Put the Hammer Down

The demo crew arrived bright and early Monday morning and made fast work of removing the walls, cabinets and old appliances. Since then we've had the plumber and electrician out to the house as well to get the rough connections in place.

Here's a view to the where the kitchen once was and will be again.
Here's where the cooktop lived and the fridge still was, until last night. (we needed the plumber to disconnect the water connection for the ice maker.) The new range will be on this wall. The new fridge moves to the wall on the left.
This is the view from the dining room to the kitchen now! Goodbye wall! The electrician has since removed all the dangly outlets and switches.

Here's the view back to the dining room. The fridge will be to the right and the peninsula will be between the two rooms. Fingers crossed for things to keep moving ahead smoothly.