I’m redoing the kitchen. Walls are light gray, all trim (windows, base boards) is WHITE. My doors are currently a nasty wood stained color (the old yellow looking stain). I want to paint the door a darker gray than the walls. BUT, the door to the bathroom (off the kitchen)

We live in a 1957 home with a rock dash stucco exterior. We would like to paint it but a builder told us that we should just re-stucco over top with the plaster-like stucco (we call it ‘California style’)instead because paint might seal in moisture so that the house won’t