I would do it. If I couldn't stand the cabinets the way they are, I would paint them myself if a contractor was too much. But did you get more than one bid? I would try a couple of more bids.

I have a cream painted cabinets and a dark chocolate stained cherry island. You do have to be careful around the cabinets with nicks and dents, but I'm finding that the dark island is showing the wear much more easily than the painted cabinets. It seems like every nick shows the lighter wood underneath. Not sure if it's just that I didn't get a top of the line brand (Schrock/Diamond/Thomasville), or if that is the nature of the dark stained wood -- keep the touchup pen handy. The nicks on the white cabinetry also show wood underneath (maple) but because the wood is light too, it's not obvious.

It looks like cherry to me, and it may not be stained. I have natural cherry furniture pieces that color. Cherry also gets darker than it is initially pretty rapidly. Here is a link that might be useful: Cabinet pictures.

@User. I absolutely get what you are saying but I dont want to spend money on things I dont love either. I am taking approuch of each item should bring joy. While beige walls and lighter beige tan couch might work for this house - I dont like it. So the colors blend better but I still don’t like the items. And if move - bones of the house stay with the house but furniture goes with me so I want to like that furniture. And in the future replacing countertops and backsplash is in the plan. I ll look into options for replacing flooring just in the kitchen area too. And it so happens my favorite accent color is blue..and green. And definitely no black. We replaced most black furniture with white so not going back to black. The kitchen is small so bones of the kitchen are replaceable. I want To replace countertops and backsplash and possibly the flooring Just in the kitchen. Rest of the house has nice wood. That’s why I got upset alabaster turned more cream - for future vision. So I really don’t want starting to replace furniture with colors I dont like when i can Slowly start redoing the bones. Countertops and backsplash will cost the same as repainting the house and buying new couches and accents.