HOW TO CREATE A MOOD BOARD | A Step by Step Guide

[@theroyalpotato8390]

Here I was, bored and in a mood.... Nick, your timing is impeccable.

[@NordeastMarie]

This video is posted just at the right time. I’m helping my aunt re-do her bathroom so she can age in her home. It will be helpful in helping her choose tile and fixtures.

[@Nick_Lewis]

Yay! Glad it was helpful!

[@mehmetalpozlem]

I love the pace you talk and how you get right to the information without blah blahing for hours ...

[@merinashakya5507]

I love how not a word is wasted in your videos.

[@RitaManna]

Oooo. As a designer I've been making mood boards for over 15 years. But the software you're using is a total game changer! So much easier than the archaic software in using. I love how the links to the items are saved, and how you can add comments. I'll be downloading this immediately! Thanks for the video. Super helpful and informative for the novice and expert alike. 👍🏽⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@libraryminnie7674]

Holy Cats!!! You can make swatches all together instead of saying you will remember, but in this case you can really remember!!!! It allows you to capture your creativity but adds the useful and logical bits that are also essential for making your vision come to life!

[@jelatinosa]

So it's like what Pinterest should have been, but now you don't even pin things, rather "save" them. I miss the simple days of Pinterest. It's so cluttered with garbage now.

[@Nick_Lewis]

Oh gosh I know! Yes it works a lot like pinterest but more for note taking, rather than a social network.

[@tangerinetangerine4400]

I still use pinterest but all the ads and tiktok clips are terrible.

[@susangarland6869]

Yup. And since this is free, I'm going to delete my Pinterest account. Like you said, it's just garbage now.

[@Rachelsjourney]

@@tangerinetangerine4400 the ads are so annoying…and they were making me nauseous. But I just learned that you can turn off the auto-play option on the ads. They are still there but not playing. This has really helped me.

[@tangerinetangerine4400]

@@Rachelsjourney thanks! 💚Moving images are the worst!

[@waldeninteriorsdesign]

As an interior designer myself, I LOVE mood boards. They really help to envision what my client wants in their living spaces. Great explanation and video!

[@SeaTurtle515]

Short, but sweet. And thank you for keeping your videos focused on design and decor and not going off into other topics too much. A small amount is fine. 🙂

[@LJacob-qn7xh]

Danke! This finally made me turn my loose thoughts into a plan, and hopefully into action for our guest room/home office. greetings from Germany

[@billegbert6262]

Thank you SO MUCH for this. I am just starting the process of re-decorating our townhouse. We are getting rid of most of our furniture and switching from traditional to transitional style. It's frankly a very overwhelming but exciting project. Having planning tools to develop our mood board is brilliant and will help us to finally create a space that is truly ours after 30 years. Love your videos! They are very useful and funny!

[@cathylehman7538]

Hi, Nick, I am an IT Scrum Master and we use a Kanban board or Scrum Board for tasks and status

[@flowersafeheart]

This method looks so, so, so helpful. An improvement over just a Pinterest board or making a collage on Canva or a phone's collage feature for example or piecing together phone apps and free online tools that none of them do everything and aren't always set up user-friendly or quality and can have lots of ads and is a bunch of different tools instead of this more all-in-one method. And not everyone wants to have or learn Photoshop. So excited to try this!!!! So fun. It's always worth looking through comments on videos. Below a comment says PNG documents can more easily have backgrounds removed than JPEGs can - great to know!! There's probably many easy online or app tools to convert JPEG to PNG.

[@Greenwashing101]

Really appreciate the informative yet gentle way of talking, thank you

[@petitefashionnovice2377]

I love using Milanote it makes planning a room so much easier. Thank you for the including the colour palette I always have problems with this now i know how to include into my mood board.

[@Nick_Lewis]

Yes I was so excited when I saw you just put in hex codes and get back a swatch! 🤯

[@MyFocusVaries]

Thank you! This tutorial changed my mood from from "cranky" to "happy", which is a better palette. I liked the idea of Milanote, but was too intimidated to even look at it. A tutorial is exactly what I needed!

[@7thlady]

I love love love this! I'm gonna look like a pro during my massive furniture shopping expedition tomorrow, and it's thanks to you, Nick.

[@bethhenning2571]

I love the beginning of this video and I love that sometimes you keep your mistakes in. Listen, no one is perfect and I love those subtle imperfections. Enjoying (and learning a lot) from your channel! :)

[@janellenosal8016]

Thanks so much! I’m helping my son with his first house. This will be so helpful because the visual will help us be on the same page. I always wanted to learn how to do this. I’m old school clip it out…. Not any more!!! Watch out! Mama has a brand new tool!!! 😉

[@Nick_Lewis]

Haha You'll love your upgrade!

