China cabinets

[Randomguy]

You have, yes?  But you don't want, no?

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[jsharr ★]

We had, we sold.  China in boxes.  Boxes in attic.

[Randomguy]

8 minutes ago, jsharr said:

We had, we sold.  China in boxes.  Boxes in attic.

Nobody wants china these days.  I think it implies that your everyday plates are shit, and if there is one thing I can't stand, it is uppity plates.

I remember as a child, we would use the good china at my grandmother's house for holidays.  We were always told beforehand to be careful with it.  Seems a bit high maintenance, plus I don't like plates and bowls and glasses to be all matchy-matchy.

I don't think you can sell or even give away china these days.  Might as well take it camping.

[Randomguy]

 

I think this is her best song.  Unfortunate video, though, but she seems kinda hot anyway.

[Kirby]

I have one that I got as part of the dining room set when I first moved in.  I like the concept of it and  I use some of the stuff on a semi-regular basis, but at some point it will be another thing to get rid of.

[Kirby]

35 minutes ago, Randomguy said:

Nobody wants china these days.  I think it implies that your everyday plates are shit, and if there is one thing I can't stand, it is uppity plates.

I remember as a child, we would use the good china at my grandmother's house for holidays.  We were always told beforehand to be careful with it.  Seems a bit high maintenance, plus I don't like plates and bowls and glasses to be all matchy-matchy.

I don't think you can sell or even give away china these days.  Might as well take it camping.

When we had to deal with my aunt's apartment, we were able to sell the China for something (but not nearly what I'm sure she paid) and the auction house wanted some of the her furniture that were nice antiques, but not the big china cabiniet.

[bikeman564™]

I do not have one

[Kzoo]

We have 2 of them.  They are built in to the corners of the dining room.  WoKzoo took the glass doors off and they are used to show some of her old stuff - sorry, antiques.

 

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2 hours ago, Randomguy said:

Nobody wants china these days.

Tell that to my wife.

[JerrySTL ★]

Yes. Big assed things filled with China and other 'stuff' that WoJSTL wants to display.

[Parsnip Totin Jack ★]

Yes and yes. As long as I am married I will have China and China cabinets. I enjoy the Waterford crystal that my parents gave me. I drink whisky out of the highball glasses to feel uppity 

[Wilbur ★]

Got rid of ours years ago.  Everything is stored in boxes.  I expect we will go back to having a nice sideboard for storage.

[maddmaxx ★]

Having a booth in a consignment shop will quickly learn you which way the wind is blowing.  They tell me Waterford crystal is worth about 10 cents on the dollar.  The current generations don't care for fancy dinners with fancy dishes.  Pizza comes in boxes.

[Kzoo]

2 minutes ago, maddmaxx said:

Pizza comes in boxes.

Thanks.  Now I hungry.

 

[maddmaxx ★]

Just now, Kzoo said:

Thanks.  Now I hungry.

 

Chinese comes in cartons.

[sheep_herder ★]

You wouldn't believe it, if I told you I eat off china sitting on the couch in front of the tv each day.

[Longjohn ★]

We gave ours away, now my wife’s sister has it in her dining room.

[maddmaxx ★]

Years ago womaxx was into collecting depression era glassware.  Now I have a hutch with 1 full set of Waterford Crystal from my mom and 2 full sets of depression era glassware.  I won't sell them.  That would just piss me off.

[shootingstar]

No one in my family ever got china set.  It's sorta a cultural thing. I doubt millennials and younger generations even think of that stuff.... more like appliances maybe, wine glasses, large TV screen, etc.

It is best just to have a good set of dishes and plates that look presentable/not chipped for guests.  It doesn't have to be china..there's a lot of cost effective sets ...even from Ikea. I bought sleek modern cutlery there or was it somewhere else.  I am happy. 

He has a heavy, real ceramic set of dishes which we use for special dinners, several times per year.  It's from England.

[MickinMD ★]

Have but don't want - as I think I mentioned in a past post.

My mother had a huge china cabinet and a large doll cabinet that stayed in her house after she passed - a decade after my father passed away.

We siblings kept the house and after I retired I downsized, sold my house, and bought-out my siblings interests in Mom's house - where I've lived since.

But those two cabinets are considered sacred by the siblings. So I told them to take the damn things - the China cabinet is about 5 feet wide, almost a couple feet thick, and takes up a ton of space in the about 12' x 12' kitchen where a counter takes up a few feet along one wall.  So far, no takers - I don't know why my usually sensible mother bought the damn thing.

[Airehead]

We have a schrank.   It is huge.   I love dishes. Have more sets then I should. Use them, too.   Two extra china closets in basement. This is a problem. 

[sheep_herder ★]

Wonder if anyone actually believed I eat off china plates? We have what we have, and nice stuff for entertaining is not a concern. 

[SuzieQ]

I think China cabinets complicate life 

[sheep_herder ★]

3 minutes ago, SuzieQ said:

I think China cabinets complicate life 

Interesting comment, as the only things that complicate my life are things I have to take care of and feed.

[Kirby]

1 hour ago, sheep_herder said:

Wonder if anyone actually believed I eat off china plates? We have what we have, and nice stuff for entertaining is not a concern. 

Sure.  Just this weekend we were at Mom Kirby's and my Wild Sister suggested using the nice china and crystal for a casual lunch of take out  rotisserie chicken and sides.   As my Wild Sister said, why save your good stuff - use it and make every day a little more fun.

[Kirby]

1 hour ago, Airehead said:

We have a schrank.   It is huge.   I love dishes. Have more sets then I should. Use them, too.   Two extra china closets in basement. This is a problem. 

My grandmother always used the word kleiderschrank to describe the big clothes wardrobes up at her old country house.  I haven't seen schrank used since then and your post made me surprisingly nostalgic and happy.

[Kzoo]

1 hour ago, Kirby said:

Sure.  Just this weekend we were at Mom Kirby's and my Wild Sister suggested using the nice china and crystal for a casual lunch of take out  rotisserie chicken and sides.   As my Wild Sister said, why save your good stuff - use it and make every day a little more fun.

And that right there is why she got her name.

[Ralphie ★]

7 hours ago, Kirby said:

My grandmother always used the word kleiderschrank to describe the big clothes wardrobes up at her old country house.  I haven't seen schrank used since then and your post made me surprisingly nostalgic and happy.

It just made me puzzled and mildly amused!

[Ralphie ★]

My wife had to have one and a big expensive dining room table and a sideboard thingy. 

[maddmaxx ★]

I also have a special spot for paper plates.  

[Kzoo]

57 minutes ago, maddmaxx said:

I also have a special spot for paper plates.  

Corner cupboard, second shelf - eye level.

[shotgun]

It's in the basement. No place for it in the current house. The china is in boxes in the basement in a cabinet that isn't a china cabinet, but that's where the china is now, so does that make it a china cabinet?

[team scooter]

We left a wall open in the dining area for fifteen years before Mrs finally found her china cabinet. But its used more as a curio cabinet, and its light is used to light that part of the room at night.