Great news! The granite is IN. I’m about to pee my pants with excitement, it looks exactly like I thought it would and I’m just doing the happy dance. They are cleaning up now and the plumber will be here tomorrow to install the faucet. It will take me a few days to clean up, since we have Mother’s Day festivities this weekend, so expect some pics next week!
Also, thanks to all of you who came by for the Garden Party, it was a lot of fun and I hope all the blooms inspired and got you more excited to dig in the dirt.
In the meantime….
About 8 years ago, I found this plate at a yardsale. It was milkglass and I knew it was collectible, vintage, blah-blah-blah. Did I care? Nope. I decided to decoupage it, since I was in the decoupage stage at that time and thought it would be quite pretty with a bunny on it. So I painted it black, used some wallpaper I had on hand and pasted this cute bunny in the center. And I really loved it for a long time. It hung on the wall in my bedrooms. But, now that I’m collecting white dishes, I decided I might try to get that paint off and use it as it should have been originally. Milkglass. 
Out came the Goof Off and with a little scraping with a razor blade and rubbing with the Goof Off….Eddie Ross would be horrified at me, especially since I see this same large plate in his Etsy store! 🙂 
I got that paint all off. I even used toothpicks to get it out of the crevices. 
And now it’s good as new. 
And hanging in the dining room on the wall. Even though I’m still not an official milkglass collector, I like this plate. The cut-out edges are so pretty and it looks right at home with my other white dishes.
So, this is just a word of caution…be careful what you paint. You just might change your mind later!
It was pretty before, but it looks gorgeous on the wall with your other white dishes. Hey, it’s our perrogative to change our minds, right?
You have me loving soup tureens! The ones you have found are great!
Lou Cinda 🙂
Oh My! What a task! I don’t care much for milk glass either, but there are certain pieces, like your beautiful plate that look awesome with other white pieces. I must keep my eyes open for a plate like that, and I won’t paint it! ♥
Beautiful Plate! I can’t wait to see your granite.. I’m so envious! 🙂
Even though the paint job you did on it was really neat, the piece now in its original state is beautiful.
Wonderful!! Love it!
Rhoda, I just can’t wait to see your kitchen.
Way to go on that plate.
Yeah!! I’m doing a happy dance for you!!
First of all, don't wet yourself, it'll just be more clean up for you! I love the milk glass plate…it reminds me of how I paint something, go back a few months later & strip it OR paint it a whole different color. I'm glad I've found these blogs. I'm more thoughtful now. I am sitting on a couple of ideas til I see you you others might do with similar things. Thanks for your blog!
Looking forward to seeing your kitchen!! Cute plate…glad you were able to bring it back from to it’s natural beauty.
Hugs~T
I’m guilty of painting items and then changing my mind, too. I have vintage metal porch furniture that has been a number of different colors.
Your plate looks lovely. I noticed a lot of milk glass at the flea market last weekend, it seems to be very popular right now.
Well, that might be a first. A REVERSE makeover. 😉 😉 Love it!
Hey! I have that plate!
WOW…I’m amazed that you got all that paint off. I’m sure it was alot of work, but well worth it. That plate is so cute…I love the detail of all the cutouts. And of course it looks wonderful with all of your other white collectibles! My post yesterday was a before and after spray paint job of some metal trays. I got a few comments about WHY I would paint silver. Funny…I NEVER would do that. These were cheapo metal trays speckled with rust that had definitely seen better days. Spay paint is such an easy and fun transformation. But you’re right…you better want to keep it that way forever.
~Amanda
p.s. Sooooo excited to see your beautiful kitchen next week!
I love the plate! Looking forward to seeing the granite after Mother’s Day. Have a great weekend!
Hi Rhoda,
Funny thing, we are having our granite installed tomorrow along with the new sinks and facets in two bathrooms, I can’t wait either. I will be thinking of you and can’t wait to see your project completed. I will post the new bathrooms.
Have a Happy Mothers Day,
Elizabeth
Loved the looks of the plate both ways.
question: How do you have it attached to the wall…I don’t see a plate hanger.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Wow you are resilient little thing when you get your mind made up. I’m impressed. That could not have been an easy project…but it looks terrific. The granite peeking through under the plate looked beautiful. If that’s what you just got I’m totally jealous, but happy for you:)
Wow. That must have been a big job. Now you realize you will never hesitate to paint over anything again because you now feel invincible. Be careful.
I LOVE milk glass, and I’m so glad you got all that paint off. LOL
Can’t wait to see your kitchen pics. 🙂
xoxo,
Mary
I loved the bunny plate, the all white looks classy. So glad it came off without any damage. The edging is so pretty! Linda