Household Wedding Registry Items You'll Need

When setting up your household wedding registry, it is important to take your time. This is the part of the wedding that allows you to outfit your soon-to-be blended, married home with necessities for your kitchen, bedroom, dining room, and bathrooms. Rush through this process and I guarantee you'll be kicking yourself later when you've missed the Espresso maker or Christmas flatware.

Before Getting Started

When arranging your household wedding registry, it's important to make this process as painless as possible. The best way to tackle this important task is to go through your house – one room at a time, and make a list of the items you need. The organized bride will jot down manufacturers, brands, material, style, sizes, colors, and even model numbers. It also helps to pencil in the stores that carry specific household wedding registry items.

Finally, register with the stores or online registries that carry your gift selections. Need a little help? Consider some of the household wedding registry items that brides tend to request listed below:

Dining Room

When selecting china or formal dinnerware, make sure to request place settings for eight or more people. This will include dinner plates, salad plates, cups, saucers, soup bowls, dessert plates, dessert bowls, covered casserole dish, gravy boat, creamer, sugar bowl, covered butter dish, large serving platters, and don’t forget the decorative salt and pepper shakers. Many brides wish to dress their tables with crystal water goblets, as well as:

• Red and white wine glasses
• Champagne flutes
• Martini glasses
• Beer mugs

Flatware & Table Linens

When it comes to everyday and formal silverware, you can never have too many dinner forks, spoons, knifes, salad forks, soup spoons, butter knifes, and carving knives. A coffee and tea service also makes a nice addition to a household wedding registry. For setting the table for a formal affair, don’t forget to include tablecloths, placemats, runners, napkins and napkin rings.

Kitchen

Enter the kitchen and you should plan to have everyday household wedding registry items that include plates, cereal bowls, cups, saucers, covered casserole dish, cake plate and server, mugs, and dessert bowls to last through those romantic dinner dates and spaghetti dinner with the in-laws.

No kitchen is complete without bakeware and cookware, including pans (frying, sauté, sauce, and omelet), teapot, lasagna pan, baking dishes (1-quart and 2-quart), covered pots (large and small), baking sheets, as well as cake and bread pans. In order to prepare your home-cooked meals, don’t forget the importance of small kitchen appliances, such as:

• Microwave, convection, and toaster oven
• Coffeemaker
• Espresso or Cappuccino machine
• Coffee grinder
• Toaster
• Food processor
• Miniature chopper
• Juicer
• Blender
• Waffle iron
• Crockpot or slow cooker
• Electric wok