I hate to paint -- ANYTHING.  Unfortunately, I cannot afford to hire someone to do all my painting.  I live in a fairly large home and the walls were painted flat white (with obviously a very cheap paint) by the builder.  I wanted some color and, not knowing much about paint, bought some Martha Stewart paint at K Mart which was not of a good quality.  I also could not get the same exact color match when I needed more -- because it took at least two coats to cover the WHITE walls. 

I finally decided to go to Home Depot and by the best paint I could find.  I settled on a Behr satin paint (two...