Working on my workshop!

[rawfuls]

How about all of the above?

Or, get granite!

Haha, in all seriousness, I think it would be nice to have a two-tone thing going on, the sides being (if it's in a U shape) nice, an shiny (aluminum, or whatever you wish), and then the center as a blackish color, rubber, etc. You could use the center (top of the U) as the "charging" area, and where all of your soldering takes place...

Just my $0.02.