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How to Create a Décor Vision Board for Your Wedding
Select the Shades, Hues and Tones
BY KRIPA SINGH
The colours you choose will become your wedding
palette, influencing your floral arrangements, draping
Planning your wedding décor can be daunting. linens, furniture, and more. The tones and hues will
Despite the plethora of images on Pinterest, it bind all your décor elements together and avoid
can be overwhelming to select colour palettes, a clash of colours. PRIDE OF
concepts, and the overall aesthetic style for your Consider the shades you are wearing for each event
big day. You will need a blueprint that illustrates and then choose a palette that will ensure
what your dream décor looks like. Simply put, that you don’t blend in but instead,
you’ll need a décor vision board. By curating and complement the décor. Remember SAMITIVEJ
compiling your mini-presentation, you can guide to also take into account the existing
decisions and visually explain your style preference palette at the venue. For instance, if
to your wedding designers. you are hosting your mehendi lunch
But where exactly should you start? Here’s a simple, at a restaurant, notice the existing colours of the walls,
five-step process to creating a décor vision board structures, and linens, and then work around this. PROFESSOR
that reflects your personality, style, and dream Contemplate the Concept
wedding.
Do you want an overt theme or a more subtle aesthetic? Whatever you SURADEJ HONGENG M.D.
Brainstorm with your Partner choose, it is important to have an overarching concept to tie the décor together. For
Sit down with your partner and discuss what you both want for your wedding. Think instance, if you opt for a playful, Cuban-flavoured cocktail night, be sure that all your
about who you are as a couple, and how your décor can reflect aspects of your décor elements convey the theme to your guests. Your floral style, couch cushions, Head of the Pediatric Cancer and
personality. To make this easier, you can note down phrases, words, and emotions and even table menus should come together to achieve the look you have in mind.
that you associate with the vibe you’re hoping to achieve. To find your concept, you can go online or offline. Inspiration can come from just Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Unit
If you’re hosting a multiple-event Indian wedding, you may not be embarking on about anything. You can expand your search beyond weddings and notice elements
this massive undertaking alone. There are likely to be many family members with in your favourite restaurants, art galleries, and heritage sites.
input. If required, discuss your décor style preference with everyone involved. Having Take it to Your Décor Team
everybody on the same page is important and makes it easier for your décor team
to understand your vision. I’ll repeat – resist the urge to select a bunch of Pinterest images and ask your décor
team to copy them. A key part of the process is to take your vision board to your décor
Consider the Venue designer and then let them curate a unique mood board for you. They may even tell
Resist the urge to go on Pinterest and save every image you see. The whole point of you where your ideas falter and how they can be refined.
curating a décor vision board is to select a few cohesive images that capture what The point of the process isn’t just to imitate someone else’s wedding. It’s to find Congratulations to Professor Suradej Hongeng. M.D. Pediatrician, Head of the Pediatric
you like and complement your venue. If you save an image of opulent traditional the bits and pieces you like, and together with your décor team, create something
wedding décor in Jodhpur, it may not translate well at your beachside venue. Be sure beautiful out of that. Cancer and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Unit for being awarded the Outstanding
to consider your location when selecting the overarching aesthetic.
Technologist of the Year 2023. This prestigious honor is bestowed by the Foundation for the
Promotion of Science and Technology under the Patronage of H.M. the King, and the Thailand

Management Association (TMA). This recognition is for his work in the “Development of
innovative cancer treatment with immunotherapy using genetically engineered chimeric

antigen receptors T-cells (CAR-T), employing cell technology and gene therapy.”

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