Solid wood cherry will stain. You can go darker and that will tend to reduce prevalent grain.

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You can always paint.

cherry will always have a red tone to it.That's just inherent in that species. you'd have to go very dark to disguise it. Plus, you've got a very rustic type of wood, almost like a hickory.

as for going gray, forget it. gray stain w/red hue/undertone? yech.

to stain these would take a god awful amount of time and effort, they have to be stripped and sanded down to bare wood. (which will still be reddish). It will cost as much to have them painted.

you could always advertise those for sale, you don't have to tear them out. maybe someone will pay you 2K for them? just depends where you are.

and instead of tearing out the cabs, i'd remove that granite (Is it Blue Pearl?) with rounded edges (so 2001) and go for something lighter with a mitered edge. Even if you were to paint, you'd still have that dated granite countertop (that really doesn't look all that great with white, let alone gray stained) cabinets.

A light quartz (see pic 1) would be perfect. I think that alone would tie in better to your light flooring and make you appreciate the wood a bit better.

This is beautiful:

Could you sell them? The effort to turn them into what you want is both expensive and likely not to get the result you want. What does the whole kitchen look like?

Within recent memory, someone posted a cherry kitchen that was redone and looked, not just trendy, but magnificent. I have the memory of a gnat, but I'm pretty sure it was some relatively famous person or maybe a well known blogger? All I remember is that they went with a light counter top and it had a small penninsula. Maybe someone else with a younger brain can remember and post a link.

Replacing that hardware would make a big difference...its very traditional

While it wouldn't have been my first choice, that's really pretty wood and looks to be in very good shape. I'd replace the hardware (I'd go with black) and try living with it.

Stripping, sanding, and restaining would be a crazy amount of work. And I agree with the poster who warned about gray on top of red. Maybe consider forgetting about gray altogether.

Sorry, but these are beautiful cabinets. The mention of black hardware will probably make them more modern .
Hope you can enjoy what you have here.

Also, natural wood has become trendy again. So you might just have lucked into a stylish (as well as already beautiful) kitchen! I'd just change the counter to a stone, perhaps very light...

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Those are higher end Shaker doors. Usually Shakers are done with a panel of 1/4" plywood with a wood veneer. This will give you a more "even" look since it's a continuous piece of wood.

What you have are raised panel doors. While the front isn't raised (since it's Shaker) the back is and the panel is solid wood. There are multiple pieces because if you make the pieces wider or say only use 2 pieces (if you can even find them that wide) the panel is very likely to warp. Smaller widths make for a more stable panel.

So while I'm not the biggest fan of the color difference either they are beautiful doors. And whenever I see a raised panel door I know the owner didn't skimp on quality.

Your cabinets will be beautiful without painting or transparent recoloring (not possible to actually stain without sanding off the finish) if you follow the suggestions for hardware update and light counters. Compare the counter to the floor and cabinets and get a tone that works with both. You didn't mention the backsplash, but if you are keeping it as is, then consider it too. The cabinet grain is busy so the backsplash and counter shouldn't compete. I have lower very dark cherry cabinets and painted the two uppers and hood Simply White (BM) with a very light quartz marble like countertop with a very busy patchwork blue and gray tile backsplash. I think it looks British. Try viewing pictures of Soho House and Firmdale hotels to see if that style appeals to you. :)

I don’t know if your cabinets are cherry or hickory, but light and dark woods will accept stain differently, so attempting to stain them may be a mistake.
Professional painting may give you a better outcome if you want a solid color. Prep, prime and two coats of enamel take time and money.
Then you must consider those pale floors. Because there is little variation in the color, staining the floors may be an option. Again, it must be done properly to look good and to last.

I like Beth's suggestion for a white quartz countertop to achieve that "trendy" look your after, ltebb14. Embrace the cherry! :)

Those are nice cabinets IMHO. I also have cherry kitchen cabinets and had certain door slabs age in a streaky zebra way. I asked a cabinet place to replace the fronts that bothered me the most with ones that would age evenly into the classic cherry patina. We also switched to black hardware a few years ago,