Mood Boards: Inspiring Ideas and Tips for Creative Projects

Ladies and gents, the moment we’ve been waiting for is here. After countless late-night coding sessions and a few too many snackless hours, we built a simple mood board gallery you can browse by color or by room. You’ll find it under the new Mood Board tab in our site header.

Visit the Mood Boards gallery

We gathered every mood board we’ve created over the past three years—nearly 150 in total—and developed an easy browsing system for you. Whether you’re searching for color palettes, furniture layouts, or accessory ideas, these boards are meant to be practical inspiration. Even if specific items are no longer sold, the combinations and styling cues can guide you toward similar finds or DIY alternatives. If one of our mood boards sparks a makeover, we’d love to see before-and-after photos and a note about which board inspired your project.

Browse by color or room

This idea gallery will keep growing as we add new mood boards—the latest entries appear first—so check back often. You can filter the collection by color or by room, or view the entire archive if you have some time to explore. We hope browsing the gallery feels fun and useful, and that it gives you fresh momentum for your next room update.

See all mood boards

Click any thumbnail to view a larger image and access the full source list for items shown. While this gallery isn’t the flashiest tech demo, it’s designed to make it easier to scan and enjoy the many furniture- and accessory-forward mood boards we’ve created.

We’re also planning a companion gallery to organize all the reader-submitted “afters” and the transformations we’ve featured—think a searchable database of Reader Redesigns, solved Design Dilemmas, and House Crashings sorted by room and color. For now, we’re taking a short breather before diving back into more HTML, but stay tuned for that next addition.