#Interior design mood board how to#
#Interior design mood board full#

These may not be the exact colors or items we choose in the end, but they help the client and I remain on the same page for the vision of the space. Here are a few examples of digital boards I’ve created at the beginning of a project to help inform the color palette or overall feeling we are trying to achieve.

#Interior design mood board how to#

Here’s an old post on how to create your own color palette in Photoshop. I personally like to use Photoshop, but Power Point, Pic Monkey and Moldivare also great applications for making quick collages. Pinterest is a nice place to gather inspiration images, but I suggest making the digital board elsewhere. Think high-level here, broad concepts to convey how you think the space should feel. It’s a great way to solidify the color palette and direction you’re going with the project. I like to start with a digital mood board. While a physical (real-life) mood board is always more interesting to me, it’s more practical to use a combination of digital and physical mood boards with interior design clients. Let’s look at some mood boards both analog and digital. There are really so many ways to create a feeling and impart your vision to others, clients, etc. This lovely layered board was from San Francisco florist Natalie Bowen Designs. Learning how to create a mood board for interior design is not overly complicated. I find mood boards endlessly interesting, and have been able to see many different iterations in the studios of Women Who Make interviewees.

#Interior design mood board full#

These pieces get layered together and over time create a full board that tells a personal story or possibly a business story, much like the mood board pictured above.

You save bits and pieces of your life a card from a friend, an inspirational magazine image, an old photograph.

For some, creating a mood board comes naturally.