Mood Boards:

When you embark on your home renovation, makeover or when you first begin to think of what you like and don’t like, it is very beneficial to check out as many styles of homes as possible through sites like Pinterest or through magazines from both home and abroad, save these and print them out.

A common thread starts to develop and you can add and subtract these until you are happy.

When you take the design further and you include in some cases your Interior Designer, there is a direction already established.

We have run workshops in the past on Mood Boards and loved seeing all the different styles that evolved from this. Some examples were:

·      Classic with a twist
·      Contemporary
·      Rustic
·      Modern Barn
·      Hamptons
·      Plantation
·      Bohemian … to name a few!!

Some homes have a unique mix or an eclectic array of many styles which also can work as long as every room doesn’t look like a different style. It is wise to ensure there is a common thread of design combinations, colour and texture that weaves itself throughout the home and this is where having a designer can add value bringing it all together.

Your Mood Board is only the beginning of your journey to establish the personality that your home will take on.

Changes in the world, on a higher level often have an effect on what you like and what you may be drawn to.

Your home is your expression and I know what an immense amount of pleasure I get from dreaming up the possibilities.

My daughter Julia, after living on the super yachts and with hardly any material possessions other than cocktail dresses galore, established a Mood Board when she came home to live and this included striped blue & white towels, a Designers Guild fabric she adored that was blues and teals, Cape Cod chairs, a desk with a funky light, a Bianca Lorenne duvet cover and floaty linen curtains.

Before the year was out, she had achieved ‘the look’ on her board and kept the style rolling with an amazing pantry full of glass jars with only healthy food in and a huge Scobi used for making Kombucha.

So you can see, her lifestyle had influenced this Mood Board and it was a fabulous goal to have.

We would love to see what mood boards you can make.  How about sitting down one day with a friend and establish your own.  Well worth the time spent on this and a start in identifying your direction.

Good Luck!!