I just realized in my first post I typed that I finished with the guidance of my painting teacher. I meant to say without. The unmatted size is 30" x 22" I took the picture with just a mat to avoid the glare from the glass. I currently have it framed temporarily in an Ikea frame. Eventually I'll get it professionally framed. What kind of mat(s) do you suggest golddust?

Thank you very much, Chris and funcolors, especially Chris for your very detailed information. I'll go for BM kitchen and bath satin finish paint. It claims to be self priming on most surfaces. So after sanding to lightly remove the sheen, can I apply the BM paint directly for two coats and skip priming? I interviewed another GC for my bathroom remodel, he also said one coat was enough. They just don't want to take more time to do a better job. I'll offer $100 more for one more coat. If the GC still insisted on one coat only, I would hire a painter later or do it myself. Thank you very much.

Here's my disappointing update--I had my painter drive 40 minutes to the paint shop best known for matching colors. There was one guy in the store that was the "expert" at matching the aura colors. We tried 10 different shades, and none of the aura paint could match the regular BM colors that i had selected. A huge waste of time and money. Worst yet, I am back to square one, banging my head on the wall trying to determine a paint finish. My husband says just go with the eggshell, but I don't like sheen. If I do go with the BM Regal Matte, will the match the ounce size BM "Access" colors that I selected? (I am hoping that most of the issues people have had with the BM Matte is due to dark colors burnishing? Does that sound likely or just wishful thinking??) Thanks for your input.

Barb - I love your ideas. And it is so funny that you wrote about Powell Buff. I have about 5 samples of that plastered in different places in my kitchen. Also, I had to laugh about how nice you were with calling my foyer a grand foyer. :) I come from a 1300 sq. ft 1920's house (just moved about 4 months ago to PA from upstate NY). I call my foyer, a waste of space. I would much rather have another bedroom upstairs for a playroom, crafts, etc. Not that I'm in need of space, but I'm not one much for tall spaces. Small and cozy does the trick for me. Just weren't those kind of houses for sale where I was looking...at least not that we could afford. Anyhow - back to the task at hand. My house completely connects - the kitchen to the family (almost one room). The family has a back staircase (another silly thing), that runs to the hallway upstairs that connects to the foyer downstairs. So in other words, every room upstairs and downstairs connects. ugh. So my plan is that all trim in the connecting part of the house (minus LR, DR and bedrooms) will be Navajo White. Because that matches my kitchen cabinetry. And all ceilings will be Navajo White as well. This is being painted during nap times by me. (which is why it takes me too long to respond to the GW forum!) Yesterday, I managed to prime all of the trim in my foyer downstairs. Hurray! So, whatever is in my walls on the foyer needs to run to the upstairs hallway, which runs into one wall in the family room and will also be in the kitchen. blah. So I'm thinking of using Powell Buff for that color. I'm hoping it is a good match to Navajo White. Three walls in the family room will be SW Baguette. I'm very happy with this color. Just wishing that I didn't have the whole back staircase issue that makes everything connect. So Powell and Baguette, with Navajo will be the two primary colors in the downstairs. I could always consider Wilmington Tan for the LR/DR trim. Only issue is that it doesn't look quite as good with the Stickley furniture and sitll might be too dark around the windows. But perhaps you were on the right track by suggesting Powell Buff for the trim. Maybe something with that depth, just another color (because I will be using that in my other spaces.) OR I could just flipflop those rooms and use Powell on the trim and Navajo on the walls? Would that be strange, too? I'm not sure if any of this post will make sense. I'm sorry to ramble. Perhaps, if you are interested I can post more pictures of my space to help it make more sense. I've been working on this since I moved in, and now that things are finally getting primed, I need to make decisions so that I can get to the exciting part. In any event, thank you again for your advice and help. I am so grateful! Carolyn (aka repainting, again, and again)