Thanks so much IowaCommute! Thanks for the compliment on the house too! I have 16 orange-stained pine doors/jambs left to paint (have done 3, what a pain in the rear). Then there's the orange stained window sills, knotty pine panelling in rec room, entire kitchen of honey oak (to be reused for utility), two vanities, gargantuan medicine cabinet, and stairs of same, all lovingly installed, then indifferently stained and varnished by PO in this strange orange. Why? Don't get me started on the builder basic shiny brass. The whole blue thing might really work out because I've been contemplating my stairs (did I mention golden oak galore) and have been considering trying to stencil the risers. Stairs are right beside dining, so could carry a theme and color from kitchen. Also live in a port city so people really like their nautical crud around here. Strong blue would be a popular choice.

I think Pixlr.com is a fabulous resource. Pixlr.com Editor is a lot like Photoshop. Except it's free and it does work on mobile devices, tablets. Like Photoshop, one of the key secrets to making it easy to work with is the Layers. For example, you'd paste each inspiration photo/element/item on its own layer. So you can manipulate each element independent from all the others - e.g. resize your inspiration sofa but the lamp you pasted on another layer is unaffected. You can Edit>Transform>Scale each item. Draw a square and fill it with whatever color you want to create a background. And more. There is a learning curve but I don't think it's ridiculous. There is a learning curve with ALL of the resources for example I didn't think Olioboard was particularly user-friendly. Pixlr, unlike the mood-board-specific programs, does lots of things as far as editing, creating, manipulating images. So, any investment of learning how to use it adds up and increases your overall image editing skillset. A worthwhile endeavor IMHO. Here is a link that might be useful: Check out Pixlr

I use Moodboard lite on my phone and iPad. it does not have an instant alpha feature like pages does though so can not photoshop with it but it works well enough for adding furniture in rooms. I use pages for my photo shopping and then cut and paste to moodboard lite. A link to other recommended boards https://hellogiggles.com/lifestyle/mood-board-apps-sites-will-help-curate-hell-life/

It makes no sense to me. I see a little of this and a little of that, but no focal piece, no inspiration item. What piece did you choose first for your board?