We have put together a collection of 18 images of dramatic rooms with stunning high cathedral ceilings for you to take inspiration from.

By opening up the ceilings in these rooms and exposing the chunky wooden trusses, an interesting three dimensional space can be created.

Instead of normal hanging lights the use of clever uplights emphasizes the wooden structure creating planes of light and shadown above the living areas. This also gives us the opportunity to experiment with different materials on the underside of the exposed roof to add extra colour to the space in total.

So if you are not using the attic area above the room, open up your ceilings and create an interesting space like this.