Neptune stories - an anthology of articles

Interiors

Decorating with brave colour

There are lots of reasons to introduce bold new colours into your home. If you’ve found yourself drawn to richer, braver colour palettes in recent times, there may be more to it than a simple desir...

Henley kitchen

In the kitchen with Ella Mills

I started Deliciously Ella at my kitchen table back in 2012 after a bout of ill health. Originally intended to be a personal project, my blog was a way to teach myself to cook healthy and delicious...

Furniture

Wood matters

Rejecting MDF and chipboard in favour of solid timbers, the founders of Neptune embarked on a mission to find the best materials for the job, as co-founder John Sims-Hilditch explains to editor Suz...

Features

Ways with Potter's Pink

Our seasonal colour, Potter’s Pink, is an earthy neutral inspired by unfired clay. We explore how to style this versatile shade with paint, textiles and furniture.

Furniture

Cut from the same cloth

To mark the relationship between Neptune and Fermoie, we get to know the British brand behind such distinctive and beautiful fabric.

Interiors

On Potter’s Pink

Our new seasonal shade takes its name from the delicate freshness of un-fired pottery clay. With the subtle look of raw plaster on walls, it has a sense of earthy texture and historic precedence. P...

recipes

Four recipes for a light summer’s supper

In the easy-to-follow recipes below – created by Sam Wylde, our go-to local chef of Sam’s Kitchen Deli in Frome – you’ll find four dishes that work beautifully together for lunch or a light supper.

recipes

A make-ahead berry pavlova

When you’re playing host for a special occasion, it’s always a good idea to have a few recipes under your belt that you can make in advance so you’re not spending all your time in the kitchen the n...

Features

The making of Harris Tweed

Behind the complex textures and earthy colours of Neptune’s Harris Tweed fabrics lies a time-honoured cottage industry that keeps the Hebrides thriving. As journalist Amy Bradford discovers, this i...

Features

Preserving the art of dining

As our social lives and gatherings are gradually re-established, food writer and author Debora Robertson muses on how relaxed hosting is the most convivial.

recipes

French toast with baked peaches and coconut cream

July’s arrival heralds the start of peach season. And while there’s nothing quite like a perfectly ripe, fresh peach straight from the fruit bowl (or, if you’re very lucky, the tree), a little hea...

Interiors

Intelligent design

Interiors writer Amy Moorea Wong reveals the thinking behind some of our classic furniture designs.

Features

The one-hundred-year mindset: our approach to design

Everything we make is designed to last for 100 years and beyond. Neptune’s co-founder, John Sims-Hilditch, explains how this centennial mindset came to be.

Garden

Growing a garden for scent

Think of your outside spaces and the chances are you’re remembering how they look, rather than the scents you associate with them. It’s time to claim the garden for your nose.

Features

Saving a home

A graudal renovation project is revealing more and more, as interiors journalist Elizabeth Metcalfe discovers.

Features

A community state of mind

When communities look after each other, good things happen, as journalist Fleur Britten observes.

Features

Seeing red

Just a hint of this bold colour can have a dramatic effect, writes interiors editor Suzanne Imre.

Features

Making it Local

A collaboration with design curator and advocate Barbara Chandler to find and showcase fine craftspeople practicing within Neptune’s local community.

recipes

Spring feasting recipes: a trio of salads

Three colourful salads that celebrate spring’s produce. Perfect for partnering with a whole side of salmon for a spring get together.

Author and presenter Ben Fogle pets dog in green Neptune kitchen

Features

The search for contentment by Ben Fogle

Author and presenter Ben Fogle looks at how people have discovered and protected their inner peace by appreciating the world around them.

Interiors

Book club: The Evolution of Home by Emma Sims-Hilditch with Giles Kime

If you’ve ever wondered about the origins of our aesthetic, you should probably look no further than our creative founder, Emma Sims-Hilditch. Emma worked alongside our co-founders John and Giles a...

Furniture

Ten interiors pieces to invest in

This article covers our top ten items that are the most worthwhile investing in.

Features

Holding on to memories

Letters contain so much more than the written word, says author and journalist India Knight.

Features

Keeping house at Charleston

Charleston house was a hotbed of creativity and free-thinking in its heyday. But writer Jo Rodgers explores the domestic life of this fascinating farmhouse.

Features

What's left behind

Magazine editor Hatta Byng is peeling back generations of taste as she embarks on a project to preserve and restore the family home.

Features

Dear typewriter...

Journalist Jo Rodgers asks why people are increasingly keen to revive an earlier form of correspondence.

Features

Alexandra Shulman on fashion at home

As she examines how our style choices evolve with time, former editor of British Vogue, Alexandra Shulman, reveals just how closely fashion and interiors influence and echo each other, and what the...

recipes

Lemon posset with honey oat crunch

A delightfully zesty lemon posset, each dusted with a handful of warm oat crunch.

Features

A folly for all seasons

The story of when the author and V&A chairman Sir Nicholas Coleridge decided to commission a folly in the grounds of his home, Wolverton Hall.

recipes

Candied beetroot, apple & smoked trout salad with sherry vinegar & honey dressing

Try our easy to follow candied beetroot, apple & smoked trout salad with sherry vinegar & honey dressing. Fresh and delicious, using only the best ingredients.

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