my grandma had a ceiling in their old farm house that had straw stuck to it, I forget what they used, but it was some kinda plaster and they took handfulls of straw and pressed it to it, after it all fully cured they cut the hanging strands off with a scissor, looked pretty unique and rustic. lasted for years and years, not sure how long since they moved about 20 years ago, and did it to the den in their "new" place (back then), and its still looking like it did the day they did it.
Beware of any old man in a profession where one usually dies young.
