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I feel that kitchenware shouldn't be bought in sets, uniformity in cutlery, china etc. gives off that OCD vibe and might make your home feel a bit clinical and industrial for your visiting guests. Just keep thrifting and going to garage sales, you will find a lot of items sold in sets.
Matching cutlery and china is OCD? I agree that its funny to have all matching cookware (unless you are just starting and bought one of those gigantic sets where you won't use half of it) but plates and knives? How many adults who are not living in their first or second apartment don't actually have enough matching plates/knives/forks/glasses/etc that they could not have matching place settings for a dinner for 4? To the OP, I have had really good luck with slickdeals for cutlery. Seems like there are deals on Oneida sets pretty frequently and $35 or whatever isn't really much to spend on full service for 8...
If I opened someone's drawer, and saw this:
I still don't think there is anything OCD about having 8 matching knives/forks/spoons/plates/glasses
China and cutlery should at the very least compliment each other.
I think that would be considered sliverware/flatware and not cutlery. Cutlery being your cutting knives and such. I can't imagine people have 3 or 4 different patterns of spoons and forks.
Cutlery refers to any hand implement used in preparing, serving, and especially eating food in the Western world. It is more usually known as silverware or flatware in the United States, where cutlery can have the more specific meaning of knives and other cutting instruments. This is probably the original meaning of the word. Since silverware suggests the presence of silver, the term tableware has come into use.Originally Posted by Wikipedia