fill the grain and paint it with an oil base enamel, oak looks like **** once its been stained like that and its difficult (impossible without oxalic acid or similar treatment) to get the stain out of the pores, only other option is to just scuff it up and go over it with a darker opaque stain/gel coat like the video above imo

These guys know. Stained oak is unmistakable to anyone who knows their wood. The cross section pic makes it 100% identifiable.

lol @ pine fukin wut

Stock oak cabinets for a standard-sized kitchen cost $4,000 to $5,000. Semi-stock/semi-custom oak cabinets cost $5,000 to $12,000. Custom oak cabinets might cost $8,000 to $20,000 or more


Only reason ,they aren't very common

Saw first pic and thought "oak".

Seems like most ITT agree.

I wouldn't rip them out. If they are real solid wood from the 60s then the quality is probably much better than most of what is available now.

But if you want to update them I would remove the hardware and get those holes filled as part of refinishing and also look at updating the hardware at the same time to stuff like soft close doors.

If you plan to DIY then research a lot and take your time as doing it well is pretty labor intensive. I would at least check around for professional refinishers in your area and get some quotes. If you make a realistic estimate at the time and materials you would need to invest yourself for an amateur finish it may not be much less than the cost of having professional work done. Do price out hardware too.

Check out this blog that has a few different posts on kitchen updates:
https://laurelberninteriors.com/?s=kitchen+cabinets