In our kitchen remodel we have a 12' W x 31' L space. One 31' wall will consist of a 6' wide x 4' deep laundry enclosure, finished in drywall and painted. Continuing along that wall, the next 20' is a mixture of cabinetry (upper, lower, and floor-to-ceiling) interspersed with Santa Cecilia granite counter tops (including a sink below a window). The cabinetry will be a darker stained cherry (merlot, burgandy, cordovan, along those shades). The last 5' along that 31' wall will be a 5' wide x 4' deep pantry, finished in drywall and painted.

The opposite 31' wall will consist of about 10' of painted drywall, then a 3' doorway (no door), then about 7' of painted drywall with the same stained cabinetry (all lower) with the same granite top (included in this 7' of painted drywall is a copper hood and about 5' of tile back splash), then about 2' of painted drywall, then a 5' doorway (no door), finishing up with about 3' of painted drywall. Both 12' ends contain a window and will be painted drywall.

All the trim (door frames, window frames, baseboards, and crown moldings) will be painted white, with the exception of the tall cabinet crowns which will be stained the same as the cabinetry.

Now for the question: What do we do with the laundry doors (bi-fold) and pantry door and their frames? One thought (supported by some) is to have them made of the same cherry wood and stained likewise, carrying the stained cherry to each end of that wall. The other thought (supported by others) is to paint the laundry and pantry doors the same white as the rest of the trim.

I almost forgot, but it may matter: Two upper cabinet doors over a dry bar (next to the pantry) will have opaque glass inserts. If we went with the stained laundry and pantry doors they would also have the same opaque glass inserts in their top halves. If we went with the painted laundry and pantry doors we would just go with solid upper halves (simply because the doors would not have to be custom made).

For the sake of argument, we'll leave the obvious cost difference of the doors out of the equation, as well as the option of changing out all the trim to stained cherry.

What do you decorators out there think, and why?

Thanks a bunch.