Colour scheming
The colours we surround ourselves with can affect our mood, so when it comes to deciding on the pale...
A natural, seasonal palette
“Choose only one master – nature,” said Rembrandt, and we have to agree with the formidable Dutch ar...
Design in every detail
‘Have nothing in your house which you do not know to be useful, o r believe to be beautiful’ is a ra...
The Enchanted Forest
Snelsmore, Savernake and Uffmore. Dibbinsdale, Wychwood and Hangingstone. The names alone seem to ca...
Louise and her Chichester kitchen
In a secluded Berkshire village is the home of Louise and Henry Peto and their three teenage childre...
In search of the perfect cup of coffee
Not much beats that first cup of coffee in the morning, but as more of us are home-based and missing...
Take a (perfectly positioned) seat
Hands up if you’re working from home more these days. In fact, hands up, breathe in and stretch. If ...
How to style kitchen shelves
Whether yours is open shelving, glass-fronted cabinets or a dresser, chances are you have a shelf or...
Installing your Neptune kitchen: what to expect
Tony Cramp, our kitchen installation manager, talks us through the unique installation process at Ne...
You'll find me in the orchard
An apple orchard can be a place of wonder; the gnarly old trees transforming with fragrant blossom i...
How to update your interior for autumn
Just as we all switch up our wardrobes when the seasons turn a new leaf, so too do we look at our ho...
The return of dark wood furniture
Wooden furniture never goes out of style, but it can be fascinating to note how different tones and ...
The green kitchen: houseplants for the heart of your home
Every kitchen should have a houseplant or two. Like any other room in your home, they bring life and...
Remembering Sir Terence Conran
In tribute to one of Britain’s most influential and ground-breaking designers, former Livingetc edit...
How to grow baby leaf spinach
There’s much lore regarding spinach. The legendary pipe-smoking sailor, Popeye, got his strength fro...
Small kitchen cabinetry (1)
Any kitchen, no matter how big or small, needs to include effective storage to feel considered and u...
How to create a warm and characterful minimalist home
'Less is more’ has always been a guiding principle for us here at Neptune. Understated, edited and p...
The foundations of using pattern, the Neptune way
There are some designers (and homes) for whom pattern is something to be draped across many surfaces...
The many faces of Ardingly
If ever a design was made for a moment in time, it’s the new, endlessly-adaptable Ardingly cabinet, ...
Going Green
In 2019 visitors to the Chelsea Flower Show saw, alongside polished displays of sculptural grasses a...
Caspar: the engineering behind the design
Several seasons ago, our design team created Caspar – a club armchair that’s all about heritage, fro...
For the love of the humble bee
Over the summer, while our roads and streets fell silent, it wasn’t only the birds whose presence be...
The evolution of an armchair
At Neptune, we take the design process very, very seriously. That’s not to say there’s no room for f...
Olive's perfect partners
One colour alone doesn’t create a decorating scheme, so whenever we bring out a new seasonal hue (wh...
The story behind our new collection
A bracing, early morning rummage for hidden treasures at Kempton or Ardingly antiques fairs is alway...
Material matters
Good design asks for the right materials to elevate it into something special. So, we’ve turned our ...
Trend report: kitchen colours
When it comes to deciding what colour to paint your kitchen, chances are you’re going to fall into o...
In the kitchen: The Provenist’s beetroot brownies recipe
At our sister café, The Provenist (which you’ll find next door to Neptune Bath), the menu is all abo...
One kitchen: three ways
The Suffolk collection is our most pared back kitchen – drawing on the refined simplicity of Shaker ...
Working with Olive
May we introduce Olive? The new, verdant shade of green that underpins our autumn collection, with a...
Neptune collection favourites
The arrival of a seasonal collection is an exciting time for us here at Neptune (and for you, our cu...
The foundations of interior design
One of the questions we’re often asked in our stores is how you can recreate the same calm and consi...
Jess & her Henley kitchen
What do you get when you cross a coastal, Cornish, built-from-scratch home with a New England meets ...
Shaker Maker
Shaker kitchens have been popular for decades, and there’s a very good reason why. The chameleon of ...
A summer smoothie bowl recipe
Smoothies and smoothie bowls (which are thicker, so you can eat them with a spoon from a bowl, givin...
An expert's eye on: moodboards
Rethinking your home’s interior, be it one of your smallest spaces or a whole home overhaul, always ...
An expert’s guide on kitchen installation
Tony Cramp, our Kitchen Installation Manager, talks us through the unique installation process at Ne...
Our paint palettes: making selection easy
Everyone’s had the experience at one time or another: thinking you’ve settled on a choice, only to s...
Kirsty & her vegetable garden
How does your garden grow? In the question of Kirsty’s, plentifully and seasonally thanks to the ext...
Let's design: kitchen edition
Designing a new kitchen can be daunting and overwhelming, but it can also be a great deal of fun. An...