You have a nice collection of white dishes kathleen. They're very pretty and you did well on what you paid for them. I love the little pheasant s&p,very different. I've found white dishes to be a must have, as they are so versitle. I find I don't use cup & saucers anymore either..seems like a waste when you by a place setting that has them included. I had said that I had two different sets of white dishes..but forgot, two yrs ago, I had a gathering here,(buffet style) and didn't want to use paper plates so I found some large, plain white plates at CTS ..they were on a clearance..I bought 15 of them for $5. Can't go wrong w/that.
jane

Now that was a bargain...cheaper than good paper, and how I dislike paper and plastic. Mine have paid for themselves many times over.
Hope I find some good deals like you got Jane. My friend said this store didn't have half the things listed in the flyer they sent out. That's a bummer..

You have some nice white dishes. I do need to buy some and some stores are having sales, but then I have to find a place to put them so I haven't yet.

I never use my cups and saucers either. Guess I would if I entertained more.

I have a set of green and blue dishes and they are so heavy, would love to get lighter dishes, but liked that they came with a mug instead of cup and saucer.

Love the pheasant salt and pepper.

I don't know dd. everyone seems to like a mug! And all those cups and saucers we have!
My Christmas china had mugs , so I got those. Even though it is a formal china, the mugs are pretty...and more useful.
I know what you mean about the heavy dishes. DH keeps telling me the shelves are going to collapse!

Kathleen, it was nice to look at your collection of white dishes, they are all lovely. The ones I have, just dinner and salad plates are not very white looking and I would like to get some nicer ones. I agree though about not wanting a whole set of dishes and wish more were sold as singles. And I REALLY agree about not wanting more cups with saucers, mugs seem to get used a lot more often. Love your cute little pheasants,what a deal you got on them!

DD

White/silver dinner plate is splendid... What a beautiful design!
The first set on the pictures is also beautiful! Would like to have one like this, seems to be right for any occasion.

Thank you for sharing your wonderful collection. Makes me want to go shopping.

I love your dishes. I finally bought some white ones for every day use and I bought my DD some too.
I wish I had the room for all the dishes that I liked buy. LOL Great finds.

Auntey, I am running out of room! I am liking the patterns more now rather than white, but if you just have the plates, you can mix anything in with them! More interesting I think!

Bright, this place will do that to you. We are very bad!

This place is so bad for making you want to buy dishes that I've even considered taking over a food storage area in one of my cabinets for plate storage so I could get more! Now that is really crazy! Luvs

Luvs, I have already done that!, LOL.
I have shelves in the pantry, and I took 3 bags of food to church last week to make room for a stack of dishes!!!
It is for a good cause, ...:)

I LOVE white plates. You can do SOOOO much with them. They are a great base for decorative smaller plates. Great buy!!

I just love all of your white dishes. Wow!!! All the possibilities. I can't imagine where you store it all since I struggle all the time to find another spot for a newly found treasure. Most of the time I only get 4 of an item. I can't even imagine trying to store a set of 12.

I really like that white set from LnT...gorgeous, classic, and a really great buy. I guess I'm in the minority - I love cup and saucers, but I make a point of having friends over for tea just so I can use them once in awhile. I love mugs too...and glasses...and stemware... ;-)

I was just sitting down for a minute before I went to go clean out a tea cupboard for more dishes (my new fall dishes got here this week). So your post fits perfectly with my activities for the rest of the day!

Please jump in with the show and tell everyone!

Tam, I think I have enough white!!And I stopped buying placesettings, just the plate from now on...And I buy in 4 or even 2 if it is just for fun.

Jamie, I like the grace of a cup and saucer, but everyone seems to ask for a mug. I bought plain white ones in Nortake a few years ago, and they sure have been used a lot!

Kathleen, donating 3 bags of food (a good cause) so you have more room for dishes, has to be about the best effort at justifying something I've ever heard. LOL. Way to go!
ButI keep telling you, a whole room with wall to wall and floor to ceiling shelves...with a table or two thrown in...is what you really need.

hugs,Karen

I love your white dish collection! I like that you're mixing the patterns up, which makes for an interesting table. I like this evolved look.
Lynn

Kathleen, Wow, what a nice selection of white dishes. I love the little footed cups from your Linensthings set. Love those little square bowls too. And your pheasant salt & pepper shakers are very nice and at such a great price too. You are surely the queen of finding such great buys.

Ooh, new fall dishes? We haven't seen them yet.

I have some Lovelace by Crown Victoria. I bought mine at the supermarket also for a dollar. I got them when I first got married and I still love them. I only have 6 plates, a covered dish, tea pot, large platter and I think I have cups and saucers packed away. I don't use them but I have them in my china hutch. I would love to have some more dinner plates but I don't really want to pay $14.00 each. I have another set of chaina that I use for guest. I never known anyone who owned Lovelace. Love your new dishes too. Happy holidays!

Beautiful Kathleen! I am still on the hunt for cream/ivory dishes....the popular ones seem to all be white....someday I will look and there they will be!! The little S&P set is adorable!! Good find.

