20 Wood Ceiling Ideas to Bring Your Room Country Charm

A moody dark gray coats the beadboard ceiling, walls, and trim in this cozy bedroom. The statement midcentury modern starburst chandelier acts as jewelry against the dark background and gives the room a cool modern edge.

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Wall and Ceiling Paint Color: Pavilion Gray by Farrow & Ball

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Reclaimed barn boards on the soaring pitched ceiling of this Michigan lakehouse contrast with the room’s other natural materials: stone walls, vintage French white oak floors, and band-sawn knotty white oak on the flush-inset cabinets.

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Nothing says vintage farmhouse more than a beadboard ceiling! When your using a lot of color on the walls and trim, continue that color palette to the ceiling to keep the room feeling cohesive. Here, a timeless cornflower blue paint color adorns the ceiling and trim of the 1900s farmhouse galley kitchen, while green reproduction wallpaper covers the walls, all making sure it looks true to its original time period.

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Ceiling and Trim Paint: Jamestown Blue by Benjamin Moore

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An A-frame tongue-and-groove wood ceiling painted white creates the perfect cozy setting—and “frame” for a camp-style gallery wall—for this attic bunk room with twin beds and camp stools.

A shade of gray on the trim boards of this beadboard ceiling creates a fun contrast with the calming white and adds visual interest to the large sloped space. The beadboard is also installed in varying directions to further the grid design. Continuing the two-tone palette on the walls gives the room a cohesive look.

A renovation of this Maine cottage led to discovering wood beams stained a hauntingly beautiful deep green above the existing drop ceiling. The organic green hue is a perfect complement to the rustic knotty pine walls. Window treatments and an antique rug also soften the strong hue of the pine.

Homeowner Holly Williams painted this bathroom’s wood beadboard ceiling a saturated black-blue color to complement the colors in the playful toile wallpaper. The dark color also visually brings down the ceiling to give the light and bright room some coziness.

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Ceiling Paint Color: Black Blue by Farrow & Ball

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The pine-clad ceiling in this bedroom is painted a cloudy gray to set it apart from the white walls and bedding. The slightly darker color also better showcases the crystal chandelier that adds a touch of femininity to the room.

This Montauk, New York, seaside cottage boasts a dark stain on its rustic planked ceiling and exposed beams that were installed when it was built in the 1940s. The dark stain provides a strong contrast to the bright white shiplap walls and gives the cottage a casual been-there-forever feel.

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Wall Paint Color: Oxford White by Benjamin White

Rustic reclaimed ceiling beams coordinate with this bedroom’s honey-toned hardwood floors and add rustic warmth to the whitewashed wood ceiling and white painted walls.

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Reclaimed wood floors and the exposed timbered ceiling make this lakeside kitchen seem like a lodge. Rather than installing the wood planks simply horizontally, homeowner Jeff Murphy had them installed on the diagonal creating a subtle herringbone design. A large carved corbel adds even more unique interest.

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The soft and serene colors of this lake house by designer Shannon Bowers carry up to its vaulted ceiling. Rather than a simple one-note slope, the ceiling is at different heights to add visual interest to the large lofted room. The design also brings down the height in the corners to create little “nooks” for furniture.

You never know what might be hiding above that drop ceiling! Removing the drop ceiling in this room revealed the high-pitched ceiling and exposed rafters. Now the small room lives large. Painting the ceiling white adds to the light and airy feel.

Bathrooms look great with wood ceilings, too! And, for a modern farmhouse look, there’s nothing better than white on white. Blogger Jenna Diermann painted the shiplap ceiling and walls of her historic Northern California cabin’s bathroom all the same warm white to give it new life. The wood planked ceiling uniquely slopes down to the lower wall to cleverly frame the clawfoot bathtub.

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