First-hand writing on art, design and interiors by Grant Pierrus. Honest views on what's worth your money, your time and your attention. Based in London, travelling often.https://grantpierrus.com/en-GBhttps://grantpierrus.com/journal/house-above-the-mendips/https://grantpierrus.com/journal/house-above-the-mendips/A home visit to a converted farmhouse on the ridge above Bruton, Somerset, in April 2026 — old stone, painted floorboards, and a single oak table.Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTinteriorsarchitecturefurniturevernacularlightrestraintarrangementGrant Pierrushttps://grantpierrus.com/journal/blue-at-the-wallace/https://grantpierrus.com/journal/blue-at-the-wallace/A field note on a single Sèvres porcelain cup in the Wallace Collection, observed during a quiet morning visit in April 2026.Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTceramicsporcelainmuseumsblueattentioncolourlookingGrant Pierrushttps://grantpierrus.com/journal/table-holds-a-room/https://grantpierrus.com/journal/table-holds-a-room/An essay on how a single piece of furniture, more than any other, sets the rhythm of a room — and what that means for collecting and arranging.Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTfurnitureinteriorscollectingarrangementrestraintattentionGrant Pierrushttps://grantpierrus.com/journal/iona-lear-walthamstow-studio/https://grantpierrus.com/journal/iona-lear-walthamstow-studio/A studio visit to the ceramicist Iona Lear in Walthamstow, east London, on a damp Tuesday in March 2026, among shelves of unfired vessels.Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTceramicsstudioprocesswheel-throwingattentionmaterialrepetitionGrant Pierrushttps://grantpierrus.com/journal/edinburgh-in-march/https://grantpierrus.com/journal/edinburgh-in-march/A short field note from a March 2026 morning in Edinburgh's New Town, looking at fanlights, paint colours and the discipline of the eighteenth-century terrace.Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTarchitecturecitygeorgianrestraintscalelightGrant Pierrushttps://grantpierrus.com/journal/lucie-gledhill-cheshire-street/https://grantpierrus.com/journal/lucie-gledhill-cheshire-street/A studio visit to the jeweller Lucie Gledhill above a launderette near Brick Lane in March 2026, where chain is built link by link from drawn wire.Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTjewellerystudiometalworkchainattentionmaterialscaleGrant Pierrushttps://grantpierrus.com/journal/painting-at-roundwell-foundation/https://grantpierrus.com/journal/painting-at-roundwell-foundation/A gallery visit to the Roundwell Foundation in Bermondsey for the spring 2026 painting show, with notes on five works that held the light.Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTpaintingexhibitionoilabstractlightscalerestraintGrant Pierrushttps://grantpierrus.com/journal/reading-rooms-slowly/https://grantpierrus.com/journal/reading-rooms-slowly/An essay on the discipline of looking carefully at rooms, objects and pictures — and why most of what is interesting only arrives after twenty minutes.Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTlookingcriticismmuseumsattentionpatiencescaleGrant Pierrushttps://grantpierrus.com/journal/margate-january/https://grantpierrus.com/journal/margate-january/A field note from a January 2026 weekend in Margate, on cold light, painted shopfronts, and the Turner Contemporary at the edge of the town.Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTarchitecturecoasttownmuseumslightweatherrestraintGrant Pierrus