A dinner set is necessary for homes, diners, restaurants, and bars. You have an assortment of choices to make when it comes to tableware, depending on your taste and the ambiance you want to create. For example, suppose you are hosting a formal dinner with dining etiquette. You will most likely use sophisticated white china. On the other hand, for informal outdoor meals, you will probably be having something more laid back, like brightly colored tableware.
Here are some insights to help you decide what you want to buy.
Choosing your style of tableware
It is imperative to consider the design and ambiance of your dining area when purchasing a dinner and cutlery set. For example, suppose you have a modern style dining area with a contemporary design. In that case, your dinner set can be handcrafted stoneware. It is ideal for a modern placement and has the added advantage of giving the space a retro look. Your tableware should also match the color hues of the furnishings in your dining area, like the rugs, curtains, and linens, to create the perfect space.
How many pieces to get
Good tableware is usually sold in sets, so you have to think about the type and number of pieces in a set you want to purchase. Sometimes you can’t get all the pieces you need in one set, so you would have to get other pieces separately. They usually include the following:
- place setting for accent plates which are the more decorated plates among other pieces in the set;
- chargers which are the big decorated plate under the dinner plate usually in a fancy or formal dinner; and
- rimmed bowls for pasta, stews, and soups.
Patterns, shapes, and colors
There is a wide range of tableware choices for your taste and style. Dinner and cutlery sets go beyond cereal bowls and simple flat plates, so you don’t have to feel restricted. Likewise, you don’t have to go for something that will contrast the tone you want to set for your dining area. If yours is a modern look, there are unique, non-traditional shapes, designs, and colors of plates to suit your needs. There are even plates if you need to set the tone for a rustic or country look.
You can choose radiant-colored dinner sets to liven up an achromatic or beige-toned space. In contrast, like ivory, cool-colored sets would be more appropriate to tone down a brightly colored room.
You should also ensure that your tableware blends well with the theme of your flatware, stemware, napkins, and tablecloth. Then, you can easily choose to match different pieces together to create that unique, untraditional modern look when purchasing from open stocks or small sets. If you want a safe choice, you can go with white tablecloths as they are always in style and they are suitable for a lot of decoration themes.
Substitution
One tip you need to remember is to buy a dinner set that is not difficult to replace. It is much harder to substitute for tableware whose sales were on clearance because they are no longer produced. Likewise, it is also hard to get hold of the earthenware china sets. They are conventionally scarce. Meanwhile, a single-colored or patterned piece, initially part of a comprehensive set, can easily replace pieces from another set with matching colors or designs.