Before you remove the ceiling you should consider covering it. There are foam ceiling tiles available that you can glue up right over popcorn ceilings. They look amazing and are really affordable. It is also much less work then taking down the whole ceiling.
There are foam ceiling tiles you can use that you can glue up right over the popcorn ceiling. It is much less work then trying to fix the ceiling and they are very affordable.
If the popcorn ceilings are in good shape you could think about putting a foam glue up ceiling tile right over them. They are very affordable and look great. It should also be a lot less work then trying to take down the whole ceiling.
Could could always paint over the cedar planks or rip them down. I would definitely go all bright colors. You might want to think about going with ceiling tiles for ceiling incase there is a leak you won't have to rip down the drywall.