[@michellecutler663]

Thanks for this! I'm a novice and trying to educate myself so I can decorate my own home. right now we're literally a blank slate with only primer and basic furniture. When I started watching this episode I thought it would just be a big Milanote commercial, which I guess it was, but was really very helpful. The additional tools you mentioned for color-checking and notation are also great. I really appreciate all this.

[@meganharper6566]

I literally spent a couple of hours yesterday looking through numerous videos of another KZbinr that I've subscribed to, looking for this exact sponsor because I need to create a vision board for one of my clients but had no luck! Thank you, Nick! This literally could not have come at a better time! You're the best! :)

[@Mieleous]

The process of watching other people building mood boards is so satisfying ✨

[@lindybriggette1048]

This video is EXTREMELY helpful - thank you! I'm getting ready to redecorate a 200+ squ. ft bedroom (which is currently a darker beige that looks brown) with one oddly-placed north facing window. I am rather hopeless when it comes to styling and home decor (and I can really only do things on a tight budget right now). Your channel has helped me so much and I am about to sign up for milanote to help this process. Thank you again - can't wait to watch future videos.

[@vanessamb123]

This is awesome, thank you so much for the tips! BTW, I love the energy and personality you put on your videos, keep the good work Nick! 👌

[@k.j.hulander2204]

As a tip for removing backgrounds: often I find that it doesn’t work with jpg images. What you can do (on an apple device) is screenshot the image you want to remove the background for. The screenshot will be saved as a png file and for whatever reason backgrounds can be more easily and accurately removed from png images.

[@kathebrank]

Thank you! This worked on my Chromebook as well.

[@danijadedd]

I got Milanote because of you and I LOVE using it for work. Great sponsorship opportunity for you and your audience!!

[@meirameira9474]

This was educational and I didn't know about Milanote...I will take a look. Thank you Nick as always you are so inspiring:)

[@cathyquilts2609]

?Can it add from your camera roll too? Love this!! Thank you Thank you!! I’ve never done a mood board because I haven’t been able to understand how they help, but adding this/not that works for me!! This is much easier way to build something to scroll through and get overall feel, and see what doesn’t work overall. I finally get it!! You & Julie K are my favorite YT designers❤️

[@leticiavillarreal3689]

Hi, any thoughts or advice about putting in black and white check flooring in a knotty pine walled and vaulted ceilings cottage?!

[@gsong78]

I just discovered Milanote so your tutorial was very helpful. Do you know if you can use a hex code and get paint custom mixed to match?

[@Nick_Lewis]

Great question and I almost put it in the videos. I don't think you can from the paint store but there are great websites where you can use hex codes to convert to all the different paint companies.

[@gsong78]

@@Nick_Lewis Thanks, Nick! That’s good to know.

[@michellecutler663]

@@Nick_Lewis I'd be glad to get recommendations for the best of these sites.

[@loveleiest1]

Thanks Nick. This is one of the most helpful videos I have seen on mood boards.

[@Nick_Lewis]

I'm glad! I'm really proud of this one!

[@ArizonaFreakshow]

Thanks A LOT for that great recommendation! We're moving in August and I always get lost with all those different wishlists and end up buying stuff that don't go together and was never really planned out. I love your videos, keep them coming, they make my life (and my home) so much nicer!

[@yo.momma_og]

Literally guessed you were going to create a boho outdoor space! Love your videos Nick!

[@Rachelsjourney]

So glad you posted this! I signed up a few weeks ago when I saw you mention it in another video. But I didn’t know where to start and hadn’t had a chance to play with it yet. Thank you!

[@MsDinoGal]

Thank you for this. I’d been searching for mood board apps and never came across Milanote. I’ve downloaded the Safari extension and created a mood board for our boys’ playroom. We’re building a house now, and it’s so helpful to start organizing my thoughts. Perfect timing!

[@akellerhouse83]

It's so crazy that you posted this video today! I'm trying to redo my living room and I've really been wanting to make a color palette. This is perfect!

[@Nick_Lewis]

Glad it's helpful!

[@jadef8]

The Milanote tutorial I didn't know I needed. Thanks Nick! ❤️

[@clarahauser]

Guess who did a mood board the other day? Superb timing, Nick! I‘m moving into a new apartment soon and felt overwhelmed with finding furniture and colors that fit together. But on a board you can actually get a good sense of the room you are planning.

