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Space-Saving Sets That Stack & Nest
Not every kitchen comes with generous cabinet space; and that's increasingly the reality for apartment dwellers, first-time homeowners, and anyone who's downsized without wanting to downgrade their table. The good news: smart dinnerware design has caught up with smaller footprints. You no longer have to choose between beautiful place settings and a cabinet that actually closes.
Here's how to think about dinnerware when square footage is tight, and which Villeroy & Boch dinnerware sets are built with exactly that challenge in mind.
Why Stacking and Nesting Matters More Than Ever
The average kitchen has gotten smaller over the past decade, even as open shelving and minimalist storage have become more popular, which means less room to hide bulky sets behind cabinet doors. Traditional dinnerware, with its separate stacks of dinner plates, salad plates, and bowls can eat up shelf space fast. Space-saving dinnerware solves this two-fold: pieces that stack efficiently in a cabinet, and pieces that nest (literally fitting inside one another) to consolidate a full set into a fraction of the footprint.
And a smaller footprint doesn't mean more work at cleanup: our space-saving sets, La Boule included, are dishwasher and microwave safe, so the pieces that save you cabinet space also save you time on busy weeknights.
Spotlight: La Boule and La petite Boule
The clearest example of nesting design done well is our La Boule dinnerware set. Rather than storing plates, bowls, and a serving piece separately, La Boule is engineered so every element fits together like a nesting doll. The result is a complete dinnerware set for two that takes up the cabinet space of one round object, and looks intentional enough to display on a countertop or open shelf, rather than hide away. La Boule is where practical dinnerware meets eye-catching home décor.
The design has real heritage behind it, too
La Boule is a contemporary reinterpretation of "the Globe," a nesting tableware concept designer Helen von Boch created for Villeroy & Boch back in 1971. Fifty years later, La Boule reimagines that same idea for modern small-space living, and the update didn't go unnoticed: it was named a winner of the Red Dot Design Award in 2020, one of design's most respected honors. It's a rare case where a storage solution and an award-winning design object are the same piece. And because it's made from premium porcelain that's both dishwasher and microwave safe, it's every bit as practical day to day as it is striking on display.