Carpentry and Woodworking - source for unfinished cabinet doors

We are building built-in cabinets in our basement and want to buy unfinished oak cabinet doors for them. There are many Internet sites that sell custom sized doors, however, does anyone know of a site or Chicago-area store that sells cabinet doors in stock sizes to DIYers, not just to contractors. As we are building the cabinets ourselves we can make the boxes to fit the door sizes. We want to avoid the 3 week wait with ordering custom doors.

I can't help you with the Chicago area (c'mon down to Charleston it's nice down here) but I do have a commercial company that I personally think is the best out there. We've ordered several thousand dollars worth of cabinet doors from them, completely finished and also completely unfinished. They are always right on with quality and looks. We're only a two man shop and don't have time to make a kitchen full of doors when we need them, and Conestoga is ready and waiting.

Yes there is a wait, but I doubt three weeks for a handful of doors. You can also have them finish the doors, which I ****highly***** recommend you let them do b/c I know exactly what kind of finish they use (conversion varnish) and you will not be able to duplicate that kind of durability and look with anything you'll get at any "home improvement" type warehouse or WalMart.

http://www.conestogawood.com/index.cfm?act=faqs

The problem with Conestoga is that they only supply to woodworking professionals. I did find a couple of online sites that will supply individuals but it always nicer to see the actual doors beforehand. It turns out that some Home Depots do carry some simple oak doors, but I want ones already bored for concealed hinges. Home Depot and Lowes also have samples and ordering information for a company called "Quality Doors" and they looked pretty nice. I called several lumber yards and they do not carry cabinet doors. I will have to continue to explore options before I decide. Does anyone have any experience with online distributors that sell to individuals, such as newdoors.com, tapeease.com, or rockler.com?

With regards to finish, I want to stain the rest of the cabinets and bookcases with the same stain, so I would want the doors unfinished.

I am a cabinetmaker by trade, and have ordered from tapeease.com many times. I never had a bad experience with them. I know they will sell to individuals, as well as small cabinetmakers, such as me.

I usually fill out the printable order/quote form, and fax it to the owner - Dave Daus. He will fax or email a quote back to you. Then I call him to place the order.

As far as the Home Depot doors, you can always get a local cabinet guy to drill the 35mm holes for concealed hinges for you.

http://stores.ebay.com/DOORSANDPULLS_Cabinet-Doors_W0QQcolZ2QQdirZ1QQftidZ2QQtZkm

I've ordered several and they were all great.