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Below are some rustic style elements and decorating ideas to get you started ... This could include natural wood, tile or stone floors, exposed wood beams on the ceiling, brick walls, ...

While a more rustic style crafted with thick wood beams might call for a 14-foot ceiling, a grid pattern made with drywall might be feasible with a nine-foot ceiling.

Mr. Jenkins achieved a similar look in a dining room with Venetian plaster burnished to a high gloss. “It almost looks like a pool of water on the ceiling, upside down,” he said.

The great room’s ceiling cladding of rough-sawn, lesser-grade pine adds to the relaxed cabin ambiance. The floor is reclaimed white oak as is the mantel—sourced from Surfaces in Petoskey.