I’m still baking and cooking with some stuff my grandmas gave me around the time I started college, and I have some crockery my dad offered me before throwing it out that he got from grandma.
I mean, sure. It’s not to my taste, which tends to a more mid-century minimalism, and my grandparents apparently liked riots of color and floral motifs. But I’m absolutely certain that eventually that style will come back around and some descendant is going to be really grateful that we held on to this stuff. As long as I don’t break it, it’ll last for generations.
That was a good period; I got a couple of “earthy” pieces, which are my favorites.
A while back, we bought some china storage things for a move - they’re these fabric cylinders that zip closed - and they came with some sort of nylon separator disks. They’ve turned out to be fantastic for storage of the things we use less, and we use those cheap-ass separators everywhere except the day-to-day flatware. What luck! I’d have not come up with the idea myself.
Did you inherit any favorite pieces? We got a full china set with silver chasing; Mikasa, so I don’t think it’s particularly antique, and although we almost never use it I absolutely love the coffee set. The cup shapes are simple bowls with handles, and the silverwork is subtle and elegant. They’re a joy to look at; if we entertained, I’d have them out all the time.
It took me three tries to parse that, but once I got it it cracked me up.
But throwing away her crockery‽ That’s a shame, and something she’ll regret one day.
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Being absolutely certain it does not is why all my cookware is new. And expensive. And ugly. 😢
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I’m still baking and cooking with some stuff my grandmas gave me around the time I started college, and I have some crockery my dad offered me before throwing it out that he got from grandma.
I mean, sure. It’s not to my taste, which tends to a more mid-century minimalism, and my grandparents apparently liked riots of color and floral motifs. But I’m absolutely certain that eventually that style will come back around and some descendant is going to be really grateful that we held on to this stuff. As long as I don’t break it, it’ll last for generations.
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That was a good period; I got a couple of “earthy” pieces, which are my favorites.
A while back, we bought some china storage things for a move - they’re these fabric cylinders that zip closed - and they came with some sort of nylon separator disks. They’ve turned out to be fantastic for storage of the things we use less, and we use those cheap-ass separators everywhere except the day-to-day flatware. What luck! I’d have not come up with the idea myself.
Did you inherit any favorite pieces? We got a full china set with silver chasing; Mikasa, so I don’t think it’s particularly antique, and although we almost never use it I absolutely love the coffee set. The cup shapes are simple bowls with handles, and the silverwork is subtle and elegant. They’re a joy to look at; if we entertained, I’d have them out all the time.