[@abbeydoesit]

The hex/color tagging and remove BG tips! Thanks so much, Nick! Super informative. xo

[@andiea5743]

Fantastic video! Thank you so much for sharing. I can't wait to do it myself as I am redesigning my home.

[@Swissiggy]

Thank you so much for making this video! I’ve been trying to figure out how people make mood boards and your video was so helpful.

[@alasandi31]

Wow! Milanote is awesome, thanks for sharing!

[@karimockli]

Thank you!!!! I am in ID School right now and this was SO INFORMATIVE! ❤️ your channel

[@trishhykes5574]

Seriously perfect timing! I’ve been trying to put together a mood board and color palette for our living/dining space!!

[@dominiquecarrie3316]

Thanks for all the helpful videos! I just bought a house so I'm binge watching all your videos to help me as I pretty much have a blank canvas. I am in the process of doing a mood board for each room and I was wondering if you have an option in your patreon to submit mood boards (rather than pictures of the rooms) to get your thoughts?

[@metka.]

That looked so fun, I'll definitely consider using it when I move, thanks Nick😁

[@Nick_Lewis]

You're welcome!

[@DahHar117]

So, that hex code (color picker), does that locate a paint color??

[@kia2ful]

Hi Nick. I loved this video. Could you give some tips for those like me who don't really know how to finish the stage of collecting beautiful images on internet to start putting these ideas together and making a cohesive moodboard?

[@marvincwong]

Hey Nick, I've been following for a few months now, seen most of your videos and wanted to say they've been super helpful! If you get a chance to make one about window treatments (shades vs curtains vs blinds), pairing different ones, and especially what to do with patio doors (it seems sliding track panels are pretty popular now-maybe there are tricks to those too like hanging curtains high and wide), I'd be interested in hearing your opinions! Thanks and keep it up! 😀

[@kellytomlin4558]

Love! Can you do a video on how to select cabinets, especially if I want wood (not painted) I feel so overwhelmed!

[@charlesalberts]

Such a super useful vid thanks Nick!!

[@DecoratingBeautifully]

I'd never heard of this tool. This is awesome. I plan to make some mood boards for the new space I will be moving into. I planned to use Canva. I'll try this tool as well. Thanks for sharing!

[@allgirlreview433]

That color swatching tool is amazing.

[@michelletothill8551]

This is a great resource, thank you Nick.

[@leonardhedlund5134]

Great idea, thanks for the tip! Enjoy your videos.

[@2891Eilatan]

I love love love this! I used Milanote but switched to Notion. But I might make my mood board in Milanote because the hex stuff is genius!

[@Nick_Lewis]

That's funny I went from Notion to Milanote!

[@2891Eilatan]

@@Nick_Lewis I think it really depends on what you use it for most. I can totally see it for these kinds of mood boards.

[@MariaPerez-xe9bu]

Moodboards are heaven

[@neeks1740]

Hi nick! I love all of your videos! I’m currently decorating my living room but I’m having a hard time trying to add accent tones and colours/accessories! My living room is all light grey/beige/neutral. HELP!

[@oursimplestory]

Another awesome video Nick!! Love the other tools you recommended as well!!

[@krod3263]

Wow !!! Just created my account , I loveeeee it :) thank you sooo much!!! I always learn something new in your channel !!! You are awesome ! Thank you ... 🥰

[@Bimby-b]

Love this video, it was so helpful!

[@emafolo]

I LOVE your channel and all the great advice you have. I’m moving to Phoenix, I hate the southwestern aesthetic and I’m getting an all white kitchen (😩👎🏼). Can you make a video on how to add color to, or entirely transform an all white kitchen into a more vibrant space please? I soooo need your help!

[@gaellecbois4410]

This is so helpful ! I need to see it again 😅. Thank you Nick 😀🤗

[@jenna_set_go9153]

Nick! We live in a Hawaiian style plantation house. Our interior is filled with old Hawaiian family decor and photographs. But, the rest of the style is kind of a mishmash. I can’t seem to find anything on Hawaiian style interior design! Do you have any suggestions 😬

[@cov.teo.8131]

Hey Nick been watching a lot of videos from you lately and learning a lot from them. Do you have any book recommendations on interior design ?

[@13yorkdukes]

When I was designing my house I was using Canva which worked okay but this looks so much easier! Especially with Milanote since you have the links saved to it

[@Nick_Lewis]

It's the link saver that is my fave feature! I always want to refer back to where I got my images.

