Moodboards: The Ultimate Tool for Interior Design

Moodboards are the secret weapon in every interior designer’s creative toolkit. Whether you’re redecorating a room, designing your dream apartment, or experimenting with new styles, moodboards help bring your ideas to life. By combining images, colours, textures, and overall vibes, you can create a visual blueprint that not only guides your design decisions but also helps you see the bigger picture.

A moodboard serves as a valuable tool, not just for yourself but also for professionals like interior designers, cabinet makers, and kitchen or bathroom designers, by providing a clear visual representation of your vision. This allows them to focus on the right colours, finishes, and details, turning your dream space into a reality.

A great way to begin building your moodboard is by exploring inspiration on websites such as Instagram, Pinterest, and in interior design magazines. Collect images that resonate with your style and save them to a board, or to your phone or computer. For instance, if you’re designing a kitchen, you might want to look at the following:

These elements will form the foundation of your moodboard. Often, it’s easiest to start by focusing on colours and textures across key materials—like doors, worktops, and flooring—before moving on to smaller details such as handle and tap finishes, soft furnishings like seat covers, or lighting materials. Ensure your moodboard reflects all the elements you want to consider or incorporate into the final design. Experiment with different samples and explore contrasting colours and textures to see what works best.

Bear in mind that some suppliers may offer free samples, while others might require you to purchase or borrow them. In some cases, samples will only be available in the showroom, so be prepared to bring the samples you have along with you. Take plenty of photographs of anything you can’t take home, so you can refer back to them and check how they fit with the rest of your design choices..

By mixing together images, colors, textures, and vibes, you can create a visual blueprint that guides your design decisions and helps you see the bigger picture.