A Buyer's Guide to Crockery: Your Dining Room Necessities

We all know there are dining room necessities every house and restaurant needs, but what are they specifically?
Your dining room necessities include everything from dinner plates, side plates, and serving plates, to cereal bowls, pasta bowls, dessert bowls and serving bowls – the things you would first thing of. But it also includes everything from salt ‘n’ pepper shakers to tea pots and sugar bowls and even jugs. All the necessary things you could think of needing while eating a meal.

When buying crockery sets it can be a bit daunting as there are so many size sets available, how many sets do I need? Do I need spares? Most often sets will be designed with 4 or 6 people in mind, but then vary on what they include. Some will simply include a dinner plate, side plate, and bowl, while others will be more comprehensive and include a dinner plate, dessert plate, pasta bowl, cereal bowl, and mug.
The size crockery set you need will depend how many you usually serve food for and how often you will need extras (how often do you entertain?).

Porcelain is a great option for your dining room necessities; being fired at high temperatures it is a very tough and resilient material ideal for demanding settings. The high temperature also creates a smooth, glass-like surface which is most often microwave and dishwasher safe, as well as food safe. It creates a sleek and stylish look that is ideal for fine dining.

Earthenware

Dining room necessities that are curated from earthenware are not heated to as high a temperature as porcelain not as durable and resistant, but this makes them greatly affordable and great options for every day and casual dining. Earthenware dishes give off a rustic appeal but are most commonly decorated more intricately than other materials.

Bone china is perfect for fine dining with its delicate look but hard-wearing structure. Crockery made from bone china is a type of porcelain that is composed with a minimum of 30% bone, making that extra bit resilient and chip resistant. It is also non-porous and regarded as one of the safest materials.

Glass

Glass dining room necessities are a very stylish and add a modern touch to homes and restaurants; they can come translucent or opaque (usually white) and are most often dishwasher and microwave safe. It is well-known that glass is non-porous as well as highly durable.

For those every now and then occasions and events for fine dining, for example, Sunday dinner with the family or special meals, we all want to have a nice dining set we can whip out and impress guests with. Bone china and porcelain are great options for this with their delicate aesthetic yet high quality and durable build.

Every Day & Casual

When buying every day and casual dining room necessities you need crockery you can trust and rely on. It should be budget friendly, as no one can prevent accidents and you don’t know how often you’ll need to be buying replacements, but it needs to be of a certain high quality and durability, in most cases dishwasher and microwave safe for day-to-day convenience.

When selecting your dining room necessities, you’ll have to decide on a style, what do you want it to look like? What will suit your décor?

Neutral

Opting for neutral or plain crockery is a great idea for your dining room necessities because they will blend with any décor and can most often be used for all occasions. They can be dressed up with table decorations or left plain and simple for every day, casual dining.

Will you opt for a mix and match set? Does the idea of showcasing various colours and a variety of patterns sound like you? It will certainly make it easier if you need to buy replacement crockery, or extras.

Bold

If you’re one to make a statement, or your dining room is quite neutral, perhaps bold crockery sets are what you’re looking for; plenty of colour and pattern. If this is the case, hand printed crockery is something to look at!