Choosing hardware for your kitchen
How to choose handles and hardware for your kitchen, considering shape, finish, form and function.
How to organise a kitchen larder
How to arrange your larder or food cupboards to look good and – more importantly – work well.
Tips and tricks for packing up Christmas
A handful of ideas we’ve gathered along the way to make it as easy as possible.
Celebrating the beauty of winter light
Finding the joy in winter’s light, come crystal clear sun or moodily overcast skies.
The art of slow decorating
A lick of paint and some new cushions is one way to update a home. But to reap the rewards of decora...
How to define your personal style
As social media and TV programmes have allowed us indulgent glimpses into other people’s homes, so o...
Kat Farmer & her living room redesign
A home design journey with celebrated blogger, Instagrammer and TV presenter, Kat Farmer.
How to add character in a new build
A few clever design and decorating decisions can add years to a newer home
Orange and clove Christmas Eve cookies
Lightly spiced and fragrant, these cookies are lovely any time over the Christmas season, but we’ll ...
How to make salt dough place cards and decorations
An easy craft made using household ingredients to decorate your Christmas Day table.
Crafting tradition: the stories behind our favourite festive crafts
Delve into the intriguing histories of Christmas crafts, from gingerbread to paper decorations.
A history of velvet
Uniting elegance with comfort, velvet’s history is every bit as noble as you might expect.
Chestnut, apricot and sourdough plant-based stuffing
A Christmas Day or Sunday lunch stuffing recipe for those following plant-based, vegetarian or vegan...
Lucy, Dave & their Suffolk kitchen
A Suffolk kitchen for an Arts & Crafts home, all dressed up for Christmas.
How to dye ribbons using natural materials
Easily create custom-coloured ribbons using plants and a couple of household ingredients.
Homemade presents: fabric-covered notebooks
Bookbinder Emma Williams shares her tips for covering plain notebooks or journals with fabric to cre...
Orange and ginger madeleines
Delicate, festively-flavoured cakes to serve at teatime this December.
Smashed butternut, roasted garlic & pomegranate croutes
An easy to make recipe that’ll see you through festive get-togethers.
Meet the designer: Poppy Sturley & our alpine wreath
Hear from the floral designer behind our first ‘make it yourself’ Christmas wreath.
How to make paper pinwheel decorations
An easy, effective and satisfying paper craft to try your hand at this December.
Spiced ginger, orange & apple warmer
An alternative to mulled wine (without the alcohol) for cold, crisp winter days.
Why do we hang wreaths?
Ever wondered why we hang wreaths at Christmastime? Read on for a brief look at their long history.
Meet the designer: Francesca Wardle & our Francesca fabric
We chat to the designer behind our new Francesca fabric collection.
Arranging autumn & winter flowers
Stylist and author Marry Norden shares tips for arranging flowers and foliage in the colder months.
Our Christmas pudding recipe
Our gluten and dairy-free recipe for Christmas pudding – that’s still every bit as moreish.
Homemade presents: spiced apple chutney
A slow cooking recipe for an unhurried Sunday, and a way to preserve the last of autumn’s apple harv...
Lighting as a texture
Never mind textiles and timber, lighting is one of the best creators of texture in your home.
Homemade presents: natural firelighters
How to create your own wax firelighters scented with herbs and spices.
Record players and typewriters: celebrating slow pastimes
From record players to hand-written letters – why, in some cases, patience is very much a virtue.
How to choose a lampshade
Tips for selecting the shade that best suits your lamp, the room and how much light you need.
Cooking over fire with Gill Meller
River Cottage chef and author Gill Meller on the year-round appeal of cooking outdoors over fire.
Sweetcorn with damsons, chilli, garlic and smoked paprika by Gill Meller
An autumnal recipe for cooking over fire, from River Cottage chef Gill Meller.
Luxury on the loch: inside the Todd & Duncan cashmere mill
Tucked away on the banks of a loch in eastern Scotland sits an unprepossessing mill with an unexpect...
Hidden elements of design: Marlborough Tiles
A third-generation family business producing artisan tiles in Wiltshire.
For the love of marble
The enduring appeal of this classical material and how to use it in a modern way.
Nature’s palette
Michelle Ogundehin on why ‘natural’ colours appeal so much.
The bigger picture
Our co-founder, John Sims Hilditch, reflects on the far-reaching impact of restoration.
Stores with a difference
Why stepping into a Neptune store is more like visiting the home of a good friend.
Life in your hands
What rhythms of life are etched on your hands? Palms roughened by working the soil, fingers agile fr...
Wycombe bench: a balance of beauty and utility
‘William Morris put it brilliantly, “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be beautiful...