Put yourself in the mood for the New Year

Using a mood board can help you help inspire you to reinventing your home’s interiors, writes Kya deLongchamps

WE’RE teetering on the brink of the year’s end, so what’s in store for your home for 2012? With the economy still in flux, it’s easy to become utterly discouraged at throwing time, energy and money at a property, but realising any dream has to start somewhere. In terms of interior design, a mood board provides a practical and inspirational way to sort and archive your ideas.

Even where the funds, or even the space is not yet available to take action on one room or an entire extension, visualisation left on show will not only keep the dream alive but can subconsciously propel you forward towards what you want.