Ann I guess I like the commercial look and it is really easy to clean up. I had the whole "L" shaped counter top fabricated in one piece with welded/polished seams and a backsplash that goes all the way up to the "uppers". If you have something explode on the stove you just wipe it down.
I bought a "work bench top" from Grainger for one of my counters and made up the other counter because it was too long and too narrow to buy as a bench top. The money worked out about the same.
