House Beautiful May 31, 2025
Lifestyle
Everything you purchase for your home says something about you and your personal style, and we've found that to be especially true when it comes to your dishes. Which ones do you use to set the table on a Tuesday night when you and your family are gathered around the table to discuss what the kids learned today in school? And which set are you choosing for your annual dinner party with your longtime friends? Whether you like it or not, your choice in dishware—and ultimately, your tablescape as a whole—says a lot about you.
As dishware aficionados, we can attest that there are simply too many patterns to analyze and assign to a type of person, so we picked five beautiful options that are both timelessly popular and unique. What's more, we asked Rebecca Gardner, founder of the interior design firm, event planning service, and online shopping platform Houses & Parties, for her hot take.
"Things that you touch several times each day, like dinner plates, are due thoughtful consideration," she explains. "Imagine starting your day with a pretty coffee cup and saucer in lieu of a clunky handled mug. Suddenly, you're a new person." She's not wrong. Enjoying meals on beautiful pieces is transformative in a way that we may not realize.
Below, the charismatic design expert assigns each of these pinnacle plates to a specific fictional "character," if you will. We dare you not to laugh.
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