See ya later, Wall!

We absolutely love our little house, but really it is little!  We have been wanting to open it up to help with that closed in feeling.  So, we decided to go for open concept and get rid of the wall between the living room and the kitchen/dining room.  Baboo came out to visit and help us.  Thank goodness!

Here is the living room side of the wall:

 Here is the dining froom side of the wall.

Let's start the demo.  Finn was very curious and wanting to help:

 Rip it out:

 The innards:

 Finn is a huge help with clean up:

 This part was a little load-bearing so up go some beams for support:

 Well, look at that:

 And, the (almost) finished product:

 It truly opens it up so much!

 A little refreshment for celebration:

We still have trim and painting and little details to finish up, but it is beautiful.  We absolutely love it and it makes a huge difference in terms of space and feel of the house.  I have been moving furniture and hanging artwork about and it is coming together so nicely.  Thank you for all your help, Baboo!  And thanks to Jon W. too!  Couldn't have done it without you!