Are you looking for an easy and inventive way to give your walls a thoroughly modern update? This faux wallpaper trick could be just what your home needs.

Adding dynamism to both traditional and contemporary settings, the herringbone pattern consists of rectangular ... are also used to design fabrics, upholstery, wall coverings, and countertops.

Susana Simonpietri, a partner in the Brooklyn interior design firm ... or running bond, pattern that staggers tiles like bricks in a wall. Or if you’re using rectangular tiles, “you can ...