For a more graphic look, you can also do a slab backsplash in a bolder stone, like a Calacatta Viola or Arabescato marble. These statement-making marbles have large swaths of black, deep purple ...

but used more finicky Calacatta Arabescato marble with dramatic swirls of gray for the backsplash. “Our goal was to do something fun and drive personality,” Ms. Jones said. “It could be a ...