A coffered ceiling includes boxlike recessed regions between beams. Originally devised as a way to enhance the load of thick rock ceilings in Roman and Greek architecture, coffered ceilings are currently an ornamentation to provide the appearance of coffering. Constructed with real or artificial beams, trimmed out with moldings and painted, and they may be extremely formal and comprehensive.

MN Builders

The coffered ceiling of the white kitchen includes recessed lighting from the sunken panels between the beams.

Begrand Fast Design Inc..

The painted beams of the contemporary living room provide an appearance of a coffered ceiling.

Murphy & Co.. Layout

Natural knotty hardwood with a nice, shiny sheen and tongue and groove planks create a rustic home office stately and expansive.

Angela Otten; WmOhs Showrooms Inc

Dark stained beadboard panels and white painted beams create the coffered ceiling in this conventional kitchen.

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