I have my china, my mother's, my grandmother's and my great grandmother's, as well as some crystal and a gold plated coffee service.I could host an army. One china cabinet has grooves in the shelving to set up plates. I set up a plate in the groove and set the smaller pieces in front.
Maybe set up the larger serving pieces in the center.
If you need pictures, let me know.
What constitutes dated and weird?
HTH,