tamaltree, There are a few types of wood that don't take paint well. Heavy oily woods, like teak are the kind I mean. Most other kinds of wood will, so long as it is dry, clean and has a slightly rough surface for the paint to adhere to. If you are not a professional or an advanced amateur, don't try for the lacquer. It is toxic and highly flammable. Is that the information you were after?

Your choices don't flow well to me. The flooring in your photo is pretty (very dark...are you okay with it showing every footprint, smudge, and dust bunny? If so, that's fine). From all of your options there I would do white cabinets with the Himalaya White granite. But you said ignore the granite. :) I would go for the gray cabinets with white quartz everywhere in that case, but personally I'd worry about gray cabinets being very dated in a few years. Is there another quartz option that you could pair with the white cabinets that is light in color and maybe has some movement, like LG Bianco Drift?

Duco paint would not be suitable for a kitchen because one tends to touch the shutters and drawers with wet or greasy hands and you will always find brownish marks around the handles over a period of time. It is not easy to 'touch up'. It would have to be scraped down and repainted. Dark Veneer is a better option because it does not show wear that easily. But if you have the budget, the best option would be either solid wood which looks fantastic for years, or coloured laminate (since you mentioned paint) with matching edge binding tape for the edges. It looks pretty good and homogenous Look at the white shutters here. Zero maintenance! And this is teak. It's 9 years old. It looks as good as new. I have also done one kitchen in maple and another in pine because of the insistence of the owners, but I would not generally recommend light wood for rough use

if you are planning for duco/pu paints or membrane finishes, you should use external grade MDF. This will give a better finish. Tandem/innotech drawers are anytime better than steel wire baskets if you are going for drawers more than 2ft wide. Wire baskets will sagg over a period of time. Tandem/Innotech comes with soft close as default.