“If you gravitate to features such as raised oak panel doors, six-inch baseboards, beamed coffered ceilings and handmade staircase pillars, this might be the home for you,” said RE/MAX ...

“We are seeing a lot of coffered ceilings right now with the detailing being done in raw oak. It gives a Restoration Hardware, Modern Farmhouse type of appeal,” says Koehn.

Not anymore. Eye-popping coffered, tray, barrel vault and other ceilings, decked out in everything from wood to wallpaper, are more than ever crowning kitchens, family rooms, bedrooms and basements.

If your ceiling is a standard eight feet in height, then the depth of the beams or panels should perhaps be limited to anywhere between three-quarters of an inch and 3.5 inches, whereby ceilings that ...