With all of the natural looking materials available today – faux-marble tiles, wood-look vinyl, porcelain designed to look like a host of pricier substances – it’s getting easier to design a home that looks opulent (if not exactly like “the real thing”). Sometimes, we are so inundated by look-alikes that we’ve forgotten what nature looks like.
One of the rarer natural materials available is agate. The multifaceted semiprecious gemstone is frequently backlit for show-stopping results.
Agate is popular as an accent in bathrooms, kitchens and bars:
Or perhaps agate coasters:
![Agate Coasters, via Apartment 48](http://blog.qualitybath.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/agate-coasters.jpg)
Or maybe an agate sculpture or lamp!
![Arteriors Fergie Agate Slice Sculptures](http://blog.qualitybath.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/arteriors-9653-fergie-agate-slice-sculptures-set-of-3-158206.jpg)
![Arteriors Agate Bronze Iron/Natural Stone Accent Lamp](http://blog.qualitybath.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/arteriors-dk49943-bronze-ironnatural-stone-accent-lamp-176025.jpeg)
![arteriors-dk49943-bronze-ironnatural-stone-accent-lamp-211179](http://blog.qualitybath.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/arteriors-dk49943-bronze-ironnatural-stone-accent-lamp-211179.jpeg)