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	Mood board Creating a mood board is a great way to visualise how the final room will look and will help you decide which colours complement or clash with each other.

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Pictures of rooms you like Arranging the mood board

Choosing the right shade Size of samples

Before decorating, spend time gathering together samples of your favourite materials and pictures of inspirational room designs. Spending time now planning a room should save time later on and help to avoid decorating mistakes.

Cut out any pictures you like from magazines and books (not just interiors), and collect fabric and paint swatches. If you fall in love with a beautiful blue wall in a magazine picture, look at all the other elements that make up that particular room. Perhaps it has a beautiful oak floor or woodwork?

Lay out your samples in the general order of the room - position the carpet at the bottom, soft furnishing samples in the middle, and curtain material near the top of the board. This will give you a much clearer idea than sticking samples randomly over the board.

If you were to go for the exact same shade as you've seen somewhere else, would it look the same in your home?
Think also about what you're using the room for - it may sound obvious, but you won't be able to relax in a riot of clashing colours.

The size of each sample should reflect how much space it will take up in reality, for example, have a much larger piece of paint swatch than cushion fabric. This way you can get an idea of how the colours and textures will work together.
You could make one for every room in the house.