A friend was shopping for a half-dozen Craftsman desks for her new office and found a huge range of new items at an equally wide range of prices:

• a simple mahogany library table/desk with an organizer and drop-down keyboard tray, which was available from a dozen retailers for a similar price ($700-$800)
• Louis Fry's frankly amazing and ornate African wenge-inlaid wide 3-drawer desk
• David Gray's gorgeous maple, koa, walnut and ebony writing desk
• a very conservative and clean corner desk from Hardwood Artisans
• a dozen different desks (fall front, library, pedestal, and more) from Harvest House
• various el-cheapo models