Try SelectBlinds.com. I just special ordered 2" wood blinds for a very large bedroom window. They were delivered within the week. Right now they have free shipping and 30% off orders. Personally, I would never have faux wood blinds again. I had a bad experience with them. I special ordered them from Lowe's. They were an off-white color and they turned yellow from the sun within two years. I contacted the company that made the blinds and they replaced them for free but who wants to reinstall blinds every other year after they turn yellow. Not me!

I SAY I want wood doors, but ... Can anyone convince me one way or the other about aluminum? I think I can get one in aluminum for about $500 cheaper. My requirements are - 1) Paint ANY color I want (even if that means black some years down in the future; it's south facing), and not have to jump through hoops to paint it thus negating any upfront cost savings 2) smooth, don't like the look of the fake wood grain, and the aluminum one is smooth 3) durability (not expecting kids to be playing ball against the surface, nor would I really expect anyone to accidentally hit it with their car (you'd have to be really blind that there's not a garage door in front of you), but what if someone bumps up against it? Is it going to show all that immediately? (course, it'd only be me that notices it, just like I happen to now notice that there are a couple of dents in the gutters; maybe them getting cleaned off and painted will make the obviousness of them go away?) Of course, not having to deal with wood rot would be nice... I'm not totally concerned about having to get an extra heavy duty garage door opener or springs. Its only a single car width. OK, so as I look at the picture of the aluminum one (it's Martin Door, Pinnacle), and I drove by and looked at one installed, I realize what I didn't like about it was that the back "panels" that are the vertical looking part seem to really stand out as separate pieces from panel to panel (panel used here to mean the 3 or 4 separate horizontal pieces that go up and down the roller track), rather than having the look of almost a one piece solid door from way back before garage door openers and tracks were invented. It's like they bow out towards the middle of the panel. :-(

There were a lot of houses built in the middle of the last century in the US with cheap, hollow core flat panel doors. When people refer to cheap flat panel doors that's what they're thinking of. As the previous posters have shown, there are more expensive, very attractive flat panel doors available. Maybe not at big box stores, but if you live in a major metro area you should be able to find them somewhere locally. The price of lumber has been all over the place the last two years, and while it's not at its peak, it's still high as compared to pre-pandemic, so be prepared for sticker shock.

Evanston Lumber is where we bought our alder wood (stained mahogany) entry door in 2001. I can never remember which name comes first, but think it's Jeld-Wen. This is a 42" wide archtop within an arched surround with side lights, but I'm sure they have stand alone *doors*. We have a 6' deep covered entry over this north-facing door. It's been great -- one refurbishing in 20 years. A lumber yard should have names of carpenters to recommend to you. Door-hanging is an art.