In the mood for Moodboards anyone!

2 months ago I enrolled for an interior design course! Just last week I finished my first proper moodboard for a lounge - and because the brief did not include a budget I just let loose every fantasy I had and put in eye wateringly expensive furniture and furnishings. So I now have a moodboard which I absolutely love but which will probably only ever exist in my imagination.

So in the hope that someone out there would have the ingenuity to maybe create an affordable version of this room scheme I am sharing some of the ideas on my blog.

The inspiration for the design came from Designers Guilds' gorgeous autumn collections. It has a mix of black and white geometrics with liberal doses of luscious pinks.









The room is a fairly standard shape about 5mx4m fireplace on the main 5m wall, window on the wall on the right of the fireplace, radiator on the left and door to the extreme left of the 5m wall opposite the fireplace.

Now the centre piece of the seating plan is this gorgeous rich pink sofa called Marigny by Guilles Nouillhac. This long three seater (2.5 m) is placed along the wall, opposite the fireplace. The wall itself is covered in Leopold, a bold geometric wallpaper in black, white and silver from Designers Guild. The stunning contrast was the starting point of my design scheme.

On the floor is a rug also from Designers Guild called Leopold Schiaparelli. The same fantastic octagonal pattern is reflected here but in grey and beige on a stunning, dusty pink background. An Ottoman covered in a white and black fabric called Barbier again from DG sits on the rug extending the whole theme of monochrome contrasted with pink. Scatter cushions in florals and geometrics create interest on the sofa.



On the left in front of the radiator is a Barcelona Sofa in white leather, essentially a reproduction modelled on the iconic chair and double its length to comfortably seat 2-3 people. On the right by the window is the dramatic wing chair by Squint, in black and white patchwork with a giant angle lamp in brushed steel from Graham and Green overlooking it.

The wall with the fireplace is what you see when you enter the room and befittingly it both pulls the whole design together and also showcases some of its more dramatic features. The chimney breast, covered in Leopold again but in a soft ivory, complements the geometric patterns in the room . It boasts the dramatic Constellation mirror in pewter by Laura Ashley. Flanking the chimney breast on the right is a set of glossy white lacquered shelves called Balance, from Content by Conran, with an intriguing array of accessories and books. On the left is an absolutely stunning chest of drawers in black glass and chrome called Giovanni by Celeste Dell Anna. Above the chest contemporary art reflects the dusty pinks in the room framed in a large vintage frame in dull gold. Tall graceful lamps in black and silver called Fluer, from The French Bedroom Company provide mood lighting both on the chest and on either side of the Marigny sofa.

And finally to finish off the design with a soft floral flourish is Portier a lovely linen in dusty rose pinks, which adorns the sides of the window with a blind in Fretz with a gorgeous tonal, filigree pattern. Both stunning fabrics are from the Darly collection of Designers Guild and were featued by House and Garden in September as new fabrics to watch out for in London Design Week.

I have to say though my actual moodboard looks more coherent than this post. If I could have scanned it and put it here I needn't have bothered with all the descriptions really. But heck its 24MB and an A3 size and I just haven't got that tech savvy yet! So this is it and I am hoping all the real design lovers will get it anyway!