A stocking filled with fun
A tongue-in-cheek approach to putting together a grown-up Christmas stocking that’ll bring out their playful side.
The art of elevated gifting
Five gift parcels that’ll elevate a humble present into something oh-so thoughtful this Christmas....
Flower pressing creations
In our last journal post – ‘Autumnal flower pressing’ – Izzi Hudson, founder of florist, Flower and ...
An al fresco Christmas
As we ponder how our Christmas celebrations might evolve this year, this is the opportunity to think...
Deck the halls
Five ways to create a cheerful and uplifting welcome in your hallway this winter (even if it’s just ...
A slow Christmas
Journalist and author India Knight reflects on the positives of taking it easy this festive season....
Autumnal flower pressing
Izzi Hudson, founder of florist, Flower and Press, gives us a step-by-step guide on flower pressing ...
Decorating your bedroom for winter
When it comes to decorating your home’s bedrooms come winter, it’s very often only children’s spaces...
A late autumn walk
Our suggestions for discovering your local patch this month by getting out for a walk – including tr...
Welcoming in winter
How to dress your home for the season from early November right through to Christmas with our three ...
Celebrating advent
Two ideas – one simple, one a little more involved – to help you mark the passing of each December d...
Edible gingerbread festive decorations
Gingerbread and Christmastime – a match made in festive heaven. From Hansel and Gretel-esque gingerb...
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
A country green kitchen for a countryside home and a green-fingered couple…...
Window wildlife
How to encourage wildlife to your garden, balcony or windowsill, and how to make time to enjoy the s...
Bonfire Night feasting: pumpkin, goat’s cheese, thyme & red onion tart
A seasonal savoury tart recipe that’s perfect for an at-home Bonfire Night feast....
Bonfire Night feasting: ‘toffee apple’ tart
The second of our two autumn tart recipes: our take on that Bonfire Night classic, the toffee apple....
Savouring Bonfire Night at home
Autumn is a season to relish all by itself, but there’s one particular November celebration that bri...
Colour scheming
Interior designer Emma Sims Hilditch shares nine colour schemes to suit the different rooms in the h...
A natural, seasonal palette
Nature has always had a big influence on our style and nowhere more so than in our paint collection,...
Design in every detail
The often unnoticed – but always important – details that make our designs as useful and as beautifu...
The Enchanted Forest
Look beyond a Sunday afternoon stroll with the dog through your local woods. Our ancient forests are...
Louise & her Chichester kitchen
A quick detour to a Neptune store resulted in a dream family kitchen...
How to create the perfect reading nook
With a guiding, practiced hand from our home designer at Neptune Fulham…...
In search of the perfect cup of coffee
The Provenist’s resident barista, Olivia, breaks down the different types of coffee and shares her t...
Take a (perfectly positioned) seat
Some general rules-of-thumb to consider when buying a desk chair, as well as our Home Designers’ per...
You'll find me in the orchard
Apple orchards hold more than just apples, as chef and food writer James Rich explains....
When old favourites met new friends
Our autumn photography shows just how, when chosen carefully and with timelessness in mind, older fu...
How to grow baby leaf spinach
There’s much lore regarding spinach. The legendary pipe-smoking sailor, Popeye, got his strength fro...
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...
Remembering Sir Terence Conran
In tribute to one of Britain’s most influential and ground-breaking designers, former Livingetc edit...
The many faces of Ardingly
If ever a design was made for a moment in time, it’s the new, endlessly-adaptable Ardingly cabinet, ...
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...
The return of dark wood furniture
Wooden furniture never goes out of style, but it can be fascinating to note how different tones and ...
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...
Let's stay home
The story of our new autumn collection, and a story of our times....
The collection in the making
We caught up with our design team’s leader, Rebecca, to chat about the inspiration for some of autum...
Ways with Olive
Three ways to welcome our newest (and very versatile) colour, Olive, into your home: through paint, ...