One caveat about SMD: evaluate your candidate resistors for excess noise. A while back I discovered huge amounts of flicker noise in thick film parts carrying d.c.---thin film, and MELFs that are little more than metal film axials with no leads attached, are o.k. generally.
As long as SMD doesn't get smaller than 0805, or maybe 0603, I find it's pretty easy to hand-solder resistors and SMD caps. Put a little blob on one pad only; slide the part over to it with tweezers and heat the blob. Solder that one side, then go back as solder the other side/pad.
Where I even prefer it is when values may need to be changed, as using two irons on each side, the (unglued) part comes off readily (adhering to the tip of one of the irons, typically---shake it off) without a tearup of a plated-through hole. Then clean the pads with a bit of wick and you're ready to install the new component.