Collection: The Collected Plate by Julie Ann

Julie is, by her own admission, a vintage china addict — rescuing forgotten sets from estate sales and antique shops across the South so they can grace tables again instead of sitting boxed in attics. Her philosophy is simple: beautiful china was made to be used, not hidden.

What sets Julie apart is her instinct for storytelling through objects. A chipped saucer becomes a candle dish; a forgotten gravy boat holds a single peony; a stack of mismatched grandmothers’ plates becomes the most romantic table at a wedding — and often, those very plates are reimagined into one-of-a-kind tiered stands, each one a collected story in itself. In her hands, vintage china stops being something behind glass and becomes something to be gathered around and remembered.