Cam, I bet lots of us had them, they are pretty! They probably got rid of theirs, and I can't let things go! See what a great investment you made? Better than stocks...well almost anything is, LOL..

And Happy Thanksgiving to you too!

Hi Jay, good to see you!
Yep, some day you will find your cream....I don't have any casual cream, just some lenox eternal gold plates I bought to blend in with the Eternal Christmas . Lenox discontinued it 2 years after I bought it, and I needed some extra dinner plates for Christmas.

Donating food to make room for dishes!!!! HAHAHAHA!!!!
You're my kind of girl!

DH is building me a new cabinet to store my canned goods in. Floor to ceiling 34"wide and 12"deep. That way I can use the old cabinet space PLUS the uppermost and bottommost shelves in the new cabinet for dishes. The new china cabinet was full before I got it home!

Top... you can see the top of a chair I forgot to move before I took the pic.

Bottom ... Sorry I don't have a pic of the whole thing together, the only one I have is sort of dark and has the grandbaby munchkin standing in front of it.
Betty

Ohh, Betty, I see those pretty red dishes! And what is the pattern in the lower right, loks like silver trim??
Beautiful cabinet!

So pretty!

I've started collecting the undecorated Limoges, which are just stunning in person.
One of my tureens

I have 8 dinner plates so far

I found this Carlsbad pattern at a local antique store for a great deal. Dinner, salad, and dessert plates along with berry bowls. I just love it. I can't find a pattern name for it, though.

The lower right corner has a set of cheap china that I bought at the Williamsburg,Va pottery outlet 25 years ago for $20.00.
That is the cabinet we found at the DAV store. One of the claw feet was broken and it was missing a side glass. Alfred fixed the claw foot and replaced the side glass.
I still can't believe we got such a nice piece of furniture for the price we paid.
Betty

Betty, that is a gorgeous china cabinet, and all your lovely pieces fill it up nicely. You are such a lucky lady to have a hubby who can fix things for you--and who encourages your dish obsession. ;o)

Alex, your white Limoges are so nice, I love the edges on them.

Luvs

I must say, you all have such nice dishes. I want to thank you all for posting pictures and current sales. I HAVE been looking and reading all of it and checking out every lead. Last night, after dinner, I went to Penny's to look at their dishes. They were the only ones not displayed and there wasn't one clerk in the store that was "authorized" to open boxes and let me see an actual plate - and I was ready to buy if any one of them caught my eye.
So, long story short, I'm still trying to make up my mind.
Again, thanks for sharing. I know everyone else is enjoying this post too.
OA

OA, I know what you mean. I like to see and feel the dishes!
Alex, I love that tureen, it is gorgeous!Very pretty dishes!

Betty, Your china cabinet is gorgeous. And you have some beautiful dishes in it. I missed the post about you buying the cabinet at the DAV store. How lucky some of you ladies are that have DHs that can not only see the potential in a damaged piece, but fix it also.

Alex, I love your Limoges tureen. That is so very pretty and so are the plates. That is a very pretty Carlsbad pattern also.

Betty..Your china cabinet is so impressive, and your dish collection is not too shabby too!! lol...Ahhh I too spy those Red Dishes..just beautiful.

Alex..That Limoge tureen is absolutely beautiful and the dishes that match.. Also very pretty plates.

OA..Did you check out the website I sent you on the other thread (Ooo White Dishes) for Open Stock - White Dishes?
There were many companies and styles listed there.
jane

Wow... such eye candy here. Katheleen, thanks for posting all the white dishes you have. I love the lions head bowls - DH and I are both leos so that will be a cool thing to have for me.

Betty, your china cabinet is just fantastic. I cant even tell which ones I like best - they are all soooo nice. The bird plates, the red ones, everything.

Alex, the limoges plates are beautiful. Very elegant and your other plates with the pattern too.

Thanks for posting pics guys!

Mo

Thanks for the compliments everyone. I think the china cabinet is the best deal I ever ran across. It had a price marked on it of $800.00 and I didn't want to spend that much, so I kept on looking. That night DH was online trying to find some plans because he thought he might build me a china cabinet and he came across the same china cabinet for $4700.00!! Now that changed things! So I went back to the DAV store and asked if they would take any less. The lady came down to $650.00. I stood around and thought about it until DH said, "Well, do something! Either buy it or let's go." He had gotten tired of my standing and staring stage!
So I finally went back and asked if they would take $500.00 and they said YES!!!!!!! DH did an excellent job of repairing the claw foot, and replacing the side glass, as well as rewiring the lights to make them work. I love it!
Betty

betty...What a funny story, with such a fabulous ending!!. I'm so happy for you. You got a great deal.
That cabinet is a beautiful showpiece for your dishes, and to think, if DH hadn't seen it online, you would have passed up a 'Deal of A Lifetime' !! lol... Also, Bless DH and his excellent repair skills.
jane

Betty, You got a fantastic price on the china cabinet. It sure is gorgeous. It's great that you & your DH can "see" what something can be.