The ceiling was embellished with flowers and leaves.
On the bathroom ceiling, some pieces of plaster had fallen away.
There was no air conditioning, just a ceiling fan turning slowly.
Maintaining an appropriate heat level was particularly difficult in older buildings with large rooms, large windows and\or high ceilings.
Think of all the ceilings that are concrete.
The important 'fragments' are the walls, floors, ceilings and roofs and how they meet establishes so much of the space's character.
