We are stepping softly into the most wonderful time of the year, knowing that for so many of us, a festive home is less about all things new and more about pieces past and present coming together with those designed for the everyday.
With that in mind, this Christmastime, leading interior design house Neptune are taking a peaceful approach to decorating.
A pared back palette of warm neutrals, antiqued golds, the newest seasonal shade Constable Green and rich, plummy velvet browns all star in their collection - not forgetting beloved baubles, bells and whimsical ceramics.
Luminous, antiqued brass and the light-catching gleam of hand-blown glass; quietly chiming bells and charming, hand-felted characters.
Christmas is a time like no other for reviving old traditions and introducing new ones, to discover enduring pieces to add to time-built collections, as well as those that are just getting started.
Enveloped in a wider seasonal theme of the spirit of a country home, the colours of the outdoors bleed seamlessly indoors: shades inherent to sky and sea, to woodland well-trodden, pastures green and plenty, pervading every corner and cranny with a comforting spirit.
Neptune’s seasonal hero colour, Constable Green, was created in collaboration with pigment maker Lucy Mayes and inspired by John Constable’s bucolic landscapes – and is a deep inky-hued green which embodies so much of the season’s hunker-down mood.
These are designs rooted in timeless traditions that will hopefully become part of your own yearly customs too.
For though we are all treading a gentler path this year, nostalgia and joy prevail at the very heart of Neptune’s Christmas collection.
