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What to put on a Welsh dresser

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bakehimawaytoys · 18/10/2022 19:04

I have bought an antique pine dresser which will be turning up in a couple of weeks.

It has the traditional plate rack at the back so that you can display decorative plates, and hooks for cups.

I am torn about what to put on display. My normal plates are incredibly plain, just white, and I want to get something more decorative for the dresser. Ditto cups on hooks. Our current mug collection is of the "free with my Frosties" or novelty gift variety 😒

Options seem to be:
Buy a new set of attractive plates and cups to display
Buy a mish mash of vintage plates and cups - perhaps on a colour theme eg blue and white?
Buy a vintage set from a charity shop or eBay

Anything I haven't thought of? What would you do?

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Neverplayleapfrogwithaunicorn · 20/10/2022 08:19

I use mine for my vintage Pyrex collection

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bakehimawaytoys · 20/10/2022 08:19

FirstFallopians · 18/10/2022 20:13

Definitely a mish mash!

Dont rush to fill it up all at once- take your time collecting bits and pieces that you really love.

I've actually already started looking on eBay and Etsy and will definitely take my time, as tempting as it is to just buy a job lot of vintage crockery ...

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bakehimawaytoys · 20/10/2022 08:20

Nightynightnight · 18/10/2022 20:14

Mine is currently in the play room and holds all the art and crafts stuff. Probably not what you're after 🤣

This is definitely what we'll use the bottom cupboards for - paints and pens and glitter glue etc. It currently lives in buckets under the kitchen table, not v practical.

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bakehimawaytoys · 20/10/2022 08:20

HighlandPony · 18/10/2022 20:14

I have one. It’s n addition to plates salt and pepper dishes and casserole dish on display we also have a wee pile of baby vests, assorted dummies, about twenty star of the week/good work certificates, a permission slip I forgot to sign and need to remember first day back at school, spiny glass of colour pens and pencils and a dinosaur sellotape dispenser. There’s also assorted envelopes and important letters that need to be kept as well as last years school photos

Whatever you do with yours it will look better than mine.

lol - so relatable! This is what mine will look like within a month.

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bakehimawaytoys · 20/10/2022 08:33

fitflopqueen · 18/10/2022 20:18

My dresser is quite large and in the kitchen. No cup hooks.
Top shelf has antique blue & white bowls with large rim - great for stews etc, we do use sometimes and rotate.
Middle shelf has antique blue & white dinner plates, not matching top set but again are used occasionally.
Dresser surface currently has Ikea glass cake stand (with freshly baked cake in it!). Large fruit bowl, jug which sometimes has flowers in it, another couple of wooden bowls.

Odd candle, incense sticks, some photos, wine glasses too large for cupboard, few other odds and ends are doted on the surfaces too.

I would have a look around a couple of charity shops and see if anything catches your eye, our local one has some wonderful stuff otherwise spend a fortune and go all Emma Bridgwater design.

I do love Emma Bridgewater, especially the vegetables ones, artichoke plate etc. But I'm spending all my money on the dresser itself so EB is probably out of price range. Perhaps I will treat myself to one (1) side plate.

I like the idea of a cake stand! Will keep an eye out in ikea.

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bakehimawaytoys · 20/10/2022 08:33

catfunk · 18/10/2022 20:19

I have on mine:
A nice hanging plant
A big jar of dinner candles
Vase of dried flowers
Couple of photos in frames
Le creuset pots

Dried flowers! Love this idea.

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bakehimawaytoys · 20/10/2022 08:34

Purpleavocado · 18/10/2022 20:23

Mine doesn't have hooks either. Vintage Moss Rose China on the top and various knick knacks on the shelves. I'll get round to painting it one day.

Just googled moss rose china - absolutely gorgeous!

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bakehimawaytoys · 20/10/2022 08:35

Brokendaughter · 18/10/2022 20:29

I have Big cookbooks & 2 large wicker baskets at each end to keep the books upright (full of kids painting/claywork stuff, but you can't really see what's in them unless you are 7ft tall) on the top, serving plates that get used occasionally upright on the plate grooves at the back of the top 3 shelves, some mugs that never get used but look pretty on the top shelf, big & little teapots, bits that go with them, toast rack, egg cups on the next shelf down, plates, bowls, glasses, tea plates, salad plates, pasta & soup bowls on the bottom two shelves plus a few smaller cookbooks.
It's all white crockery apart from some with pale blue on it, mixed with glass - also have a couple of glass jelly moulds on there & various sized jugs for milk, gravy etc...
In December, the blue stuff goes away in the cupboard underneath where the big dinner plates, wine glasses etc.. live & some of the other bits, replaced by Christmas crockery which is mostly red, green & white.

The bottom 2 shelves & some of middle shelf is stuff that gets used either every day or at least every week.
The rest has to get stripped down & washed every month or so as it gets really dusty.

Now that is a hard-working dresser! Christmas crockery must look super festive 🎄

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bakehimawaytoys · 20/10/2022 08:37

Neverplayleapfrogwithaunicorn · 20/10/2022 08:19

I use mine for my vintage Pyrex collection

That sounds so interesting, would love to see a photo.

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thislittlelightofmineimgonnaletitshine · 20/10/2022 08:43

When I had one in our old cottage, I collected an array of jugs, which looked nice.

We then got rid of it as we decided to
have a much more contemporary look.

Loobyloo68 · 22/10/2022 14:02

Mines made up of two separate peices, the top rescued from a skip , the cupboard saved from being turned into firewood. I use it for glasses and keep the booze in the bottom. I painted it white as it was different pines.

Loobyloo68 · 22/10/2022 14:05

Photo didn't load first time 🤔

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BeetFeet · 22/10/2022 16:14

On mine I have

Vases, books, plants, jugs, baskets, candles

CoolShoeshine · 23/10/2022 17:41

Good thread! I have:
lots of cookbooks
retro radio
slim lamp
alexa
vintage cake stand
letter rack (where all the crap goes)
decorative jug
candles
family photos

its my favourite part of the house, practical, decorative but also shows a bit of personality.

But now I NEED Christmas crockery

Bamaluz · 26/10/2022 22:53

Mine has Cornishware, piles of paperwork and occasionally a lovely cat too

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bakehimawaytoys · 28/10/2022 19:18

What a beauty @Bamaluz ! My tortoiseshell will no doubt find herself a spot on mine.

So much food for thought here, thanks all. I will definitely move my Roberts radio onto it, it's wasted out of sight at the moment.

Can't wait to get it delivered now!

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Bluesheep8 · 29/10/2022 08:45

@Bamaluz

That is one beautiful cat

toenails · 29/10/2022 16:40

Lots of beautiful plants. That's what I'd do if I had a dresser. (This is my theme for the day.)

LoveLabradors · 29/10/2022 18:19

@Bamaluz Gorgeous cat!

KathieFerrars · 30/10/2022 07:30

I have kilner jars filled with flour, sugar, pasta, rice - essentially stuff that flops annoyingly in packets in cupboards. They sit in front of random China accumulated over the years. I also keep the cheese biscuit barrel on there and the banana thingy. It does accumulate a load of random crap.

Willowcat77 · 11/11/2022 20:33

This is mine with my collection of Cath Kidston plates.

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bilbodog · 11/11/2022 23:05

Not a very good photo but mine with a mixture of antique crockery and buts i have picked up in charity shops.

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Silveroriole · 20/11/2022 05:22

Buy some unloved plates and bowls in a charity shop and decoupage them in your favourite colours, or do little dotty patterns on them with a special ceramic pen and bake in the oven to set hard.

toenails · 20/11/2022 08:27

bilbodog, that's lovely

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