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Kate, Adrian & their Chichester kitchen
A family home with a history of renovation and restoration, and what a simple lick of paint can do for your kitchen
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Our spring 2023 collection
The story behind our new season; framed by colour and curation.
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Ways with Rhubarb
How to welcome our seasonal shade into your home.
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Introducing colour consultancy
Find out how our new design service can help you to discover your home’s potential.
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Broad bean & pea crush with ricotta, flat breads and crudités
However many the pleasures of the other seasons, summer eating is surely the finest. Produce is as g...
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Black accents: why they work in any room
And some easy, unintimidating ways to bring black into your interiors.
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Inheritance tracks: the importance of heirlooms
How handed-down objects bring life, soul and a sense of heritage to a home.
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Sarah-Louise, Christopher & their Henley kitchen
An all-oak Henley kitchen and a Sage-green utility created in collaboration with Instagram’s @no.17h...
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Ways to address difficult spaces
Neptune home designer Kyra shares her tips for making the most of the awkward corners and odd room p...
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A meadow blanket: rooftops in bloom
Journalist Amy Moorea Wong on how meadows (and beekeeping) are sweeping through our towns and cities...
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Home stories: designing a galley kitchen, part two
The second in our series on galley kitchens in real homes: this time, an unexpected addition to a Co...
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Saving a home: the slow renovation story of Bussage House
A gradual renovation project is revealing more and more, as interiors journalist Elizabeth Metcalfe ...
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French toast with baked peaches and coconut cream
A summery twist on a breakfast classic from our café, The Provenist.
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Home stories: designing a galley kitchen, part one
A cottage kitchen with a small footprint but clever sense of space
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Amanda, Andrew & their multifunctional garden room
A collaborative design project to bring the outside in.
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The makings of a design classic
How does a piece of furniture or design earn icon status?
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An explorer finds refuge at home
For our winter 2021 issue of Stories, we asked adventurer and presenter Ben Fogle to share the ways ...
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Beetroot & gruyère ‘sausage’ roll
This recipe was created by our chefs at our cafe, The Provenist. If you’re ever in the city of Bath,...
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If Neptune did garden rooms
Garden designer Jonnie Wake contemplates what shape and form a Neptune-designed garden room might ta...
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Ways with blue: singing the praises of blue in interiors
How to use blue in your home in ways big and small – including how to make it work in a north-facing...
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Living a philosophy
Why we decided to open a cafe.
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Maximum impact: bold ideas for small gardens
When it comes to designing smaller gardens, think big, as garden designer Jonnie Wake tells us.
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A very British craft: a short history
Craft has been a part of British life since prehistoric times, when pottery was mostly homemade, and...
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The joy of summer: how to celebrate the season
Moments, rituals and traditions ancient and new to help you make the most of each month in summer.
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The architecture of happiness: how buildings can create joy
Why do some buildings and designed environments bring us more joy than others?
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Our versatile garden designs for inside and out
We take a look at those furniture designs from our garden collection that translate just as well to ...
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Painting by light: how to choose colours to suit a room’s aspect
Our paint colour suggestions for north, south, east and west facing spaces.
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The joy of moving to the coast
We chat to two former city dwellers about the highs (and occasional lows) of relocating to the coast...
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The joy of the laidback dinner party
Food writer and author Debora Robertson muses on how relaxed hosting is the most convivial.
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Claire, Alastair & their Suffolk kitchen
A Cactus green kitchen that blends seamlessly into a living space.
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How to light a bathroom
Including everything you need to know about IP ratings, and how to make your own lighting plan.
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Ways to say thank you: gifts for hosts
Present ideas that go beyond a bottle of wine for taking along to parties.
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Our fabrics: making the right choice for your home and lifestyle
A guide to each and every fabric in our collection, covering everything from style to which ones are...
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Rebecca, Martin & their Suffolk kitchen
A forever kitchen for an Edwardian house in Derbyshire.
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From Barbury to Bloomsbury: how we name our designs
A quick look at some of the stories that lie behind our collection names.
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A brief history of the dresser
By their very nature, antiques are imbued with a patina of the past. The dresser is no different. It...
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A touch of genius: why we value original art
We explore why it is that original art pieces hold such emotional potency.
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Spotlight on our Barbury tiles
Introducing our handmade Barbury collection, created in collaboration with Wiltshire-based Marlborou...
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Izzy and her Suffolk kitchen
The renovation of a small London kitchen that was a truly collaborative family project.
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The guest bedroom guide: spring edition
How to create a welcoming and restorative private sanctuary for guests this spring.
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The garden furniture style guide
We walk you through all the furniture families in our garden collection to help you better understan...