Image excerpt from my Fine Homebuilding "Drawing Board" column about cathedral ceilings. Rafter battens and paired wood rafter ties.Pick up a copy of the November 2013 Fine Homebuilding magazine to catch my latest "Drawing Board" contribution. This one explores lending nuance to cathedral ceilings by introducing different levels of enclosure, overhead density, and orderly rhythm.

Click here for a PDF of the column. "Comfortable cathedral ceilings" by Katie Hutchison, Issue #238, October/November 2013. Reprinted with permission copyright 2013, The Taunton Press, Inc.