Some ideas:
Here are new carpet inserts:
http://www.dantesparts.com/consolelens.html
Or, if you carpet is in good shape, but faded it can be redied. Other companies carry carpet kits for consoles, you have to look around.
This what a new console top looks like:
http://www.dantesparts.com/abodyconsoletop.html
Chrome raised edge, argent top with black center stripe. I plan on refurbishing my console this winter by painting argent with same paint I had applied to my Realy Wheels, and hand paint black stripe.
My car has black interior, so matching color is easy. The vinyl on exterior of my console was nicked up a bit, so I just sprayed it with plastic paint.
To remove console:
Before pulling console, remove shifter knob. Automatic knob is held in place with an allen screw, back it off a few turns, and the knob will screw off.
There are four screws holding it console to floor: two in storage compartment floor; and two horizontal on each side passing through, or just under side carpet near its forward terminus.
Look at the console in this photo below. Sliver dot in the forward console carpet is head of one of the attaching screws.
http://www.yearone.com/pco/1_0210/full.asp?page=163
