Why don't you want the family china?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Too stuffy and yet another item I have to store 99% of the time.

+1. We have enough junk in the house as it is.

[Anonymous]

Because plates made of animal bones with possible lead based paint is not something that specifically is appealing to me.

But, hey - you do you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd love it - I have a 900 square foot house. Where shall I put a second set of dishes?

There's often lots of space in the ceilings.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because I'm not a lady dowager.

That whole china wedding thing was picked up by the middle class in the mid-20th century. Hyancith Bucket. We must invite the major.

Seriously, you need to organize your whole house around it. The big dining room with the big dining room table and the big china cabinet to store all of that fine china.... you can put your children through college for the cost of storing and using fine china. And then you need the right friends who will smile knowingly when you serve them cornish game hen on it.

Honestly, there's no place to put it without having to lose my voice screaming at the kids over staying away from the china cabinet and turn my living room into a Greek wedding.

Maybe in 1972 you could have. Certainly not now.

You need to buy the house with the huge dining room for the china cabinet and large dining table. In some cities, that larger house or extra room in an apartment will raise your purchase price another $50k-$100k. Depends on your priorities, if you want to pay extra for a real dining space. I'm sure a realtor would have a field day with this topic regarding what young buyers want and don't want. FWIW, I've seen people use that dining nook space for a baby crib. It's called you eat dinner at the kitchen island. No room for the Lenox set.

And in many cities, having a dining room or a kitchen large enough to accommodate a big dining table is standard.

Regardless of what we eat off of, we use our dining room pretty much daily. Our china is stored in the cabinet I bought from a Craigslist seller for $100.

[Anonymous]

I love my china. I love having a pretty table set with china and silver and linens. I’m not rich and I live in a small house. I’m very happy. It’s surprises me to see others can be so judegemental about it. What a silly attitude but I have paper plates for you if you’re so bothered by it ?