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What is the right plate:family member ratio for a household? (reddthat.com)

submitted 7 months ago by Trainguyrom@reddthat.com to c/askmidwest@midwest.social

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I'm currently decluttering and reducing to get a handle on my home, and I've come to a conundrum of how many plates/bowls/cups/etc do I actually need? I have 2 young kids that we'd prefer not to have to run to the store at 8pm to buy more plates because someone ruined a plate, but very limited cupboard space (small 120-something year old house with a kitchen that was built in the 50s)

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[–] SadSadSatellite@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago

I wanted to make sure I had a full set for 16 plus serving dishes, as I host parties and intend on having a family. Unless you find particularly thin dishes though, this takes a lot of space.

I personally detest having special occasion items though, so my everyday dishes are my China set, which is fairly thin, and saves me from having to have storage for special occasions.

Corel and bone China can be very compact and exceptionally tough. A standard set for 8 should get you through anything.