8 Kitchen Items You Should Always Buy If You See Them At A Thrift Store

6. Fiestaware

First produced in 1936 by Fredrick Hurten Rhead of Homer Laughlin Pottery Company, the Fiesta (a.k.a. Fiestaware) line was a bright, bold, Art Deco-inspired line of kitchenware that was durable and injected life and color into people’s kitchens. While having experienced soaring popularity initially, production of the line was temporarily halted between 1973 and 1985. However, that didn’t stop it from being one of, if not the most popular line of dishes in the United States in the past 100 years.

While Fiestaware is still being produced today, the rarity of certain colors (e.g. original yellow and medium green) will drive up the price of those products in comparison to the same item in a more common color. Likewise, more uncommon pieces such as the relish plate sets or the tiered Deco candle holders can be far more expensive than standard, place-setting counterparts, due to their scarcity. Thankfully, there’s plenty out there still to be found, so if bright and colorful is your jam, Fiestaware is definitely the thing to snatch up when you see it at the store.