Nesting: The Next Level

I've heard that when you're close to your due date you'll start going crazy cleaning up the house and getting things ready. I'm not sure what exactly it means when you let a crew of men with sledge hammers into your house 4 weeks before your due date, but it gets me pretty excited!
The kitchen renovation started on Monday. Here are some before shots to show you where we started.
Here's the view from the dining room of the wall that is being removed. This is where the peninsula will go.

The sink and dishwasher stay in the same place but the wall oven is no more. She served her purpose well over the last 27 years. Thanks wall oven. We'll miss your fancy flip clock.

This is the other side of the wall from the dining room (to the left). A big shout out to Amanda and Melissa for their help with wall paper removal. Amanda did a big chunk of this for us back in November and she and Melissa nearly finished the job last weekend while visiting. (Jason finished the work after they left.) Graham also ripped off a few strips. He was sad to see the flowers go but he's offered to come back when it's time to paint so we can put new flowers back on the walls and counters.

Here you can see our awesome cooktop and the matching flowers on the countertop. Graham took my potato scrubber and tried to remove them for us. Sadly no luck so the counter got the sledge hammer treatment instead.
This is a view straight in from the dining room. If anyone needs a ceiling fan, there is still time to claim it. You must pick-up.