Week 1: Out with the wall, in with the steel beam

These pictures are for the men. Who else would care about a steel beam?  This wall was taken down, as evident in the pictures below.  It is being replaced by a steel beam (Which sadly now cuts through our massive, one-long-piece-of-wood joists. I am the only one who seems to be sad about this.)

Instead of the wall, someday there will be a peninsula.  The stove will be in about the same spot, but in the future there will be countertop on either side of it, so we can, say, put a spoon down while cooking.  Innovative!

Here the framing holds up our house, since the wall is gone. Yaa.

 Thank you, steel beam!