This post originally appeared on Dorm Therapy. See it there: 11 Ideas for Sprucing Up Your Boring Concrete Dorm Walls ...

For industrial interior design, concrete's raw texture adds to industrial design's stripped-down, rugged, unfinished look. Often it goes with brick walls and wood, creating this urban, raw look.

These industrial Soundwave acoustic panels by OFFECCT [located on the left-hand wall] are lightweight, absorb an upper frequency range of 500Hz and above, and make a great feature. Available in a ...

A reader wants to resurface a concrete wall that has crumbling faux-brick plaster. ... such as Behr Multi-Surface Interior/Exterior Primer and Sealer ($22.98 a gallon at Home Depot).