FROM TOP: Kate Spade melamine dinner plate, $8, by special order at Kate Spade, 56 E. Oak St. Jonathan Adler melamine dinner plate, $12, Jonathan Adler, 676 N. Wabash Ave. Pottery Barn melamine dinner plate, $34 for set of four, and melamine salad plate, $28 for set of four, Pottery Barn, 1000 W. North Ave. Williams-Sonoma melamine dinner plate, $15, Williams-Sonoma, 900 N. Michigan Ave.

Photograph: Anna Knott