Yeah there’s definitely not a big statement to be made. We planned to paint them to match the ceiling.

There are no options here. They get covered. These were not designed to be exposed.

With them being so close together there is no nice way to finish the drywall around them. You would never be happy. Cover them up.

If you like the look of the beams I would install some faux ones after you drywall over these.

Dry wall and add faux box beams if you want the look.

You could do some a rustic look"

Or something a bit more cottage:

Or skip beams altogether and embrace the angles:

If you DO opt for beams, note that they're usually placed about where a low ceiling would run:

And if this will continue to be the child's room, I would think twice about decorative finials on them. This, to me, is preparatory to one of MINE ending up knocking their head while jumping on the bed:

YMMV. ;-)

And I now await the wallpaper hate. I <3 wallpaper, and I would use that ceiling as an opportunity to showcase some. Or maybe do a tounge and groove ceiling. But that would depend on the style of your house and whether you like that sort of thing.

To expose the rafter ties and drywall the ceiling up to the roof point.

I hate to think what a fiddly, time consuming job that would be to fit & install drywall around them. And then to finish the seams around all of those obstructions. Would be expensive because of all that labor. But the spiders would love it.

Not to mention that all of the framing has to be covered with drywall for fire resistance. So, if you do leave them exposed, don't be surprised if it gets flagged as a code violation.

I wouldn't even think of it for all of the reasons above. Plus this is a nursery where you certainly don't want to compromise on fire resistance.

Those were never meant to exposed so cover them up and forget it .

You said the magic word, "rafter" and that's what they are, not beams. Cover them and move on.

Thanks everyone! We’ll cover them and put recessed lighting down the middle.