I stopped using Pinterest for moodboards

And what I do instead takes about 15 minutes.

For years, my process started on Pinterest.

I'd spend hours there, pulling images that matched the direction I had in mind.

And every one of those images was a problem.

They were other designers' rooms. Other people's interiors.

So when I sat across from a client and walked them through the mood, I was really showing them somebody else's work (it always felt weird).

You get hired for your taste. And there you are, borrowing proof from strangers.

Here's how I work now.

It starts with one meeting. I run the client through my questionnaire and get everything out of them: the feeling they want, the colors, the pieces they already love.

One recent project made the whole shift click for me.

The client knew what he wanted in his living room:

• Cream-white walls
• A beige micro-concrete floor
• A Sofa 04 from Vetsak
• A Capitol chair from Cassina
• A rug from Élitis
• A Bonhomme lamp by Atelier Areti.
  
  

So I found each piece online, which takes no time, and dropped them all onto a white background.

A raw moodboard. Nothing styled, just the real products sitting together so I could check that they actually worked as a set.

Then I gave the brief to Claude and asked it to write me a prompt for Nano Banana. I fed the moodboard and the prompt in, and it built the room.

Here's the result:

 Here's why this matters.

The image isn't generic. It's his walls, his floor, his sofa, his chair.

From the very first moodboard, I can show a client something that looks like their finished room instead of a stranger's.

It's not a final render, it's a starting point they can actually picture themselves in.

The whole thing took about 15 minutes.

 You can find all the prompts I used at the end of this article.

 Here are other tests that I found cool too:

Prompts used.

Furniture on white background: This prompt + you raw moodboard

Place all objects from the moodboard together on a plain pure white studio background, arranged naturally as if casually set up by a stylist for an editorial shoot.

For the images: This prompt + an image reference + the raw moodboard

A living room with a warm white micro concrete floor, books and design furniture

Use the furniture of image 2 (the moodboard) and other design furniture

Use image 1 (the image reference) only for color palette, lighting mood and the style of furniture. Do not copy any recognizable furniture from the references.