Vault the ceiling to add architectural interest while making a room feel more spacious, and add character with wood beams, paneling, or statement lighting. Check out these vaulted ceiling ideas ...

Your eyes gaze upward to the 40-foot ceilings, timber frames ... these little bit of beams here," Cunningham said of the wood-carved beams on the front porch at 1312 Crescent Ridge Road NW.

The great room offers a view of the second floor loft, also with custom wood beams and vaulted ceiling. This room is open to the great room below. The kitchen and connected dining room ...