Beautiful Melamine Dish Sets for entertaining

If you are looking for a melamine dish set for the first time or looking to add to your collection, come see these beautiful options for your table!

I first started using melamine dishes outdoors two years ago. We’ve always had a couple melamine plates for the kids here and there but nothing that was something I would be proud to show off. In fact, most of it probably had a cartoon looking pumpkin or Santa Claus embedded on it.

But two summers ago we finished our back patio and I felt like we needed something that wasn’t breakable to be using outdoors. So I set out to look for a melamine dish set. And once I went down that rabbit hole, there was no going back. I was addicted to melamine dish set for outdoor entertaining as I am to regular dishes for the dining room table.

Today I wanted to share some sets with you that I love – and that I would completely buy if I needed 25 melamine dish sets.

However, you may have a few questions first…

What is melamine?

Melamine is an organic-based, nitrogen rich compound that is often used in making cooking items and dinnerware. It’s a resin that is extremely durable and virtually shatter resistant. That makes it perfect not only for outdoor entertaining, but also for households where you have little fingers that tend to drop things.

Is melamine safe?

Melamine dish sets are easy to clean and dishwasher safe. However, you do not want to use dishes, or the eating utensils made from melamine in the microwave.

That said, the FDA has rated melamine as food safe for eating. Look for the sets that say BPA free.

Durability is a bonus

Since melamine dish sets are so shatter resistant, they’re extremely durable! You can create beautiful, kid-friendly tablescapes with melamine dish sets. In fact, you don’t even have to worry about them chipping like the regular dishes do.

So many melamine dish set styles to love!

I wasn’t kidding when I said I really could have 25 different melamine dish sets up above. If I had places to store them, and it wasn’t cost prohibitive to purchase so many dish sets, I might have a little collection going. There’s so many different colors, style and patterns of melamine dish sets to pick from that you can find something no matter your taste.

Modern? Perfect! There’s a set for that? Farmhouse? So many sets for that! Colorful and happy? You can find melamine set in every color of the rainbow. You can also find them in a variety of price sets from Amazon and to department stores.

Here are some of the sets I love that I think you might too!

Thank you so much for visiting today, friends! I hope that you fine the melamine dish set of your dreams here! Click {HERE} to see this red, white and blue set up from last summer that includes melamine or {HERE} to see the first melamine set we used on the patio.