What is an Interior Design Presentation/Mood Board?

This post will answer this question by showcasing mood boards and presentation boards created by Lynteriors for homeowners.

Fall is here, which makes it the perfect time to transform your space and start planning your interior design project. It is a great time to create a space to leave your stressful working life behind. So you can enjoy your oasis called home. You can indeed turn your home into your retreat, and Lynteriors can help!

After you decide whether to renovate your space, the next step is to consider purchasing new furnishings. At this stage of the design process, it is advisable to choose a design style you prefer for your furnishings. It would be best to choose a colour scheme for your room you. So, during the consultation, I’ll ask about your colour and furniture style preferences and a few additional questions.

With all this information I gathered during the consultation, we move into the planning phase of interior design. During this phase, Lynteriors will create a design concept or plan, which includes a presentation board. The design concept is based on the dream home you told me about during the consultation.

What is a Design Concept?

So, the design concept incorporates information I gathered from you during the consultation. It includes mood boards (also known as presentation moods). The design plan also includes floor plans and perspective drawings. Presentation boards communicate my vision for your space. I base the mood board on what you told me is your dream for your space during the consultation. Therefore, the presentation board reflects your dream home.

Why a Presentation/Mood Board is Necessary?

Presentation boards are crucial as they communicate my understanding of your vision for the space and your preferences. Mood boards enable early feedback in the design process, which is essential for preventing expensive and time-consuming changes later on. For example, as you review the presentation board, you may see that you don’t like a particular piece of furniture. You realize instead you prefer a different style. In that case, we can easily change the furniture pieces on the board. Finding a different piece of furniture at this stage is not a problem. So, presentation boards are a valuable tool for ensuring your satisfaction. That is why I include them for both my redecorating and renovating packages.

Benefits of Presentation Boards

There are several benefits to having mood boards created. They include:

• Ensuring my vision aligns with your vision
• Ensuring a cohesive, harmonious Design
• Ensuring issue identification

1: Alignment with Your dream space

The presentation board ensures that my design concept harmoniously blends with your vision for your space. They ensure that we are on the same page from your project’s beginning. It is crucial that I capture your dream for your room. So, I bring your dream into reality. If you love everything on the presentation board, we know I have captured your vision. We can then move on to implementing the design concept or plan.

2. Cohesive Harmonious Design

Secondly, presentation boards pull my design ideas into one place. As a result, the boards ensure that all furnishings complement each other for an attractive look. They also allow you, as the homeowner, to see how your existing furniture looks with recommended furnishings. It helps all of us establish what works well together regarding colour preferences and style.

The boards ensure that all chosen furniture and accessories, such as wall art and table lamps, complement each other to create a unified look. The photo below is an example of a presentation board that shows furniture and table lamps side by side. The owner chose the window treatment design pictured on the mood board. She had her home restyled with the wall art and table lamps. However, she decided to keep her current furniture. The first photo in this post shows her newly redecorated living room.

3. Issue Identification:

Finally, early visualization helps identify potential design or functionality issues. It allows adjustments to be made before implementation, saving time and money. So, by involving you early in the process, Lynteriors can ensure that the final presentation meets your expectations and needs.

For example, I created an initial presentation board pictured for my recent client, who owned a Toronto condominium. As the board was being developed one the owners mentioned that a low-cost rug would be necessary. She stated this because their 11-year-old cat loved to use rugs as scratching boards. The rug needed to look attractive but also needed to be budget-friendly. So, I changed the rug I initially picked for this more budget-friendly one. It was easy to replace the rug on the presentation board. Swapping one rug for another was straightforward. You can see the replaced rug on the presentation board below.

Selection of Furnishings

When I start designing for you, I carefully select furniture and accessory pieces that align with your room’s layout, your preferred style, and your preferred colour scheme. I included images of these pieces on the board to showcase how they contribute to the overall design. You can see what I mean as I share more about my most recent interior design project below.

The Toronto condo owners wanted white and gold furnishings with a minimalist modern feel. The wife had a fondness for marble. So, I made sure I incorporated it in the design. The board I created showcases images of the table lamps. I also showcase a C table with brass and marble which has a modern feel. The board also shows how the existing sectionals and the new furniture will look together in the actual space. And, the board highlights furnishings that bring their colour scheme and furniture style preferences to life.

Conclusion

Interior design is an art form that expertly blends functionality and aesthetics to craft visually appealing yet practical spaces. An essential element of this process involves harnessing the power of presentation boards to bring the design concept to life. As a result, presentation boards are a crucial tool in interior design.

Presentation boards are a tangible representation of the proposed design, providing invaluable help visualizing the result. An interior design presentation board showcases the proposed furnishings for a specific space. Therefore, the presentation board and floor plan bridges the gap between the concept and reality

One of the presentation board benefits is ensuring my design translates your dream for your space. After all, we are trying to help you create your dream space. The presentation board is a tool for everyone to see if my interpretation of your dream space is accurate.

Secondly, it ensures every element, from colour schemes to furniture picked, works harmoniously together. For example, the ivory rug and tables, charcoal sectionals, and brass and marble items reflect the Toronto couple’s tastes. All these pieces work together, too!

Finally, it ensures the identification and discarding of furnishings not aligned with the consultation brief or the client’s vision during the consultation. It prevents potentially costly missteps in the design process. For example, the condominium owner’s cat loved to use the living room rug as a scratch pad. So, on the board, Lynteriors replaced the rug with a more budget-friendly one.

Are you planning a fall renovation or redecorating project? And if you need advice on implementing a personalized interior design or want to discuss your interior design project, contact Lynteriors to schedule a consultation. Click the following link to contact Lynteriors. https://lynteriors.wordpress.com/contact-2/