When it comes to decorating your home, there are a lot of easy ways to add personality, comfort and style without breaking the bank. These days, one of the best ways to do this is by shopping for vintage tableware on sites like Etsy or eBay. Here are inexpensive but great tableware pieces you should add to your home as soon as possible.
1. Full Plates
Plate and dish sets can be very useful in everyday life, but you’d be surprised at how many of them are underutilized. I have a dozen plates in my cupboard and I use maybe half of them on a regular basis. This is because most people eat around their TV trays or on the coffee table, not at the table. If you want to get the most use out of your pretty plate set, hang them on the wall at eye level.
3. Demi Plates
Demi plates are essentially small side dishes. You can give four or five people a different topping on their own plate and then you’ll have one serving of the main dish. They aren’t terribly useful for dinner parties (unless you’re serving an appetizer-focused buffet), but they make an excellent addition to home decor.
6. Night + Day Carafe
I really like carafes because they hold a lot of liquid and normally don’t drip when you pour. This one is great because it has two different lids that help you pour or serve wine at different speeds depending on which lid you use. The small lid slows down the flow of wine so that you can taste the finer notes without getting a full glass’s worth in your mouth.
7. Night + Day Glasses
I love this glass for the same reasons I love the carafe. It’s beautiful, durable and different versions of it can help you taste wine in different ways depending on how you drink from it. Wine experts really like this glass because they can taste the wine without getting a large amount in their mouth, which allows them to identify flavors they couldn’t before.
