Are there any new and/or innovative quality countertop products on the market?
If you can figure out your design precisely - length, width, any odd corners, sinks, etc. - then I suggest taking a look at &quot;solid surface&quot; such as &quot;cultured marble&quot;. Essentially some sort of resin with color and &quot;stuff&quot; mixed in. Reasonably hard - but not as hard or as heavy as stone (granite, quartz, etc.) and can be ordered in any shape/size. Depending on your area, you may be best off ordering through a big box store or &quot;kitchen/bath design&quot; place (some overhead built in, but they know the process to order things the right way and you have recourse if there are problems) or order direct. For a variety of reasons, I wouldn't recommend this type of surface as much for a kitchen, but for a bathroom it can be ideal, and doesn't (at least when I got it) cost a fortune. If you are OK with integral sinks then it works even better (just add faucet &amp; plumbing and you are done), which is not an option with real stone or many other materials.
To clarify a bit, this type of material is DIY in the sense of installation. It is most definitely not DIY in terms of fabrication. You don't order it in 4 or 6 or 8 foot lengths and cut to size - you order exactly the length you need. You don't order it and then cut a big hole for a sink and drill small holes for the faucet - you order it with all those holes (and possibly an integral sink) molded into it.