I'm currently having our 5x9 bath renovated and it has a skylight, no windows, so I'm trying to get a bright, clean, spa feel too. You might find these two posts informative: http://www.mariakillam.com/how-to-choose-ceiling-colours-dos-and-donts/ http://www.mariakillam.com/how-to-choose-the-right-paint-shine/ I've specified: Trim & Door: Aura (Satin) in BM OC-118 Snowfall White Walls: Regal Select Interior Paint (Eggshell) in BM OC-9 Ballet White Ceiling & skylight tube: Regal Select Interior Paint (Flat) in BM OC-65 Chantilly Lace

JK, do you have a vaulted ceiling in this bathroom, so that your ceiling is right near the roof, like in Beth's photo? (Beth, I love your plant wall!) Or is yours more an 8 or 9 ft ceiling , with the roof several feet higher? If it is, there will be a well - a walled tunnel like in Jolene's comment from June 24 - and you won't be seeing much out of the skylight anyway. We added a skylight to our dark kitchen when we had it remodeled in 2010, and it was the best choice we made in the whole remodel. The well was made very big at the bottom so that the light spreads out into the room. I would guess that the skylight is 3 to 4 feet higher than the ceiling, in my case. In no way have I ever looked up at the sky to see the weather or for any other reason. There really is nothing you can see through the skylight.

Thank you all for your comments. The bathroom is a lot of whitish (large hex tile floor/large format tile shower alcove, and a white (long double sink) quartz vanity counter/also top of pony wall). The vanity is oak. All the fixtures/vanity lights are brass (aged). There is a window at the far end. I thought just off white walls might be too much white, although I guess I could change that with wall "add ons". We live in a country setting, the house is a shrine to mother nature : ), so that is where the green comes from.

We’ve had great success with our BM Aura on our walls and ceiling in hall bath. We live in a moderate, yet very humid coastal environment and have had no problems with it. Actually my painter screwed up and painted gloss on ceiling in MB and other hall bath by mistake. He knocked some off my bill and I’ve lived with the gloss. Hate its looks but it compares favorably to the BM Aura.