We placed our order for the cabinets, having finalized all this at last. We ended up changing our door designs several times and even some of the colors. The most helpful aspect was bringing all our tile samples and granite one last time to the store before finalizing the order. We ended up changing 3 of our choices by doing this exercise.
After finalizing, it was time to check out. We placed the order and managed to use a 10% off Lowes coupon which was price matched. In addition, Home Depot was having a gift card rebate providing another nice saving. And last but certainly not least, we redeemed the stack of gift cards accumulated through programs like BuySmart (unfortunately no longer available), Everyday Priveledges Gold, purchasing some on eBay at 90% face value and a via a card trading club my brother in law belongs to. We had consolidated these into high denomination face value cards to make it easy for the cash register operator. All of this saved us about 25% in all.
