Using Mood Boards for Interior Design Projects

Are you about to take on some interior design projects and are trying to figure out how to define your basic concept? It’s time to look for some inspiration, get some ideas from different sources and turn them into a unique universe that’s as special as it’s personal. Using mood boards is the best way.

Mood boards for interior design projects

Creating a mood board is a key tool in interior design as it allows you to define the underlying trends you wish to work with. To create one, you need to gather different sources from colour palettes (on paper or fabric samples) to photos from magazines as well as Internet screenshots, instant photos you take with your mobile phone, textures, words…

Using all these elements, you just have to create a collage. That will be the starting point for your work which, as an interior designer, you’ll shape by abiding by this guide based on colours, sensations and different styles and philosophies.

You can use different resources to create your mood board. We’ll tell you more about a few of them below:

– Physical. Just stick those photos, cut-outs and pieces you’ve chosen on a surface you can use for support. A blank canvas, a piece of cardboard paper, a corkboard or even a wall can be the foundation for your collage.

– Digital. It’s all about clicking around to combine the images you’ve saved in a folder, for example, after gathering them from screenshots or downloads. There are a few apps like Instagram, or even better, Pinterest which can be of great use when you’re feeling creative and are hunting for trends.

Your mood boards will become your roadmap for all other processes while completing your interior design project. It’ll be like a guide for choosing chromatic ranges for walls and ceilings, when choosing furniture, ceramic pieces  and whatever else may be necessary.