The Infamous Bookshelves

So, my wonderful hubby painted the bookshelves white (remember from the pictures in this post that the entire wall is bookshelves and fireplace).  He painted them the white I asked him to paint them (of course) which was the same that was used on the trim and chair railing by the previous owners.  Well, apparently I didn't think that through because I'm not crazy about (actually, pretty much hate) how it turned out.  Thankfully he only painted the right side before I figured out that it was "ewwwgly"; now that I think about it, why did I even wait to say anything; I knew it was bad after the first minute.  Glossy bright white on a huge wall of bookshelves (well, only half) is just not quite working for me  What does that mean?!?!  Well, hubby's not happy that we have to paint them AGAIN, Megan's not happy with the way it looks or that we have to paint them AGAIN, AND our bookshelves STILL are NOT finished.  Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.