What's under that?

The captain got adventurous this weekend and decided to find out what's hiding under the hideous vinyl-soffit ceiling in the living room/kitchen area.

He's lucky a raccoon didn't spring out at him and maul him.

Here's what we found:
Insulation, and plain old plywood. It's much better than I thought, actually, assuming the roof is the same across the whole room - and let's face it, in this cottage that could be a stretch. If it is all the same though, in theory... in theory I could rip down the ugly stuff, slap a coat of white paint on the rafters/roof and call it a day.

The captain's unconvinced. He's thinking the insulation is a good idea, to keep the heat out during the summer.

My thinking is that a can of paint is a whole lot cheaper than a whole new ceiling (it would run us at least $300), and worst case, if we need that insulation, we can cover it over again later. Am I right?

What's your thought? Leave a note in the comments to let me know. (You can leave anony mouse comments if you like, it's ok.)

I keep drooling over these "inspiration" photos, and I love the look of the exposed roof.

'Course, they've got nice slats up on their roof, so maybe it wouldn't look as good with painted chip-board?

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