Window goes higher than the ceiling

[Ryan Dressel]

Hi all,

I just replaced two 40 x 60 inch bedroom windows, and in doing so, discovered that the existing ceiling drops down below where the very top of the window is.  It was hard to tell before because everything was so ugly that I didn't notice (windows where installed repeatedly over each other with 50+ year old worn trim).

My conundrum is that I am trying to add trim around the windows, and can't think of a way to hide the above problem.  Has anyone encountered this before?  Option A is to simply put a stool and 2 vertical pieces without a top horizontal piece; or Option B --   Put a horizontal piece across the top and hope it doesn't look weird.  I suspect it will look weird because there won't be a flush connection due to the gap of the window depth...

Raising the ceiling to the roof line would be awesome, but also unnecessarily expensive for a rental.

Thoughts?? 

Thanks in advance!

Ryan