hmm I don't care for it myself. Table tops/counters are meant for work space. Not a place to set things. My Aunt's family used to drive me up the wall. When I visited them or when we all met at my Uncle's cabin - the eating table became a hoard of crap. Cereal boxes, mail, stuff, books, loaves of bread, etc. To sit there and eat meant you had a 6" space in which to set the plate down. Her whole house was like that - you would walk sideways to get around stuff.