Amstrong makes a good product line and a terrific website for browse shopping.

http://www.armstrong.com/

You can search around for a deal with these guys who seem to have a good reputation.

http://www.bellawood.com

http://www.lumberliquidators.com/home.jsp

On a more luxurious budget, heartwood is lovely. You gotta at least take a look. Heartwood is usually aged wood salvaged from the bottom of rivers that were once crowded with floating logs heading downstream.

http://www.heartwoodpine.com/

http://www.heartpine.com/index2.shtml

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Plastic is a terrific product for countertop. It withstands high temperatures, comes in many colors and visual textures, can be cut in any shape, withstands high impacts, won’t split, and it’s only a little expensive. You decide. Of course there are two major manufacturers of plastic countertop. Before you gag, take a look at what is possible.

http://www.avonitesurfaces.com/

http://www2.dupont.com/Surfaces/en_US/products/index.html

Granite is popular here in Maine; the granite state. There are local suppliers with good prices. But the best website I have found for browsing for particular colors and surfaces is owned by a company in New Jersey:

http://www.marble.com/

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