a good set of white dinnerware is your best investment

White  Dinnerware- why its the first place to start your investment.

• Its classic yet somehow playful and transitional, goes with everything, never out of style.
• Layers create interest, shape and texture to the table and serving choices.
• Can be dressed up or dressed down. 
• Accent items personalize and create unique settings. 
• Serve ware also extends the set for different serving needs. 
• Can be layered in or added to a customer’s existing dinnerware and extended with metallic or colorful accents to expand it into any season, holiday or celebration style.
• It lets food be the star.
• It can mix with assorted stems to further the collected or unique look.
• It can mix with just about anything from older pieces to newer accents
• Can be changed easily with textiles, stems and flatware.
• It’s a classic look that, with mixing updates and adds character to the table.
• Fool proof in setting, ingredients always create a perfect mix.
•  Should something ever break you don’t have to worry about a hard to find replacement piece.
• Setting a creative table isn’t about rules it’s about what works for you and what shows your style.
• Allows your style to change as life and tastes evolve.
• When choosing dinnerware that looks white to you-think in terms of body composition and your likes or durability needs- bone china, the whitest, thinnest and most durable, the white is from the material itself.  Porcelain also a solid white compositon material - ranges of milky whites, from skim to cream, durable but needs to be a bit thicker and heavier for durability.  Stoneware- glazes help to cover the clay body to make the surface white, higher firing makes everyday durability.  Earthenware- also needs a glaze coating for whiteness, not fired as high, softer and porus, somewhat durable but will chip and break with sudden impact.

Mixing white dinnerware allows you to create your personal look and allows you to change it up when you feel like it. Setting a creative table isn’t about rules as much as it's about what works for you. It’s a fuss free and easy approach to setting the everyday table on a busy weeknight to your most elegant occasions.

 Charger plates can be used for serving during the week or for buffets. On the weekends when you want to dress up the table they are the first layers to start with, emphasizing the dinner, salad and other items depending on the menu. Alternating accent plates, appetizer plates and stemware (such as a martini or flute) on the dinner plates as well using small glass or wood bowls and plates makes the table more interesting.  Placemats, napkins, flatware and stemware are easy changes to use for impact, mood or festivity. Accents such as centerpiece bowl, candlesticks or tea lights further enhance the look you wish to achieve.

• A tablecloth, runner, placemat and napkin can completely change the look.

• Flowers, from a garden or florist add elegance, theme and color accents.

• Mixing dinnerware keeps the look crisp and new. The unexpected contrasts bring a chic sort of collected style to your table.

• White dinnerware allows any textile color or pattern to be used without conflict.

• Layering adds interest to the table and can be worked into the layers of the menu- appetizer, salad, main course, dessert.

• Consider the type of meals and settings used. White has the versatility to go from Breakfast, lunch, dinner, desserts, brunches, buffets, family dinners, formal dinners, pizza and pasta to appetizers to lobster.

• Add metals, like pewter or aluminum alloys or glass plates and bowls to add shine or natural materials such as wood or horn to other elements of the white tablesetting to create interest and contrast.

• With white, metals also give the plates a boost; gold accents might add a warm rich accent while silver adds a modern coolness.  Hammered finishes add an energetic sparkle; copper will add warmth and darker forged looks underscore a crafted and old world quality.

• Black accents define crisp edges of white and when used with silver or steel flatware create a clean and contemporary flair to the table.

• Florals or collected home accents become decorative features for the table.  White dinnerware transcends the seasons and fresh or dried botanicals in either natural or brilliant colors will always work.  An arrangement of just assorted green leaves from the garden will bring a sophisticated coolness and casual luxury to the setting. 

• White has the staying power to work with other patterned pieces, such as older blue and white import dinnerware, antique pieces or even garage sale finds.  It’s a great extender for mixing incomplete sets as well as odd pieces to create various place settings that still look cohesive and planned.

• White serving pieces from lost or previously owned sets mix effortlessly and add an eclectic value to being added into the table. Soup tureens, platters, pitchers or casseroles can be used for focal points, flowers or serving.

• White flowers don’t always match so it’s ok if a variety of white plates are used on a table.  Ivory, cream, old or new, antique, casual or formal; different shapes and sizes or textures, your table will take on a personal, collected and unique look. Display a mix of white flowers to enhance this old world look of romance and underscore this collected look.

• If you don’t have enough of something try alternating the place settings, nothing says that each place setting at a table has to be exactly the same. Build your table with key pieces and add on as desired.  From your collection countless settings can be created based on nothing more than a mood or what was most easily selected at the time.

ENJOY!