The roughness of bark or the smoothness of a polished stone surface contrasts beautifully with the soft texture of plant leaves, making your home feel warm and lived-in.

'Complementing the textured kitchen floors are the Michelangelo Arebescado Dolomite countertops. This polished stone, with its soft veining, introduces a more refined texture.

Travertine: Distinguished by its pitted texture, this porous stone requires lots of love and care. For high-use counters, Santos fills any holes with translucent resin to cut down on maintenance.

Lapidary dials made of fragile, polished stone discs first experienced a heyday following advancements in ultra-thin watch movements, particularly Piaget’s caliber 9P, which debuted in 1957.

The plates are hand-carved by craftsmen in Mexico and are all two centimetres deep. "In the hands of the craftsman who caresses and polishes it, the wild stone texture becomes a sensible and ...