Finishes tend to be an afterthought—we agonize over a colour for a surface, but not over whether that surface should be shiny or matte, for example. This is too bad as surfaces have a big effect on how we feel in a space. Humans prefer glossy surfaces to matte ones, so, all things being equal (if things can ever actually be equal is a reasonable debate), glossies would be the best choice, and they’re also likely to be the easiest…