Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam

Those are rafter cross ties. That is structural.
They should be tripled if the are not on every rafter.
That is fine for a shed maybe but in a finished room -- the ceiling may move and crack if it freezes there and you have a snow load on the roof -- I think I recall that you said it did.

It's easy to fix now just cut out a drywall piece at the joints.

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Side Nail them and use a few truss fasteners to bind them together at the top.

Then wrap them with trim wood or drywall and paint the wrapped beams.