How to make a mood board in Notion for interior and architecture projects

Method 1: how do you build a gallery mood board?

1. 1

   Create a database

   Type /gallery on the project page to add a gallery database. Name it Mood board or Inspiration.

2. 2

   Add tags

   Room (select), Palette (multi-select), Material (multi-select), Source (URL) and Status (idea, shortlisted, approved).

3. 3

   Set the preview

   In layout settings, choose page cover or page content as the card preview and set card size to large.

4. 4

   Add images

   Create one card per image: paste or upload it, add the source link and tags.

5. 5

   Filter and group

   Group by room for presentations, filter by palette to test a direction.

Method 2: how do you make a quick board with columns?

On a blank page, drag images side by side to create columns, add short captions and use dividers between themes. It takes minutes and looks clean, but it is a static page: images cannot be filtered or reused, so use it for one-off presentations.

Method 3: how do you embed a Pinterest board?

Copy the Pinterest board link, paste it on a Notion page and choose to embed it (or type /embed). This is useful when a client has gathered inspiration on Pinterest: it stays live on the project page, and you can pull the images you shortlist into your gallery database.

How do you turn mood boards into a reusable library?

Instead of a gallery per project, keep one studio-wide Inspiration database and relate images to the projects that used them. Over time it becomes a precedent and material library you can filter by room, style or palette, with the context of where each idea was used.

How do you present a mood board to clients?

• Create a client-facing view filtered to shortlisted or approved images, grouped by room.
• Put it on a dedicated client page and share that page as a guest with comment access, so clients can react image by image.
• Move decisions into your approvals record once a direction is agreed.

• How to track client approvals in Notion

What about image rights?

Mood boards often use other people's photography. Keep the source link on every image, use internal boards for reference, and get permission or use licensed images before publishing a board or using images in marketing.

Frequently asked questions

Can you make a mood board in Notion?

Yes. A gallery database with image previews is the most flexible approach; column layouts and embedded Pinterest boards also work.

How do I embed Pinterest in Notion?

Paste the Pinterest board link on a page and choose to embed it, or type /embed and paste the link.

How do I make Notion gallery images bigger?

In the gallery's layout settings, set card size to large and choose the page cover or content as the preview.

Can clients comment on a Notion mood board?

Yes, if you share the page as a guest with comment access.

Is Notion better than Pinterest for mood boards?

They do different jobs: Pinterest for discovery, Notion for organising chosen images with project context, tags and approvals.