Build an Interior Moodboard Around Space and Materials

An interior board can show a desired atmosphere while leaving layout, dimensions, and procurement unresolved. Label those distinctions. A room photograph is visual evidence, not a measured plan for another space.

Keep the collection useful

Keep sources by project, supplier, or research set. Record product names and current source pages when a specific item matters. In refern, a file or folder can hold several named links, such as a "Supplier page" and a "Spec sheet" for one product image. Select several files to edit their links together in the sidebar. Keep confirmed specifications separate from observations about how an item looks in a photograph.

Build the working selection

Arrange the references on a refern canvas and explain what each contributes. Separate alternate directions rather than mixing contradictory choices. Keep a full-room image beside a detail crop when scale and surroundings change how the material reads.

Find and use the references

Use tags for materials and room functions to retrieve research across projects. For palette discovery, use color search and inspect the actual examples. A photograph or screen swatch cannot replace checking physical samples and the room’s conditions.

Check the handoff

Before a client handoff, inspect the exported board for readable labels and source credits. Use the agreed project channel for comments and approval; refern is not a live client review portal. Confirm measurements, availability, and specifications through the relevant sources.

Normal refern workspace indexing reads existing files in place. Imports and file actions can create or change files. Back up the source media and workspace data that preserves your organizing work.

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