The Arabescato marble backsplash is one of the more popular uses this year, and for good reason. It adds so much texture and detail to space in our homes that are usually more linear and utilitarian.

This collosal 5-axis shaping mill used its diamond-tipped drill heads spinning at 7,000 rpm to carve the GTO with total precision from the finest Arabescato marble.

The marble-effect, porcelain wall- and floor tiles, available at Parkside, were created to appear like Arabescato marble – a veiny stone that is quarried in Tuscany, Italy. "Pulp allows ...