Ceilings

Open up the ceiling, rearrange the plan, and this kitchen feels a lot bigger without adding much floor space by Warren Lloyd

A small guest house proves that you can make elegant spaces with stock materials by Gale Goff

Ceiling heights define spaces in an open floor plan by Sarah Susanka

Hide the new carrying beam in the ceiling, and they'll forget that wall ever existed by John Michael Davis

Adding timber-frame elements to a stick-frame house makes economic and aesthetic sense by Anthony Zaya

Maintaining historical proportions and details makes a big, modern house look like a traditional New England colonial by Steve Heffner

Soaring cathedral ceilings and a four-step footprint enable a narrow cottage to fit comfortably between a golf course and a steep ravine by Gary Bowen

A modest renovation transforms hodgepodge of revival styles into a coherent shingle-style design by John Ineson, Elizabeth Ineson

by William F. Doran

Longitudinal Wood I-Beams by Lamar Henderson