Can you give me inexpensive dinner set/plate suggestions?
Posted by Top-Cat-a@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 26 comments
I bought some Tesco Aura sets of plates, and I didn't know at the time they keep changing the colours available so I can't get any replacements in the same colour.
So my question is do you guys know any sets of plates that are:
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fairly inexpensive
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not white
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have been available in the same style for years
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Have at least side plates, dinner plates, bowls and matching cups/mugs
I want to buy 16 place settings and then top them up when/if they get broken. Whilst I don't always do it I sometimes organise DnD groups and family gatherings at my place since its substantially more spacious.
I don't mind spending (say) up to £50 for each set of 4 place settings but lower is better. I have obviously looked in Tescos but its plain I need to look elsewhere.
172116@reddit
Denby often run their ranges for many years - regency green and imperial blue have been aournd since 1989, Greenwich since the mid-90s and Halo since 2010. And their stuff is widely bought so often available on the secondhand market as well. It's also good solid stuff.
sihasihasi@reddit
We recently bought six tea plates, off eBay, to match our wedding set that we got 25 years ago!
Timely_Egg_6827@reddit
Also at risk of bankruptcy
172116@reddit
Are they? That's pants.
LittleSadRufus@reddit
The anticipated foreclosure sales were brilliant in the outlet store at Easter though.
Timely_Egg_6827@reddit
Yep. Too solid.
DigitalStefan@reddit
I would be interested / surprised to learn if such a thing exists.
Inexpensive usually means made for a while and then replaced with something even cheaper to manufacture.
Expensive options might occasionally rotate out a less popular colourway, but keep the same overall design.
Le Creuset is the only brand I’d be able to name off the top of my head where they will consistently have a decent amount of options that have remained the same over the course of more than 2 years.
sihasihasi@reddit
I'd have said Denby, but they went bust a couple of months ago.
magicpea@reddit
IKEA
sihasihasi@reddit
They change very frequently.
Own_Glove845@reddit
Buy a Denby set. They are great, and currently having a massive sale as they recently went into administration.
Help preserve a long standing British company that's been around for over 200 years.
Many of their pieces can be picked up second hand if you need replacements or extras.
Original_Bad_3416@reddit
Find a set you like, but two, pop one away.
Lolabird2112@reddit
IKEA farklar range, or whatever it’s called. If you’re looking for longevity, it’s been around since the 80s I think.
Don’t buy shit from grocers. They just get seasonal crap then bin it.
caspararemi@reddit
Habitat tend to keep the same ranges for a long time in sets and individual items. But other than that, Ikea is the same, the core items are just the same for years.
OR you go expensive with Royal Doulton or Wedgwood or the like, they do fancier styles and also have the same ranges. (My mum was annoyed her parents left their fancy Doulton cutlery set to her sister and not her despite her commenting on how much she loved it, so my sisters and I saved up and bought the same set - at least 45 years after the grandparents bought it).
Timely_Egg_6827@reddit
And you get replacement services for the pricey ones. https://replacingpieces.com/
Fizl99@reddit
Embrace the mix and match lol
Timely_Egg_6827@reddit
That was my thought to - choose a broad style and size so 16cm round plates and then harmonise.
No-Daikon3645@reddit
Dunelm.
LilacScentedStoat@reddit
Buy three boxes of of £20 sets from Asda. Use one box, keep the other two boxes to top up broken items.
Or get a set of plastic picnic ware. Use them for gatherings and they won't get busted
DaveL16@reddit
There are many websites that can help find odd replacement plates and bowls in all sorts of discontinued patterns and colours eg
https://www.replaceyourplates.co.uk
https://www.chinasearch.co.uk
flitzyfitz@reddit
Check out pro cook? Their pans are really good and fairly cheap. Then I’d make sure you buy two or 3 sets and stick one in the cupboard. They have this one for sale so just buy 4-6 sets?!
https://www.procook.co.uk/product/salcombe-porcelain-blue-dinner-set-12-piece-4-settings-with-cereal-bowls
We bought a royal doulton set and bought an additional set around 12 months later and the bowls were slightly different shapes, and slightly lighter colours too, so I think anywhere it’ll be tricky.
CoffeeIgnoramus@reddit
The thing with non-white is that styles change so they will stop producing them. People are all on about "millenial grey is ugly, why did they ever do that, colour is king" but what those people are either too young to remember or have forgotten is that colour was out of style. Colourful things became ugly and old. It was so overwhelming in the 90s that the 90s kids' style was to reduce colour and clutter and that was the style. It felt like a relief. A bit like the new generation feel by adding the colour back in. This isn't bashing either, just trying to explain why it's going to be tough.
But white is "timeless" in the sense that it's neutral and easy to produce. So colours will probably change again, but white will likely stay.
My personal suggestion is that you buy more than enough of a plate you like in whatever style you like. In 10 years time, it will be out of style anyway, and if you've smashed that many plates that they aren't a set anymore, I think it's ok to go with the next style.
Top-Cat-a@reddit (OP)
I'm not asking for things to be in style. I just want my plates to be a consistent shade of blue/red or whatever.
CoffeeIgnoramus@reddit
I understand, but that is style. That blue/red you like the look of now, will be popular now. In a few years, it won't be. So manufacturers will can that colour in favour of a different better selling one.
There is a reason a who generation likes greys or greens and sadly, it's not an "individual" choice, which means companies shift production all the time.
My point being that consistency in a particular colour is highly unlikely. It's why anything made 10 (or 20 or 30) years ago probably isn't made anymore.
As a designer myself, I understand that you don't see it as style, but it is. Your preferences are influenced. That's why you say you don't want white. But 20 years ago, people preferred white and blue would have felt a bit "old fashioned" and "ugly".
Personally, I hated colourful things for so long, and now, like everyone else, I'm enjoying colour again.
Dry-Letterhead-2902@reddit
I got my uni ones at b&m
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