Thinking Ceilings...

We are three days from closing on our house and Martha being all ours!  Today we arrived home from a week vacation in Hilton Head.  I am straight off a 9 hour drive home and all I can think about is ceilings.  I think they can make a room and I am hoping these two ideas fit in the budget.  The problem with big ideas is that they usually cost money.  Here is what I'm going to talk to the painter/contractor about tomorrow.  Wish me luck!