Christmas is about sharing our homes with the people who matter to us the most - and leading interior design house Neptune knows a little planning goes a long way in making every room sparkle.
It has designs to make your home a place of celebration, comfort and joy this season, which can come out year after year, to treasure and to pass down.
Recreating memories of childhood Christmases begins with the magic of the tree.
Bringing it down from its attic home each year, dressing it from head to toe and the anticipation as presents gather underneath its branches.
Available in 4ft, 6ft and 8ft sizes, Neptune’s Albert Christmas trees are generously full and deceptively realistic, but whether your tree is life-like or real, hiding the base is a perennial Christmas conundrum.
Neptune’s Somerton tree skirts are made from a timeless, hand-woven, natural, textural rattan and are available in three sizes.
You can extend the tree’s magic to every room with Neptune’s life-like garlands, and festoon doors with gathered-from-the-garden wreaths from the simple to the rustic, to the traditionally festive.
Neptune has wreaths and garlands made from life-like pine and eucalyptus that will last year after year, and their collection of florist-made wreaths created from dried garden herbs and hedgerow sprigs will make a real statement on any door or wall.
Nothing evokes nostalgic memories of Christmases past like scent – whether the fresh fragrance of pine and fir on alpine air, or the warmth of spices and citrus from a December kitchen. And nothing creates a warmer welcome that the soft glow of candlelight.
While life-like foliage can be brought out year after year, the one thing that’s missing is scent. Which is where Neptune’s room spray comes to the rescue. It is a bottle of instant mid-winter olfactory joy.
Neptune features two scents this festive season: Classically festive Winterberry or sweetly spiced Nutmeg – as well as winter must-haves as tealights, coloured dinner candles and a three-wick version of its signature Blyton pillar candle.
Their candlesticks are not just for the supper table, you can sit them on bedsides, dot them along mantels and nestle them in amongst a console table display of tealight holders, where they’ll add a tall, slim elegance as well as a warming glow.
And tealights may be small, but their power to add atmosphere to any setting should not be underestimated. In Neptune’s seasonal collection, you will find everything from hanging glass designs to those that are charmingly crafted from clay.
Far lovelier than using a lighter, Neptune is a huge fan of the humble match. Even better when those are white-tipped matches in patterned boxes. And they also have a brass wick trimmer, a beautiful and useful solution to snip off excess soot.
