The Table.
Dinnerware, flatware and the things you set out.
The flatware to own for life.Good flatware is the one thing on the table you touch with every bite. Buy it once, in a pattern you can still add to in twenty years.
The white dinnerware you never replace.White plates are the one set of dishes that goes with every tablecloth, every season and every other thing you buy later. The trick is buying ones that will still be sold, and still be whole, in 2045.