Like many of us, my clients tend to do most of their living in open rooms that serve multiple purposes. But in the small older houses in southeastern Massachusetts where I do most of my design and remodeling work, large rooms are rare, so I end up taking down walls or building additions to create them. Removing walls and adding small bump-outs change the scale of a space, which can make it look and feel awkward. When this happens, a coffered ceiling can create a more-comfortable scale and restore order by dividing a big space into separate areas.
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