Bricking a home will cost between $16,000 and $34,000 for a 2000-square-foot property depending on whether you choose brick veneer or one of the many similar materials on the market.

Fortunately, exposed brick can look great painted, which can cover any blemishes. If you don’t want to the mess or the work, you can always fake it with faux-brick wall panels.

Wall coverings include Linen, Brushstrokes and Small Squares, and sell for around $14 a roll at Home Depot and the Great Indoors. Call (800) 554-0887 or visit www.grahambrown.com.

Use actual bricks (you can buy brick tiles to install individually) or purchase panels of faux bricks that you can just fasten to the wall in segments for a similar look and much less labor.

Q: We would like to resurface the concrete walls next to the steps leading to a walk-out basement. When the house was built 15 years ago, the builder covered the walls with some type of faux-brick ...