I’m about to finish the basement of a house. Any ideas about what could be used to finish the ceiling? Right now I have 2×10’s exposed on 16″centers. The ceiling is insulated and there are few wires and no pipes in the area to be finished. I wondering if the ceiling should provide some type of access because I’ll need to have lighting installed as well as some wall outlets and would like to provide a chase? The ceiling height is about 8′.

Thanks for the advice as I’m sure it can only help. Turtleboy