Choose just one. Botanical patterns “work best on their own,” Schmit says, so choose one design you love and let it take center stage—and avoid pairing it with another soft-lined pattern. The room’s ...

This isn’t run-of-the-mill geometry. Quasi-crystals are made by fitting together a set of shapes, including five- and 10-sided shapes, into patterns that, unlike typical tile floors, don’t repeat.