Corelle Impressions 16-Piece Dinnerware Set, Service for 4, Watercolors

I always used Corelle since I didn't have a dishwasher and they were light and easy to hand wash. When I bought a house and got a dishwasher, I gave away my Corelle and bought a regular dinnerware set for 12 figuring I would never have to hand wash the heavy pieces. The dishes take up loads of space and are heavy even loading them into the dishwasher.I bought this set (which hardly takes up any cabinet space) for every day use because I loved the pattern and the fact that it had regular mugs and 8" lunch plates. The bowls are way to shallow for soup or cereal but are ok for pasta & salad and even a sandwich. The mugs are the perfect size since they are not huge. I wish I could buy another set of the mugs. I am very happy with this set and I think it's the prettiest pattern Corelle makes.

Like someone else said, the cups are much lighter colored than in the picture, however, they still look nice. The dinner plate and bowl are also lighter colored than in the picture, but the salad plate is a little darker than the picture. Since others have posted about the terrible noise made when you scrape the salad plate, I tried it right away and it really is not that bad, NOT like finger nails on a chalkboard. It would mostly happen from a knife, which I will not often be using on the salad plate anyway. If anything, the feel of the rim of the dishes, where the colored area is, bothers me more than the scrape noise. But it's not that big of a deal. The dishes overall are very pretty and do not have the traditional plain white Corelle look. Mine arrived packed pretty well inside of two boxes and none were broken. The bowls are shallow, but I could see that in the picture before I ordered, and they are very useful to me as we eat a lot of pasta, salads and casseroles, for which they work great. I bought two sets, and would order them again.

I have been looking for new everyday dinnerware for a couple years. These dishes almost hit all my categories. They have a mug rather than a cup and useless saucer, thin, fit in the dishwasher and cupboard well, and are sturdy and attractive. The one draw back is the salad plate. Corelle has "decorated" it with beigy splotches that make the plates look dirty. My husband says he is now used to it and but the first time I fed my mother-in-law, she asked me if the plate was dirty. Whether voiced or not, I assume that will be the reaction of all first time viewers.

Description and photos do NOT match the product received. It should have watercolors soup/pasta bowls, but instead has simple plain white cereal bowls with thin green rims.

I have used this set for over 18 months and absolutely love everything about them...the only downfall in my mind is that they don't have coordinates for the set...I'd love to add serving bowls and desert dishes etc. The mugs, which appear to be stoneware, are very durable and have a nice thin'er' rim (unlike the old corelle mugs which I hated drinking from)but have enough 'bulk' to feel like a 'real' mug. I have a house full of people using them daily and we haven't broken one yet. They add so much color and class to a simple meal.