Our paint colours: a natural, seasonal palette
Nature has always had a big influence on our style and nowhere more so than in our paint collection, which looks to the natural world and the seasons for inspiration.
Emma, Jon & their Chichester kitchen
Emma and Jon were greeted with an almost blank – though tired – canvas to work with when they bought...
Colour scheming
Interior designer Emma Sims Hilditch shares nine colour schemes to suit the different rooms in the h...
Our spring collection in the making
As the team began debating the vision for the spring 2022 collection, a few key words cropped up tim...
On Quince by Kassia St Clair
Author of ‘The Secret Lives of Colour’ Kassia St Clair delves into the history behind our Quince pai...
The spring edit: favourite new designs
Interiors experts choose their must-have designs from our spring 2022 collection....
Ways with Quince
Three palettes to help you bring our bright and fresh yellow-green Quince into your home....
How to uplift your interiors with a touch of red
Undaunting ways to use this most powerful of colours at home and bring liveliness to your decorating...
Book club: books for favourite pursuits
Our pick of page-turners both old and new for (just about) every type of hobbyist, whether you’re a ...
One step forward: why you should go barefoot
The reflective ritual of ‘grounding’ is fast becoming popular, as journalist Lucy Dunn discovered wh...
The gentle balance of food preservation
Food historian Dr Annie Gray explains how science and sociology have combined to keep our palettes p...
The heirloom tray: designing Terence
A considered design story for the simplest of objects....
Paint the spectrum: colour theory for your home
An easy and practical guide to using and combining colours in your home....
Rhubarb and orange cake
A cheery cake to put a spring in your step in late winter....
The one-hundred-year mindset
Neptune co-founder John Sims-Hilditch tells journalist Suzanne Imre how looking beyond the here and ...
Jo, Scott and their Henley kitchen & utility
A masterclass in making a clean and bold monochrome palette work in a period home....
Oven baked risotto with kale pesto and crispy celeriac
A supper recipe from The Provenist cafe that celebrates delicious winter vegetables....
James, Alex and their Suffolk kitchen
City dwellers James and Alex call London’s leafy Queen’s Park home. Situated a stone’s throw from ce...
John and Emma Sims-Hilditch’s Chichester kitchen through the decades
Thirty-odd years ago, John and Emma Sims-Hilditch bought a rundown cottage, formerly a school house,...
Wendy and her Suffolk kitchen
The history of Wendy’s Kent home is extensive, much like the renovation project that, in the summer ...
The search for contentment by Ben Fogle
The last couple of years has forced many of us to slow down. It has given us a chance to think about...
The art of accumulating: how to create meaningful interiors
Accumulating, collecting, curating. Such pastimes were raised to a fine art by our Victorian ancesto...
Lili & Lodewijk and their Neptune home
The owners of this home tell us how they returned to their previously loved property in Surrey after...
Nigel & David’s Chichester kitchen
The family: Nigel, David and Nellie, the cat. The house: An 1880s, semi-detached house in Ealing, we...
Butternut squash, dark chocolate and lentil chilli with coconut yoghurt and coriander
‘Hearty and wholesome with a bit of a kick’. Otherwise known as the perfect, plant-based dish for a ...
Our Francesca print
Our Francesca pattern tells a story of nature, texture and scale. A pretty watercolour design create...
Antiques & the art scene
Hunting for antiques to proudly display in your home? Homes & Antiques writer Caroline Wheater r...
For the love of Lloyd Loom
If the sight of Lloyd Loom brings to mind perfectly mown lawns and tea on the terrace, you’re not al...
Ceiling: the forgotten wall
Often referred to as the fifth wall, the ceiling has been a focus of attention ever since Michelange...
A gardener’s best friends
Gardening and nature were once at odds. But an increasing number of green-fingered growers are disco...
Kim, Russel & their Chichester kitchen
After swapping the hustle and bustle of the big city for the serenity of a small country town, Kim a...
Well lit: the art of illumination
Lighting is one of the fundamental parts of decorating a home but it’s also probably the one that we...
When walls tell stories
Not all wallpapers are made equal, as a dive into the history of hand-painted, silk wallpaper makers...
A brief history of pattern
Since the dawn of time, humans have sought to decorate their spaces with mark-making: inscriptions a...
Classically eccentric
At a time when we are treated to a visual cacophony of interior styles and influences, providing a v...
The humble pencil
While the pencil holds every child’s hand as they journey into the world of joined up writing, a loo...
A West Sussex family & their Henley kitchen
What was once an old Arts & Crafts house, a detached country home in the West Sussex countryside...
Heritage heroes
Have you ever come across an initiative and thought, what a brilliant idea, how can I get involved? ...
Asparagus and goats’ cheese tart with wild garlic
At our Bath café, The Provenist, the menu is always changing with the seasons. From our brunch menu,...
When in Knutsford
While we have stores up and down the country, we know that, quite often, you’ll be making a longer t...
Talking to Henry
Those of you who’ve been with us a while might remember that in our second volume of Stories, way ba...