To maximize headroom, while properly insulating your attic and ventilating the roof, use a combination of dense batt insulation, rigid foam sheeting ... air chute in each rafter bay.

Instead of fibre insulation installed between rafters (followed by a vapor barrier and drywall that hides your pretty rafter roof), or ... basement below, rigid sheets of foam installed on the ...

Rigid foam applied to the top of a roof can provide modest amounts of insulation while preserving the natural look of rafters and roof boards from inside. (Credit: Photo Steve Maxwell) If you’re like ...