The back splash is the logs. Also, the counter top is granite, which I'm not going to try to drill through since I don't want it to crack and I have to replace it. I'm going with the metal conduit. Unfortunately the only pre-painted EMT the I can get is red. So I'll build it, take it back down, paint it and then put it back up.
BTW, for TWH or any other Canadians, in the current code and table 16, I have to use a #12 bonding conductor for #12 wires now?