Mood boards...a great decorating starting point.

I've been thinking all things 'outer space' these last few days as I prepare some ideas for decorating a little boy's room...and creating a mood board to show my young client and his parents.

Mood boards are regularly used by designers to 'describe' in pictures and samples, how a design is likely to look and feel.

There are no set rules to creating your own mood board...just decide on the project you want to tackle and begin collecting magazine cuttings, fabric swatches, paint colours, photos, etc to show the overall effect you'd like to achieve, ideally displaying all your pieces together to show the overall effect and style.

Take a look at these examples for a little inspiration...

Images from Decor8, Felicity Hall, Kate Monckton, Apartment Therapy