Top tables: choosing a dining table
Choosing a dining table isn’t a decision to rush into. It’s an investment piece; one of those items ...
A simple, spiced and subtle Easter cake
With Easter baking, it’s so tempting to do one of two things – chose a classic like Easter Simnel Ca...
Four recipes for a light summer’s supper
It’s not all about picnics and barbecues (though, when the sun is out, that’s largely how you’ll fin...
Mojo de Ajo marinated chicken
In volume six of Stories, we introduced you to a Somerset-based chef who we’ve known, loved and work...
Grilled sardines and chimichurri
In volume six of Stories, we introduced you to a Somerset-based chef who we’ve known, loved and work...
Why modernism still matters
This spring, we’re focusing on the idea that less is more; the idea of gathering around you only inv...
The art of less is more
An old adage it may be, but at Neptune, the philosophy of ‘less is more’ runs deep, as Nicky, our pr...
What the Shakers taught us
Shaker style is an aesthetic and set of design principles that wasn’t borne out of fashion, neither ...
Bringing together the three layers of your room: colour, light and texture
Whether it’s your sitting room or your kitchen, your bedroom or your bathroom, decorating your home ...
How to: combine painted and brown furniture
It’s true that when defining your room’s colour palette, thought tends to begin with what colour to...
Using fewer colours to create a core palette
whether you’re about to redecorate your entire home or a single room, knowing which colour to go for...
The Neptune design team on: the spring 2019 collection
Just a week before our spring collection was revealed, we gathered around the kitchen island at Nept...
Nessi & her Suffolk kitchen
Light, bright, spacious and airy – it’s an environment that always suits our Shaker-inspired Suffolk...
Jonathan and Rachel & their Limehouse kitchen
Our Limehouse kitchen is our most contemporary of all, and is often designed in a linear layout. But...
Hornbeam Lane & their Chichester kitchens
Our real Neptune home stories generally follow the path of speaking to people who have chosen to bri...
How to decorate with shades of blue
In light of our newest seasonal shade, Flax Blue, interiors writer, author and all-round fountain of...
What wabi-sabi can do for your home
There have been a few lifestyle concepts recently that promise a happier home life. We’ve written ab...
What house plants can do for your home
There are lots of reasons you might want house plants around your home. They’ll add life to any deco...
Ways with paint: warming up a cool palette
Colour specialists often refer to temperature, meaning whether a shade is either warm or cool. A qui...
When in… Bath
Bath’s one of those places that’s much closer to London than you think – about one-and-a-half hours ...
Combining rugs to make flagstones and floorboards cosier
Gone are the days where carpet reigned supreme in our homes. Timber floorboards from planks to parqu...
Creative ways with kitchen cabinetry
Kitchen cabinetry may be all about storage, but we don’t like to let it get predictable. Here we exp...
Using textiles to warm up a bedroom
Whatever room in your home you’re decorating, there’s often one element that pulls everything togeth...
James & his Chichester kitchen
Chichester’s a kitchen often described as being more traditional and country. But homes like James’ ...
Ideas for using leather furniture
Leather furniture’s been used for comfort in the home for thousands of years – even the Romans were ...
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 ...
Sharon & her Chichester kitchen
Chichester might be a kitchen loved for its traditional details and its subtle country character, bu...
Food for ‘popping in’ moments
When December comes, and Christmas draws closer, there are more knocks on the door than at any other...
Ready for hosting – creating prep space in your kitchen
Whether you’re about to start on a new kitchen design for your home or are thinking of ways to rejig...
Six not-too-fancy festive canapes
When Christmas calls, it’s all too easy to get carried away with Christmas lunch, focusing most of y...
Christmas tree decorating ideas: two looks to try
Most of us have a set way that we decorate our Christmas trees each year. There might be a couple of...
Three Christmas tabletop decoration ideas
There’s never just one way to decorate your dining table at Christmas. Each year, you can try someth...
Trudi Sinclair & her Limehouse kitchen
A glossy, glamorous, bright, white space is what Trudi and her family wanted from their new kitchen....
Kimberley Savill & her Chichester kitchen
Kimberley described her home as a “typical 1930s property in desperate need of renovating”. But now ...
Ways to use tablecloths
Tablecloths are one of those extra things for the dining room that can easily get forgotten. Once an...
Carolyn Swash & her Henley kitchen
This is the home story of a couple who moved from a Gloucestershire village to the centre of Chelten...
Wall lights and why they work
Lighting should always be looked at in layers. Ceilings lights alone will make a room too harsh, too...
Danni Collyer & her Chichester kitchen
Managing a property conversion, running their own business and bringing up a family. Let’s just say ...
In praise of sideboards – and why every home needs one
Traditionally, sideboards were a feature of dining rooms, but in fact, they can hold their own almos...
Tips for kitchen cupboard organisation
Probably the best time to plan your cupboard storage is when you’re having a kitchen redesign, as yo...