Airbnb mood board ideas. Having a mood board is so important to help create consistency throughout your Airbnb project so that you have the same look and feel translated throughout. Let me show you how!
Are you thinking about renovating, or upgrading your space into an Airbnb? Do you have many ideas that you can’t quite narrow down? A mood board gives you a foundation to work from so that you can see what works together and try different ideas.
Mood boards help keep you on track with a visual queue of how you want a room to look like. Something that you can keep referring back to when it comes to making decisions on furniture, décor, fittings, fixtures, or colors.
After trying a few different styles you’ll find there is one image or piece of furniture that you keep coming back to. Maybe it’s a coastal-style bedroom or a warm and crisp kitchen that you found on Pinterest.
How to Start an Airbnb Mood board
There are lots of places you can make a Mood board for free. I suggest starting with Pinterest, where you can find so much inspiration. If you don’t have a specific design style in mind Create a board of “Airbnb ideas” and just add any pins you like for decor and design spaces. In this phase, you can just keep it very loose and pin anything that attracts your eye. You can later use a free mood board site like Style Source Book to find furniture, decor ideas and swatches. It’s based out of Australia, but you can use anywhere in the world to nail down your ideas and create a final mood board to work from.
How to Narrow Down your Style
Popular styles for Airbnb that work well are fresh and bright designs that fall into the style of Modern, Minimal, Bohemian, Mid-Century Modern, and Coastal. When referring back to your board, you’ll start to see a trend of colors and styles and rooms that you like. Look up kitchens, bedrooms, living rooms, and any other areas in this style and start to pin them to another board.
Tip: I encourage hosts not to shy away from making bold design choices that will surprise, delight, and deliver the unexpected to their guests. Have fun with your Airbnb Mood board create some just to play around. You may like it the most!
Pulling it All Together
Having a mood board for each room will really help you stay on track/ Then when you are shopping you know exactly what to buy. I love using Style Source Book, it is a design tool that many professional interior designers use. It is based in Australia, but you can easily use it from anywhere in the world to narrow down furniture and decor ideas and find similar things in your country. I like it because they have a huge library of furniture styles that you can just drag and drop onto your board.
If you are renovating and looking for specific fixtures, tiles, vanities, and paint chips, they have a ton of images. They also have a section you can browse and see designers’ mood boards and you could just use one of those as inspiration!
Be Unique
In my opinion, choosing a unique design theme that sets you apart from competitors is crucial, especially if your location is over-saturated with high-end vacation rentals. The best way to do this is to look at competitive listings on Airbnb and try to find a niche that no one else is doing (or doing well). Remember this when creating your Airbnb mood board.
“Find your why—your hook. What sort of novel experience would make your target guests choose your property over others, even if it means they have to splurge or book months in advance?”- Advice from Kristi, the Superhost of Starship Landing a Sci-Fi themed Airbnb
Be Instagrammable
Kristi also recommends designing photo-worthy backdrops in various spaces throughout the property. Stage each different area as if you’re setting up a movie set, using items such as stand-out furniture pieces (for example, a swing chair), eccentric wall art, dramatic fixtures, walls painted with art murals, or other fun props that tie to your theme.
By making your vacation rental more “Instagrammable”, you’ll attract the type of guest who is likely to take photos at your property and share them on their own social media accounts—which means free promotion and user-generated content!
Tips for Decorating your Airbnb
When planning your Airbnb purchases, think about what makes you comfortable and impressed when you stay in a hotel. Guests want to feel at home and comfortable in your home, so try to curate the best possible experience for your guests. Throw in some fun decor elements to your Airbnb Mood board and go the extra mile with your Airbnb essential items. Check out my full shopping guide here!
Where to Shop
One of the most creative and fun parts of hosting is decorating your space! There are key elements and pieces that every successful Airbnb should have. For hosts, Amazon is great for checking off all those essential items! I love amazon for the ease of just ordering items, that can 100% be returned. From basics to unique decor finds use my list to make your place an amazing place to stay.
I’ve personally curated an Amazon must-have list for hosts with high-quality items, that are stylish, and eco-friendly (as much as possible) I hope this helps make your hosting journey a litter easier! Other places you can look are antique stores and Ikea has great basics.
For higher-end brands like Article, West Elm, Lulu & Georgia, CB2, and Urban Outfitters, you can use Minoan, a free platform where hosts can get steep discounts on over 200 brands. Mammamode readers can get a $25 coupon to use here!
Also! I am an Airbnb Ambassador! That means if you start your listing with me you’ll get a $50 bonus when you host your first guests. I’ll also be available whenever you have a question along the way. And, once you go live I will have a look and give you suggestions and optimize your Airbnb to make sure it will attract guests and bookings. Here is my link to sign up ( click when you are ready to list)
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