@Bnance88,
Two comments:
1.) Check out Jack Black's ceiling level layout for inspiration:
2.) See if you can find, because they're long out of production, these ceiling-level components, which are cool but may be expensive:
Follow this link:
I have an inter-rail layout in my home (2/5/20) | seacoast
Thanks to fellow forumite @Seacoast for this post.
Mike