DESIGNS FOR LIFE TEN INTERIORS PIECES TO INVEST IN


In an ideal world, everything you filled your home with would be something special. The sort of considered designs that you’ll keep forever. But that’s certainly not always possible, so where to focus your attention? Which items are the most worthwhile investing in? Neptune gives us their top tips for ten items they believe are worth investing in.


A DRESSER Dressers have proved themselves as perennial favourites. Offering storage and display space as well as a focal point for a room, they’re as useful now as they have been in homes for hundreds of years, and not a bit out of style either, so you know you’re in safe hands investing in one of these. Choose a timber one – be it an antique or a new design – it’ll age beautifully. As the years go by, you can refresh the paint colour, change the handles and even move it to a different part of the home (they work everywhere from kitchens and dining rooms to living rooms and hallways) to give it a whole new outlook and lease of life.


KITCHEN CABINETRY Of all the pieces of ‘furniture’ in your home, kitchen cabinetry has to be the hardest working. It’s used day in, day out by every member of the family and has to stand up to the messiest room in the house as well so it needs to be durable and function effortlessly. It should look good too, being the heart of the home and on show to just about everyone who stops by. Even if this home isn’t your forever home, kitchen cabinetry is a worthy investment. The cabinetry in Neptune’s collections is also built in such a way that you can easily move it, be that from room to room or to a different home altogether, as our founders did with their Chichester kitchen.


OUTDOOR FURNITURE If kitchen cabinetry needs to be durable, it’s nothing compared to what garden furniture will come across. Between baking summers and freezing winters – and all the rain in between – if outdoor pieces aren’t well made, they’ll very quickly show their age. By choosing materials that have proven their worth outside – like all-weather wicker, teak, powder-coated metal and granite – and caring for them well, your garden furniture won’t tire so quickly.


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