Find out if you have a place that sells unfinished furniture nearby. We got unfinished bookcases and a corner computer desk (solid maple,backs are plywood) and then finished them ourselves with wipe-on poly. Much cheaper than office furniture offerings that weren't even solid wood.

There was another manufacturer that had nice bookcases too, but I don't remember why we liked Woodcraft better.

Here is a link that might be useful: Woodcraft Industries

Cat_mom, what do you think of the Woodcraft quality? I'm thinking of special-ordering a tall cabinet from them - basically, a deep bookcase with doors and drawers.

Hey charlikin. They're pretty decent. We were impressed with the quality when we got them (most of the pieces/shelving only needed minimal sanding). We had them replace 3 (out of many) shelves because of defects (on one of the corner shelves, a screw joining the two boards was coming through the shelf, and two small shelves appeared to have been made from an end run of plywood, so the edges were chipping. I did notice that a "brace" or cross board on the desk was installed upside down (!), while I was applying the final coat of poly (don't even ask how I missed that one through all the sandings and the two coats of poly, but it's in the back and not visible unless you crawl under the desk, so not a really big deal.

We got ours from Golden Area Furniture in Middletown, NY (someone I knew had gotten bookcases from them and had wholeheartedly recommended them to me--I would recommend them without hesitation). They were great to work with and very helpful.