Midnight blue is the way to go honestly. Did the same thing after a week of fighting with a lighter shade that made the whole room look like a hospital waiting area. Rolled on a full coat of deep navy and it cut the reflection way down plus it actually makes the space feel bigger somehow. Just make sure you get a good primer underneath or you'll be doing three coats minimum.

Does anyone else back up the actual pref files instead of scrubbing them? I keep a dated copy of my Maya prefs folder from right after a clean install, so if something gets corrupted I just drop that in and it resets all the hotkeys and shelves without losing my personal settings. The trick is knowing which files hold your saved layouts versus the ones that corrupt everything. I also toss the prefs folder into my Google Drive folder so I can grab the clean copy from any machine if Im working at a different station. Saves me from the rebuild dance entirely.

Honestly I just eyeball it and hope for the best, my bookshelf right now is basically a tilt-a-whirl with extra steps. If I measured twice and cut once I'd probably still end up with a 45 degree angle somehow. Maybe some of us are just cursed to live in crooked furniture town forever.

Oh man, yes! I did something similar with a side character who was too perfect - gave him a weird obsession with collecting expired coupons and suddenly he felt way more real lol. It's wild how those little random quirks can make someone actually feel like a person instead of just words on a page.

A 1500 watt rating that can't even handle a halogen bulb? That's scary.