Popcorn ceilings can be removed....I think they just mist/spray it with some water, allow it to be absorbed, and remove it with a wide scraper blade. Of course, you don’t spray water near an electrical connection for a light fixture. Once it has been scraped off, the ceiling can be sanded and painted. Your painter can do it.

I think that wood on the ceiling would be really neat and add character to the kitchen!

The herringbone ceiling would be too much, too busy, at least for me.

Popcorn is easy to remove. I've removed a lot of it. Fill a pump up garden sprayer with hot water & a little dish soap. Wet down a good sized section of the ceiling (8 x 10 or so), wait a couple of minutes and scrape. I use a wide drywall knife and a hawk to catch (most of ) the scrapings. Keep a garbage can positioned nearby so you can clean off the scrapings caught by the hawk into the garbage can.

Given the vaulted ceiling, you may elect to hire the job out.

Instead of a hawk go to a grocery and pick up shallow boxes to catch the scraping.

Thanks. The pic I posted of the ceiling wood is just for the color, not pattern. Not sure what type or color or wood to put on the ceiling. Light, dark, white??? I considered white shiplap foo

The thickness of the ceiling cladding has to be factored into the design of all of the ceiling penetrations.That can get tricky when you are adding ceiling penetrations. All of the electrical boxes need extending as well. The transition of the ceiling to other areas has to be designed to make sense as well. If it’s a closed off room, it obviously makes sense to be confined to that room only. If it’s an open plan, it needs cased openings to create logical starting and stopping points. .

If the gray wood is a potential color, I’d have to say a strong no to that choice. If you want wood, it should align with the wood color family of your floor. A lighter tone, but “the same” color family. That is so that it’s an obvious repetition of a design element that links the whole together.

I would avoid the wood ceiling and just scrape the popcorn. The herringbone wood will be way too busy and doesn't make much sense with the rest of the space.

I'd scrape the popcorn, too. It's messy, but easy, and probably more appropriate for this kitchen than a wood ceiling would be.