In a world of bare and cookie-cutter ceilings, wood paneling makes a room bend toward a number of styles, from more rustic and cabin-like interiors to lighter or distressed wood that adds texture ...

While it gives the look of a much more expensive wood paneled ceiling, all this DIY involves is sheets of 1/4-inch plywood ...

Your eyes gaze upward to the 40-foot ceilings, timber frames, carved designs and then the dragons on the roof. Even small balconies boast special wood carvings in the bedrooms. "It'd be so cool.

The Norwegian stave church-style home in Oronoco Township just northeast of Rochester includes custom timber frames and wood carvings ... vaulted ceilings and dragons on the roof of the home ...