honestly matters what you use it for, if your constantly cutting on it and throwing hot pans on it then something like granite, if your generally alot gentler on it and dont put hot pans on then it opens up to tons of different options such as marble, i have a brother in law that did corian for awhile and they did some crazy looking stuff, have also seen hardwoods sealed that look really good. all just matters on how hard you are on them.