Replacing Crockery/cutlery

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Do people throw existing crockery and cutlery away when they get new? Seems a waste, but otherwise you end up with a hotchpotch of items.

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What we have done is try to replace broken ones with as similar as possible so it doesn’t look wrong. Plates are all plain white anyway. Haven’t updated cutlery cos we got stuff we liked years ago and it’s still good as new, plus they still sell the same stuff so we’d just get more of the same.

If I wanted to change it out I’d send any unbroken bits to the charity shop and save any broken ones for the spring fair “smash the crockery” stand 😁

Personally I don't usually. But if I do have any that's really no use to me any more I give it away - either charity shops or organisations that help people who have been homeless or in care or victims of domestic violence etc who are starting over and need household goods or if there's someone in a local Facebook group asking for stuff.

None of my plates match 👍
I'm ok with that, some people love sets.

Mine is all by the same pottery but different patterns, so bits break and get added as we go and it’s all mix and match.

I don't buy new until we're down not having enough for daily use, then I just add to what we have. Most of what we have is a version of something white and I just use them mixed up.

I take old stuff into work and buy new. This is very, very infrequently though!

I don't think I would want random items of cutlery (though not everything we have matches, e.g. cake forks are not the same as our dinner set) but equally I wouldn't want all my crockery to match, so we just buy nice things that go together because they all fit our aesthetic.

Why do you 'buy new cutlery'? Isn't cutlery something that lasts for decades?

we recently changed our crockery and put the old stuff in a pile in front of our house. Some passer by soon took it.

Everyday use is a right mis match of cutlery , the matching sets get used when we have guests :)

I solved the problem of crockery by just going for plain white, when I need more I just get what ever from where ever - could be Marks, could be TK - as long as its white, fine , and the right size

How many times are you all breaking/losing bits of crockery and cutlery?

We're still using the sets we got for our wedding which was back in 1993!

Wine glasses are another matter. We've got through plenty of them!

I’m a pottery fanatic and have just bought an 18-piece (6x pasta, side and dinner) set for daily use. Plain white porcelain, ripple detail, flattish profile and coupe shape. They’ll do well mixed and matched (old and modern, red and white) with my foraged red ironstone, mostly Spode. I try to be intentional with my fixations!

The ones I’m getting rid of are 30+ yo and still in good condition but down to a random low number of each with chips etc. They’re also annoying with their fluted rims that grab onto food and take up too much room in the dishwasher. Don’t know why I put up with them for so long…
I’m going to put them in my granny trolley and offer them to a lady with a charity stall. If she doesn’t want them I’ll leave them in a box next to the bottle bank.

My DM and DF are still using a plate DF had at university. DF is 95!

Cutlery is matchy-matchy apart from a set of fish cutlery that never sees the light of day.

No, but that's because I have a Denby set which is virtually indestructible and never had to replace it.

Having said that I have probably tempted fate now..............

Our main set of everyday crockery we have had for 20+ years, couple of side plates have been broken but otherwise all perfectly usable.

I have bought other items when I have seen them that do not match but I don't mind that.

When my kitchen is replaced next year I will be getting all new crockery, probably Denby

Cutlery we bought new about 5 years ago as our previous set was looking a bit worse for wear and it was over 30 years old.

Everything has to be able to go in the dishwasher otherwise it gets taken to the charity shop or given away.

I’ve never bought new cutlery. I’ve just got the same cutlery from twenty five years ago.

I throw away chipped crockery but otherwise I keep everything.

Us too, after 16 years we have chipped one bowl but everything else is as good as new.

Also with Denby, it's expensive up front but they keep on making it so you just buy one more of whatever you smashed. I'm sure I've spent far less overall than my sister who's had about six different sets over the same period.

We have to buy more teaspoons on a fairly regular basis. No idea where they go

It doesn't exactly match, but it's all plain white, and I have loads of it.

I usually offer them to family

Same

Oh god - my Denby lasted so long and I got so fed up of it. I still have one bowl that's 35 years old in daily use

We have been married over 30 years. We are still using the everyday crockery we bought, a few things have broken over the years but still enough plates, bowls etc. left for everyday use. We have 1 plate and 1 cereal bowl left from DHs uni set. We have the posh crockery set we bought together intact.

I inherited all my parents crockery. This was remains of a 1950s wedding set of Wedgwood, remains 70s set, a green fancy set, a lot of willow pattern. I didn't keep much of it. The 70s stuff was saleable like their Ercol chairs so easy to part with. The green set not so trendy but I easily parted with it. I quite liked the willow pattern so kept the mugs and a few small items. The Wedgwood tureen and oval platter are used at Christmas. There were only a few plates and soup bowls apart from that. The bowls are nice as pasta bowls for a change, there are only 3. Rest passed on.

@TeenToTwenties They mysteriously vanish.

I buy white crockery and bought 2 of a popular cutlery sets in a large furniture and homeware store.
If a plate or bowl gets broken, it is easy to replace it.

Teaspoons always disappear in my house🤷‍♀️
Throw away what’s chipped and donate the rest.