Neptune guides to home and kitchen projects

Furniture

How to choose the right sofa for your living room

From three-seater sofas to loveseats and L-shaped sofas, discover our top five tips for how to find the right sofa for your living room, considering size, shape and style.

Furniture

Cosy bedroom ideas for the cooler months

From mattresses to mellow lighting, we explore how to create a warm, layered bedroom retreat for the colder months.聽聽

Christmas

The guest bedroom guide

From comfortable furniture to the thoughtful touches聽that show your guests just how much you care,聽here鈥檚 how to update spare rooms for the festive season.

Christmas

How to choose the perfect Christmas tree

Of all the preparations we make for Christmas, putting up and decorating the tree is the one that officially marks the start of the season. Whether yours goes up in November or you wait until the v...

Features

How to create a boot room that combines form with function

Neptune design director Fred Horlock explains how to create a boot room聽 (or entrance area) that combines form with function.聽

Lighting

How to choose a lampshade

Choosing a聽lampshade聽that looks right with your table or floor lamp is one of home design's聽classic聽conundrums. Here's聽some tips for finding the perfect fit.

How to balance stronger, dark colours in a room scheme

TV presenter and author聽Michelle Ogundehin聽explains how to balance聽stronger, dark colours聽in a room scheme to聽maximum effect.

Home

Five tips for dressing an ottoman

How to style an ottoman, with Meaghan Hunter, Neptune art director and stylist.

Home

The ultimate kitchen table

If the kitchen is the hub of the home then, arguably, the kitchen table is the axis around which family life spins. A place to prep food, eat, work, create, entertain and talk long into the night; ...

Kitchen

How to design a kitchen? Our guide to to planning your kitchen project

Beginning a new project can feel equal parts exciting and daunting, so to help, we鈥檝e pulled together our top tips and things to consider when you鈥檙e looking to redesign your kitchen.聽

Kitchen

Tips for kitchen cupboard organisation

Designing a new kitchen or starting the year with a cupboard clear-out? Here are easy ways to organise your cupboard spaces and streamline your shelves.

Furniture

Three furniture layout tips to create a relaxing sitting room

Our design director, Fred Horlock, shares his expert tips for creating a harmonious and versatile space.

Q&A with our kitchen designers

Designing a new kitchen is fuelled by questions. There鈥檚 a huge amount to ask yourself and your designer the whole way through the process to make sure it鈥檚 everything you want it to be (and more)....

How to design a utility room with form and function

A utility room (likewise聽laundry聽and boot rooms) can be found on many a home wishlist.聽But if you are lucky enough to own one, how to design it so it lives up to all its potential?聽

Paint

Painting by light: how to choose colours to suit a room鈥檚 aspect

Our paint colour suggestions for north, south, east and west facing spaces.

Dressing your kitchen the Neptune way

Neptune's head of store design and visual merchandising, Georgina, shares her experience and tips on how to style kitchens and homes the Neptune way.

Using colour in the kitchen

Our home鈥檚 colour palette should flow into your聽kitchen, just as it would in any other room.

Kitchen

How to organise your larder

A well-stocked larder is a joy to behold. Follow these smart storage ideas to help you arrange your cupboards to work hard and look good.聽

Features

A guide to styling faux flowers

Our聽step-by-step tutorial on crafting the perfect arrangement for your home.

Paint

A potted guide to painting

Paint鈥檚 one of the simplest and quickest ways to update your home 鈥� the right combination of shades can completely transform a room鈥檚 mood, sense of light and even how warm or cool it feels. When i...

Paint

Ways with Rhubarb

How to welcome our seasonal shade into your home.

design services

Window treatments, part two: our curtains & blinds in detail

From textile choices to curtain poles, this article聽provides detailed advice on curtains and Roman blinds.

design services

Window treatments, part one: choosing what鈥檚 right for you

Wondering where to begin when it comes to choose window treatments? Or perhaps you have a problem window you鈥檙e puzzling over? Keep reading for our quick guide.

design services

Our fabrics: making the right choice for your home and lifestyle

From velvet and wool to an array of linens -聽there鈥檚 something for everyone. To simplify the decision-making process聽this guide explains the聽characteristics and best uses for each of our weaves.

Furniture

A guide to our IsoGuard庐 finishes

IsoGuard庐 is the protective formula that we use on all our timber furniture (that鈥檚 not painted, that is). There are a handful of different shades in our collection, each imparting its own charact...

Garden

The garden furniture materials guide

To聽help you choose garden furniture for your home,聽we鈥檝e written a guide to the materials you鈥檒l find in our outdoor collection.

design services

Kitchen installation: a helpful guide

The聽answers to some frequently-asked questions聽and an explanation of the聽unique installation process at Neptune.

design services

Beautiful & useful: the details in our cabinetry

A聽whistle-stop tour through some of the finer details in our cabinetry collection that you may not have noticed, but which make all the world of difference.

design services

Planning a project: our guide to getting started

Whether you鈥檙e planning a top-to-bottom redecoration, an extension or a simple refresh for one room in your home,聽our step-by-step guide is there to help

Kitchen

Larder love

Ask anyone what鈥檚 on their kitchen wishlist and you can bet your bottom dollar that a larder鈥檚 going to be in their top three.

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