paint samples, more like stress samples

I recently discovered the concept of "test pots" of paint.

 

They are a mistake.

 

Last week my basement wall looked like this:

 

 

 

I was going crazy. I couldn't make a decision to save my life.

(Partly/Possible due to many other things {stresses} going on in my life, currently)

 

Anyway, I picked a paint color and it was none of the above.

I picked my color without testing it first because I was so fed up with not loving the colors I was "testing". Maybe I'm not as good a visualizer as I've always thought I was? 

 

I love the color I finally picked {test free}! So I probably would have loved any/all of these too if I'd just put them up on the wall and quite trying to "sample" them! We still need to do a second coat and this is just a phone pic, but I think you'll get an idea...

 

 

 

 

The color is "Wood Smoke" by Glidden, but I got it at Sherwin Williams because I'm a fan of their paint quality.

 

Our basement has come a loooong way... I owe some serious before and after pictures!