How’s this for some happy-hued plates, bowls, mugs and trays? Reader Susan commented on our recent story about boomerang laminate style melamine plates to give us this hot tip: Bed Bath and Beyond has a collection of Dansk dish ware called ‘The Burbs’ that looks pretty darn close to vintage Cathrineholm dish patterns. The dishes are available in melamine and stoneware — and wow — this stuff looks amazing. Plus, it is very reasonably priced so you can grab a whole set for less than you’d pay for a vintage original.
Hi everyone, I just want to let all you mid century fans out there know that Bed Bath and Beyond has melamine Cathrineholm look a likes dishes, made by Dansk called The Burb, the collection is online only. The dishes are a super nice way of having some Cathrineholm for a very reasonable price, in fact very cheap. Check them out. I love mine.
Melamine dishes
There’s a colorful large serving bowl…
A red, lime green and bright yellow plate and bowl set…
Coordinating small bowls…
Coordinating small plates…
And three sizes of trays.
Stoneware dishes
In contrast to the warm colors of the melamine collection, the stoneware dish collection is decorated in blues, grays and green. You can get a three piece set with plate, bowl and mug…
A 16 piece dinnerware set in starbursty blue and green…
Coffee mugs in four fun designs…
And coordinating extra plates and bowls, too!
Now the only question is, which pieces are your favorite?
Mega thanks to reader Susan for the tip!
These are also available at Hudson’s Bay in Canada. The current price for the 16 piece stoneware set is a whopping $185 but I got the starbursty one for $70 on sale last fall (plus party plates, and extra mugs, and…)
While I am sure we would all love a set of the originals, as well, often those are out of our budgets or time constraints. I think it’s great to see their return to the mainstream instead of lurking in (relative) obscurity among collectors. I think that can be said for any vintage reproduction, not just these.
Carolyn – good point! It certainly would never break (lol no kids but the husband has chipped our current set/broken several pieces). I’ll have to think about them more seriously!
I also understand the love of having original pieces (I try to find all vintage furniture) but at the same time I’d have a hard time using the $50-$500 per piece dishware everyday or out on the patio. Sometimes practicality wins out 🙂
I too prefer the Melamine colors … I grew up with Melamine and its great … until its gets “cooked” too many times in the microwave 🙂
In another post folks said don’t microwave it. Consult with manufacturer’s instructions!
Oddly enough, all the melamine dishes we had in my childhood did begin shattering ( sometimes under really weird circumstances, like cutting a steak on the plate or dropping an ordinary glass tumbler, which did not break, on another) when I entered my teens. Our guess was that using the stuff in a microwave impairs the unbreakability, since it also coincided with our first microwave purchase, but I have never read that anywhere.
Heh. I was just saying I wondered about that and had never heard anything. Now other people are finding the same. Funny the things you learn through a shared hobby!
I’m fascinated by these, but unfortunately I can’t find my favorite plate style: the colorful Starburst look (with orange and yellow, instead of shades of blue), as a 16-piece set. It’s only available as as “one of four” in the party plate set. 🙁
I hope everyone knows that the standard coupons from Bed Bath and Beyond can be used beyond their expiration date, and they usually let you use 3 or 4 at a time (so I never discard them, and keep them in my wallet and my car).
Exactly my response. I want the starbursty one but not in blues and not one of four. Oh well.
I have been loving the Dansk Burbs collection for a while at Macy’s. I love the melamine patterns, but they cannot go in the microwave and after a very disappointing experience with the Dansk Kobenstyle stoneware set I purchased a few years back I am hesitant to purchase the Burbs stoneware. After one year, the Kobenstyle stoneware had such horrible utensil marks from daily use they looked terrible. It just has not held up compared to the vintage dish sets I have owned in the past.
Note, a reader comment was posted with a suggestion how to ‘erase’ utensil remarks. However, considering that this can be a food-safety issue, I did not approve it. Please, dear readers, consult with the manufacturer on such issues.
Pam, your link to Amazon doesn’t show for me, but I did find them. Make sure to get those dollars from us to help run the site with a quick link! 😉
Thanks…