Hello and Happy Sunday!
RIGHT - let’s get straight down to business! I have been promising this post for weeks - I left the video at full length so as not to confuse you during the step by step instructions - it is almost a feature film at just over 3 minutes so I hope you have tea and toast at the ready! If you would like to make a mood board, I really hope that this video is helpful
I worked out my own (slightly weird) way of creating a mood board and I am very happy to share it with you! I KNOW there are plenty of apps (like Canva for instance) that I could use - and I have tried lots of them, but personally I find them a bit of a faff. What you will find easier is subjective! If you have found an app you love, or a different way of doing it, ignore my approach - but if you also go screen blind when faced with Canva etc, then this might be a method that you can get your head around, too.
WHY MOODBOARD?
Heading in to a room scheme with a vague idea of what colours to paint the wall and a hope that everything falls in to place as you go, often ends in disappointment and a room that somehow just misses the mark. It is fresh and clean but it doesn’t bring you the joy you hoped it would. Sometimes it doesn’t matter - the walls just need a lick of paint and everything feels better. But if you want to be a bit more considered about it and create a gorgeous scheme that will not fail, you need a mood board.
Think of your mood board as your ‘test kitchen’ when it comes to your next room scheme. It will stop you making an expensive mistake and bring you confidence about your new scheme, because any mistakes have already been made, seen and deleted while you are creating your board.
For instance - to me, this board just doesn’t work - the grey bed, the paint choice, the bed linen - basically we have some nice pieces that look terrible together. Again - this is subjective as to what I love, you may not and what I think doesn’t work, you may love. This is why trying your ideas on a board is so important.
This mood board is working well. The colours work, the bed linen is lovely and the general feeling of the board is pulled together and calm.
Creating a digital mood board is a really quick and easy way to help you find your style and see right in front of you, if something will work or not. The bonus is that you can create them whilst sitting on the sofa with half an eye on the tv. HA!
Say, for instance, you want to redecorate your lounge and know you won’t be swapping out the sofa any time soon, because …£££. You need to make sure that your existing sofa will look amazing with the walls painted/wallpapered in xyz colour. Your sofa may still be current - if so, find it online and screen grab the image. If not, take a photo of it in your room and go through the same process -remove the background by long pressing the sofa in the image until you see the ‘white wiggly line’ to indicate you have been successful extracting it. (Sometimes you need to enlarge it first and then long tap it for it to work - no idea why, but if it’s being tricky, try that) Same if your starting point is a beautiful painting - have that as the non negotiable on your board and bring colours and items in and out until you are happy.
The same format obviously works on anything, so you could apply the same steps to create a capsule wardrobe for a holiday etc (if you did that, I would be the most impressed I’ve ever been about anything, will obvs never do one myself, and continue to pack too much in my suitcase haha.)
Here is the board I made for Toby’s room that I was knee deep in painting this time last week - I quickly threw it all together just to check I was on the right track and so far it has all come together really well - I will show you once the bed arrives as the current sitch is a mattress on the floor. GAH ! I fear the bed is a bit pale, but it was an excellent price compared to others like it so I made the compromise.
Anyway! I know there is always more than one way to skin a cat, and this is just one solution to help you create a mood board - I hope you find it handy!
In case you need the links to anything in the mood boards above, I’ll list them below
BOARD 1
Red Earth paint (the wardrobes in the below pic) Blue walls are STONE BLUE Ceiling - STIRABOUT
BOARD 2 - CALMING SCHEME BOARD…
1. Wall colour - Stirabout - linked above
3. Bed linen - available in 3 colours
BOARD 3 - TOBY’S ROOM SCHEME
Herringbone Curtains - available in 4 colours - multiple lengths and on sale
Vintage Books by the Metre - ofc you can gather them cheaper from second hand bookshops, but a genius idea if you need them quickly for styling
LINKS FROM THE VIDEO
Gingham Bed Linen - available in 9 colours at an excellent price
Green Bedside Table - Also in Cream - fab price
When we were painting the ceiling in Stirabout, had we not done the mood board, I would DEFINITELY have chickened out, fearing it looked dark compared to the white ceiling. We trusted the mood board and it looks amazing. TBH most colours look dark at first when put next to white - even other whites.
Right- I am off to clear out the room at the back of our garage. It is a Monica’s cupboard of stuff that needs selling, recycling, giving away or taking to the tip. It is the most depressing thought and a job I am dreading. TBH it is tempting to set light to the whole thing and just have a massive bonfire on the drive haha. That’s probably not entirely legal so a big clear out is is. BLEURGH!
Have a lovely Sunday and I will be back next week for our breakfast meeting!
Enjoy your week
Love
Sally xx
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