The art of elevated gifting
A set of mugs, a hot water bottle, a voucher to their favourite store – all are lovely gifts on thei...
Flower pressing creations
In our last journal post – ‘Autumnal flower pressing’ – Izzi Hudson, founder of florist, Flower and ...
An al fresco Christmas
The Christmas table is a special moment in our festive celebrations: a central focus and an opportun...
Autumnal flower pressing
Izzi Hudson, founder of florist, Flower and Press, gives us a step-by-step guide on flower pressing ...
A late autumn walk
Whether you go solo, with those you live with or with one socially-distanced friend, a walk this tim...
Welcoming in winter
While the magic and generosity of Christmas is the point at which many of our winters turn, it’s not...
Celebrating advent
We truly believe that the whole winter season deserves to be celebrated and the magic of Christmas e...
Biophilia and connecting to nature
Most of us feel good in nature. Ask people to imagine a place where they feel happy and relaxed, man...
Chris and her Chichester kitchen
When this retired couple decided to return home after years of living overseas, they decided this wo...
Window wildlife
Wherever you live, so long as you have a window, you can have wildlife, whether it’s a murmuration o...
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...
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...
How to dress kitchen windows
What you put up at the windows makes a huge difference to the feel of any room, but it’s especially ...
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...