If you want to paint wood and have a spray gun and air compressor, regulator and dryer, the sky is the limit. Spraying I get better results with a second dryer at the end of a 50' hose, with another 25' hose to the spray gun. Water vapor condenses in the 50' hose and separates out before your spray it.
If you want to brush paint and want a color with out brush marks, Sherwin Williams tile clad 2 part epoxy top coat make a tile like finish but stink badly until dry. Do outside.I've only used their white color.
I've also had pretty good results with a brush (on metal) with PPG automotive acrylic enamel paint, mixed 1:1 with the reducer for spraying, and mixed with the hardner for shininess. This drips pretty badly going on, so use a drop cloth, but is so thin no brush marks result. I think it would look the same on wood, but don't have any wood I want robin's egg blue at the moment, and 3 gal of surplus paint to burn off.
Then there are spray cans. The $5 a can Rustoleum looks better on particle board than the $1 a can generic stuff. I like flat black on particle board (for record shelves).I did use spray primer. I have an 8' tall 3' wide double record shelf that simulates the monolith in 2001 the movie, next to my stereo setup with it's all black peavey components.