safe! Every bowl and plate can go in the oven, which is neat for broiling individual parmeseans or cheese on soup or chili. Just something to consider.

sarah

Hey look- they still make it! (And mine looks just as new- even more than 8 years old).

http://www.cooking.com/products/shstylesummary.asp?DeptNo=9000&classno=0909&PatternNo=0064

OnTheFence

I changed out my everyday dinner ware at the beginning of the year to Mikasa's Italian Countryside, they also have a French countryside as well. Its absolutely beautiful and while at department stores its pricey I bought mine off of Amazon and eBay. Amazon had a coupon for purchases over $100 and it was also on sale, then I bought some remaining peices on eBay. EBay is a great place to buy that kind of thing because newly weds or recently divorced people are selling their placesettings off.

I also second Crate and Barrel. Excellent quality and simply beautiful.

Kim

Amy

I'm a Southern Living at Home Consultant and we have a very lovely line of dinnerware. Let me know if you'd like a catalog!

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