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MUST YOU HAVE A MOOD BOARD TO DECORATE?

THE BIG DEBATE

YES

‘Mood boards make a huge difference in the planning stage’

Saima Ahmed (@saimasays) lives with her husband Sohail and their three children in a 1930s detached house in Redbridge, London

‘Doing a mood board fills me with more confidence that everything will work together, and helps me develop what I want to do. In our last house, the colour palette was really neutral,

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