Thoughts on Saffron
Michelle Ogundehin, colour and design expert and former editor of Elle Decoration, explores the rich...
12 went to Provence (to shoot the new spring collection)
Back in January, when life felt very different, our creative team headed to Provence, France, to sho...
How to organise and file, elegantly
You don’t need to have a dedicated home office – or even to actually do any work from home – to know...
Learn something new: our pick of the best online courses
It’s no surprise that there are now more courses and workshops to take part it online than ever – an...
Behind the walls of Houghton Lodge
Afew weeks ago, just before we all found ourselves spending a lot more time at home, Kat and Alex f...
On our bookshelf: Happy Inside by Michelle Ogundehin
Internationally renowned as an authority on interiors, trends and style, Michelle Ogundehin is a wri...
Notes on a small space
From the moment I was introduced to the leafy north London village of Hampstead by a friend, I had a...
Podcasts for interiors (and food, and garden…) lovers
We’ve always been fans of a good podcast here at Neptune (they’re perfect for whenever your hands ar...
On the bookshelf: A place called home, Cath Kidston
As the Founder of her eponymous brand and creative design studio, Joy of Print, Cath Kidston has lon...
How to: grow plants from seed
No matter how many years you’ve been gardening, the novelty of growing plants from seed never seems ...
Different types of paint, explained
The world of paint finishes can be a little complicated. Eggshell, emulsion, gloss, limewash, distem...
Six questions you need to ask before you start a room redecoration
Kate Watson-Smyth is the journalist behind the blog Mad About the House. Here she shares an edited e...
Culture from your sofa
In a heartening surge of resilience, galleries, museums, gardens and live event venues the world ove...
How to tidy up your background for video calls
If you’re working from home, chances are the last-minute dash to tidy up your home office before a v...
Wildflower pressing, with a twist
You may have seen our Easter tablescape, where we’ve taken a simpler approach to styling the table t...
A homemade seed packet how-to
Small and unassuming, but containing the most exciting cargo, there’s something special about seed p...
On our bookshelf: Jocasta Innes and The Pauper’s Homemaking Book
Long before the concepts of sustainable design and upcycling became part of our everyday, writer and...
The independent edit
One of the unexpected upsides to come out of the current situation has been the fostering of a much ...
The art of hunkering down
Continuing our series on ways to create a cocooning and nurturing home (you can read our first journ...
Kitchen gardens: growing your first one
There’s a point in summer when buying a bag of over-priced, bland supermarket salad wrapped in plast...
In the pottery studio: the making of our Bayham collection
There's nothing that paints a more idyllic picture than a studio at the foot of the garden, two frie...
The alternative guide to relaxing at home
We all know that gardening, baking, practising yoga and taking a bath are ways to relax and unwind w...
An Easter tablescape
This year Easter may not be quite as big an occasion for feasting as last, but we wanted to share a ...
A little something for Easter
Even though Easter celebrations this year are likely to be a little quieter than usual, we still thi...
A modern take on limewashing
Before modern paints, limewashing was one of the most common finishes you’d see on masonry and inter...
The comfort of home
There can be no place more capable of nurturing and caring than your home. Even (and, in fact, espec...
Aroma your home
Our homes can help us live better, says wellness author and founder of JOGB Living, Jo Glanville-Bla...
In the larder: must-have staples for spring and summer
A well-stocked larder is the secret to kitchen calmness. When a delicious and nutritious meal can al...
Historic houses to visit in 2020
There’s nothing new about visiting grand or historic houses, but that doesn’t mean our interest and ...
Curtain call(ing) – choosing the right sort for your bedroom
nstantly comforting, visually and (literally) warming, decorative and, done well, utterly timeless, ...
Candles for Candlemas
This Sunday, 2nd February, is known as Candlemas – one of the key days in our annual calendar, falli...
A lightbulb moment - how to choose the right bulb for your room
If you’ve ever walked into a room and felt instantly comfortable, chances are it has something to do...
Five of the best bracing British winter walks
There’s nothing quite like bundling everybody up, embracing the elements and stepping out into the b...
Our seasonal traditions: the stories behind Christmas
Christmas is nothing if not a time for traditions – starting with making the pudding on Stir-up Sund...
Christmas trees: how to choose the right size
It used to be that you’d just have one, big Christmas tree each year, probably in the corner of the...
The creative direction behind our Christmas collection
Christmas might be the littlest of the collections we release each year, but that doesn’t mean to sa...
The art of buying well, by Jo Leevers
Passing on an heirloom is a wonderful thing, but it doesn’t always have to be an antique. For exampl...
Symmetry: thoughts from our founder
This autumn, our interiors anthology, Stories, turned ten-issues-old. So, to mark our entry into dou...
Ways with Ink
See borderline-black shades of grey, abyss-dark blues and greens so dark that it’s only when the lig...
The story of statements
Each time we launch a new collection here at Neptune, we’ll always share the inspiration behind it. ...