A tool that interior decorators have been using for years, but not too many website developers use, are “mood boards”.
Office Mood Board by YoungHouseLove.com
Mood Board by MostInspired.com
Mood boards typically include a color scheme, lighting elements, textures, vivid imagery and any inspirational pieces. These can be quite an undertaking, and if you’ve been involved in a website design can take hours and hours of searching through photos until your eyes glaze over in a blur of color.
What if you could get any idea out of your head and into the hands of your website creator?
Our Shiny Knight of Mood Boards, is Pinterest. Pinterest is simply a collection of images. But these have been curated not by robots (think Google Images) but by other users. In our oggling beautiful images investigating of Pinterest, we’ve discovered that the prolific and sometimes professionally developed fashion boards are an absolutely amazing source of website inspiration. Its a new kind of mood board – with fashion.
Instead of words: “A grey-blue… but not cold – a faded shade… but not dull. Tan – creamy tan… but not bright… but not dull either…” we could just show this:
Source: polyvore.com via Cathy on Pinterest
How do you find these images? All these gorgeous images are available absolutely free from Pinterest. Each of these boards provide awesome inspiration and we love curating beautiful things for your enjoyment (we might enjoy it a wee bit too). Have a look at these boards that we’ve curated that might be helpful to you:
- Mood Boards / Color Schemes
- Facebook Cover Images for Pages
- Awesome Call to Action (below posts mostly)
- Beautiful Fonts
Pinterest is free to use and enjoy. You only have to create a free account, if you’d like to save your favorites, add comments or create your own boards. If you use a ready-made mood board your designer will adore you!
