Tips & Tricks For Curating a Set
Ok, so you’ve decided it’s finally time for the chipped IKEA plates to go, and you’re considering a new Myrth dinnerware. Congrats! We’ve worked with many folks to curate new sets and have some great tips and tricks to share that may help you pick out the perfect set.
The first step is to determine which items will work best for your kitchen.
Our dinnerware collection is made up of 5 foundational pieces:
The Dinner Plate is 10.5” in diameter and great for most entrees from finger food like pizza to classic protein and veg.
The 8” Appetizer Plate, as the name implies, is great for smaller portions of food like a sandwich, cheese and crackers, or side salad.
The Morsel Plate is our 6” snack or dessert dish, that’s also a great Myrth Mug saucer.
The Tasting Bowl is 6” in diameter and about 2” deep. It’s best for cereal, hummus + veg, soup. Bonus, it fits perfectly on top of our 12” Platter, a la crudités and dip.
The Helping Bowl is 8” in diameter and about 3” deep. It’s a solid dinner bowl for dishes like noodles, salad, grain bowls. It’s a very versatile piece and the most used item in our home kitchen.
Choose from three set options that group our foundational items:
The 3 Piece Set groups our Dinner Plate, Appetizer Plate, and Tasting Bowl.
The 4 Piece Set is the same as the 3 Piece Set with addition of the Helping bowl.
The 5 Piece Set is the same as the 4 Piece Set with the addition of the Morsel Plate.
To determine which set is best for you, think about what meals you most commonly eat. For example, if noodles and saucy dishes were a mainstay of your cooking we’d recommend a set with the Helping Bowl. If you love little snacky bites, desserts, or need a bread plate, we’d recommend getting a set that includes the Morsel Plate.
From there you’ll need to determine how many settings.
In our experience 12 Place Setting is the most common number of settings folks buy. We have some helpful things to keep in mind when determining the right number for your kitchen:
How much storage space you have.
How the capacity of your dishwasher. Sounds funny, but if you have a larger dishwasher you may need more plates to fill it, so a larger set will be better.
How often you eat meals at home. You may need more plates if you eat every meal at home.
How many guests you most commonly seat for dinner parties and holiday meals.
The last step is picking colors.
We designed our glaze colors to all go together seamlessly so there are really no wrong color combos. Our color palette is equally balanced with 3 warm colors: Sienna, Sungold, and Cream, and 3 cool colors: Glacier, Ivy, and Tempest.
Close up photos + descriptions of our glazes are here.
Here are some strategies for selecting colors for your new set.
Monochromatic Settings
This means all items in your set will be the same color. This creates a sleek and visually calm look to your set. It’s a great choice if you have exposed shelving where the color of your dishes become a part of your interior design.
Different colors for each item in the setting
The set to the left is a great example of this. Shown here are Glacier Dinner + Helping, Cream Appetizer + Tasting, Sungold Morsel. There are so many possible combinations with our glazes, but here are just a few directions to get you started.
Bold: Sienna, Ivy, Sungold.
Muted: Cream, Glacier, Tempest.
Mellow: Sienna, Ivy, Tempest.
Warm: Sungold, Sienna, Cream.
Cool: Tempest, Ivy, Glacier.
Small groupings of monochrome place settings
For example, for 12 place settings you could do 4 Sienna, 4 Sungold, and 4 Glacier. This is a great strategy for folks that want to mix and match but maybe not all the time. You can set a small table with the monochromatic settings or you can mix up the colors. For a larger dinner parties where all settings are on the table you could have a more vibrant, multi-color tablescape where not everyone has the same color plates or bowls.
Add a pop of color to monochrome sets
For example on the three piece place setting you could do all of the plates in Ivy, and the Tasting bowl in Sungold. Another way to add a pop of color is to add brighter serveware pieces, like our Platters or Feast Bowl, to monochromatic sets.
Use your kitchen for inspiration
If you feel stuck you could start by picking an existing color in your kitchen that matches one of our glazes, and go from there.
We hope this was helpful, but if you’re still unsure please visit us at Myrth Shop or book an online shopping appointment. We’d love to show you the items and color combos in person or on Zoom.