Decorating: latex paint over stain grade hardwood?

[WinterDeere]

I don’t get it but not my call…

The stained wood accents look is dated… or so I have been told…

I'm hearing the same from my wife, who wants to paint our bleedingly-expensive solid oak kitchen cabinetry, right now.

What looks "dated" today, is chiq next decade, and antique after that. Hell, the rest of our house is already antique... give the kitchen a few more years!