When I built my home in 1975 I went with dark stained Pine trim and matching Birch slab doors. Cabinets were dark Oak Formica. Over 5 years I yanked it all out and replaced it with, you guessed it, golden oak trim and slab doors. Finished the transformation 20 years ago. Also went with the white euro style kitchen cabs with the golden oak pulls along the bottom. Then I built this huge computer hutch out of Oak, golden too. When I finally got to the master bedroom, I switched over to a dark Red Oak stain when I switched out to Oak from the original Pine and Birch, which by then had been painted. Went with the same stain on the Mission style Oak bed. Looks much better than the golden color. BUT I plan on living out my life in this house so I don't give a hoot what somebody else thinks of my tastes. I did migrate to Hickory last year with my second kitchen remodel.