An Everyday Christmas Tablescape & CSN Review

I had such a hard time picking out something to review from CSN stores that I think I'm just going to stick to giveaways from here on out!  It is much easier on me!  After days of going through their website, I finally decided on these dishes.  Aren't they pretty?  This is the Pfaltzgraff Woodland dishes.

 

I actually found them in the clearance center, which is probably not for everyone.  The CSN clearance center is, apparently, all returned merchandise {that's what it says on the website anyway}.   I did hesitate for a moment, but a 16 piece Pfaltzgraff dinnerware set for under $50.00 is a really good buy and I figured I'd see what it looked like once I got it.

The dishes arrived packaged really well, boxed and bubble wrapped.  I could not see any indication that they had been a return.

 

 

I examined each and every piece thoroughly.  I did find that there was some scratches in the paint and a few little paint chips but not chips in the actual plates {does that make sense}.  It is a defect in the making of the plates and not something that CSN caused. 

 

Of course, I had to play with them and set a table!  These are everyday dishes and so I set the table in my kitchen.  I plan on getting a lot of use out of these during this holiday season.

I started out with these holiday placemats from Kohls {40% off).  I liked that the colors and pattern seemed to match the dishes really well.  I then started with the dinner plate.

Then layered the sandwich/salad plate {whatever meal you might be having}.  The design is a little different but the outer edge and rim is the same as the dinner plate.

The bowls, which could be used for cereal or soup.  You also have your mug for coffee or tea.

I had this little bowl {it may have come from Kohls last year}, and I love how the colors and the poinsettia design work with these dishes.

Of course, all these dishes wouldn’t be used everyday but as Yvonne at Stone Gable says, it looks much nicer when you have them set out this way.

Overall, I have to say that I was pleased with this item and would not hesitate to order from CSN again.  However, if I had purchased these dishes with this manufacturer's defect, I would probably have returned them, and this may well be what happened.

Linking up to:

Tablescape Thursday at Between Naps On The Porch

*I did half this post in blogger on my old laptop and half in Live Writer on my new laptop, so the first few pictures have no watermark because they are “blogger” inserted pics.