Design. If you want a more interesting ceiling but can’t afford to have a coffered or vaulted ceiling installed, you can get a dramatic look with a dropped ceiling by choosing really cool tiles.

The central hall of Raffaele Fabrizio’s 17th-century palazzo in Valmorea, Italy, a village near Lake Como, features trompe l’oeil windows and a vaulted ceiling with faux coffered panels.

According to Home Depot, fans on vaulted ceilings should be kept counterclockwise because the ceiling height makes it unlikely to feel wind chill. Dining room fans should be set to clockwise at a ...

There is a tower within the cathedral close in Carlisle, Cumbria, that hides a Tudor ceiling referred to as a "rare survival". It is made extraordinary by how well it is preserved - says the ...