[@xPineberry]

thank you very much for all these tipps! i've already created two boards on milanotes, one to redecorate my terrace and one to find the perfect rugs for the dining and living areas! :D the hex color cards are super helpful to find a matching color :D

[@AlexandraDeVico]

Great tutorial ❤ thank you

[@mariabezymyannaya4219]

This is so helpful! I had no idea these instruments existed! Thank you so much ❤️

[@leia2373]

Omg what an amazing tool I love it I need it 😍😍

[@esmeraldagarcia2848]

I have 2 of those Sunset Teak lounge chairs from CB2 and I ♥️ them!! Sooo gorgeous n stylish 🥰

[@nancysmith3151]

Seem like a great tool, but it feels a bit complicated for me. I have been collecting images and putting them in a Powerpoint presentation so I can look at the full screen with all the images that speak to me. Thanks for another great video Nick. I really enjoy your channel.

[@Nick_Lewis]

Stick to something that you know Nancy! Milanote is a great tool but there are so many others!

[@christineraddatzciccone4242]

Fantastic video. Extremely helpful and love that you are succinct and offer great links to further explore this valuable content

[@natalia1045]

Bahaha I really just needed boho patio inspiration... so I guess thank you 😁❤️

[@Nick_Lewis]

Now you got it!

[@Daria-bg3ds]

Mindreader! Was just thinking that I should create a mood board.

[@natashahomestead]

Good morning from Dallas, Tx!!!! ❤️

[@Nick_Lewis]

morning! ☕️

[@KooroshGhotb]

too much awesome information in a short video. thanks

[@PoshPennies]

Super inspiring! 💖☺️

[@debraball2641]

Thank you for this video. I have Pinterest boards, but this software is much more versatile for design boards. I actually have a 'Boho Patio' section on Pinterest. Yours is much more visually interesting!

[@Nick_Lewis]

Yeah I find it better than pinterest. I use pinterest for finding new inspiration, but then I save them to Milanote for my own personal use.

[@cvonsutphen]

Thank you Nick, this tutorial was *SUPER* helpful.

[@Nick_Lewis]

You're very welcome!

[@lorraineclark3517]

Wow! It looks like a useable and helpful app.

[@skiko15]

You knew just what I needed! A digital clutter-brain organizer 😅

[@skiko15]

Also, for all the background furniture you graciously linked in the description, the thing I kept fixating on was that big, handsome grey clock. Where can we find that??

[@Nick_Lewis]

Yeah I get that a lot! It's from CB2 and discontinued. :(

[@skiko15]

@@Nick_Lewis Oh sadness! I may have to DIY one, then.

[@m.offord4836]

Awesome video! Thank you for introducing this wonderful software :)

[@rosezingleman5007]

Boho Patio. Like Afghanistan Banana Stand! Lol. (See “The Hot Rock” with Robert Redford) This looks really helpful Nick. Always look forward to Saturdays.

[@Nick_Lewis]

Glad it was helpful!

[@DeborahSutherlandDebinPei]

Talk about timing 😳 I've been trying to figure out how to combine my pics, samples etc as I try to "see the whole picture" for my bedroom as I search online 🙃 THANKS 😊

[@muskduh]

thanks for this insightful video

[@Nicole_Riviere]

Very useful, thanx😊

[@kwako21]

Love this! I’m trying to see how I can transition from gray vibes to neutral vibes without getting rid of all my grey furniture hahah

[@erglelergle8476]

A physical board can be put into the room allowing a better idea how the colors will work with light changes throughout the day.

[@sybylo]

Very helpful for projects management indeed.

[@Great_Silvia]

Many great tips. Thank you!

[@amydewolf3194]

My college professor suggested this video for me and my classmates.

[@hefferonjoe]

Great shirt!!

[@lourdesboet2709]

Do you recommend a software that you actually create an actual space to visualize the mood board?

[@melissamybubbles6139]

I'd like a way to change the colors in pictures. Often I like the styles but not the colors of objects. I want to know what it would look like if painted.

[@coolpersonlolollloll3540]

Thanks!👍🏻

[@ozvoyager]

Milanote is a great tool, and it makes sense to fork out for a subscription if you're using it professionally. But for occasional projects, I don't want to spend the money. Can anyone suggest an on online alternative that is free, but also gives you enough space to do a thorough job?

[@jonathanbonaparte5673]

So how did you get the template to come up

[@loomrugs8016]

so beautiful

[@tamtrinh6883]

I like your definition about something. That really helps me a lot because English is my second language 😀 love the idea but spend $1000s on these items are hurting our bank account. Decorating what we have on hand instead 😀