Jessica Garland-Blake, the Irish co-founder of London events agency Bash Studios shares her favourite finds and inspiration.
The last thing I bought was beautiful glassware from Studio Arhoj in Copenhagen. I love bringing tableware home from trips.
I can’t say how much it was because my mother will read this, but my Loewe bag is one of my most treasured pieces. It’s from the collection inspired by the artist William De Morgan. I couldn’t afford it at the time, then a year later, I found it on Vestiaire Collective.
I never take off one of my nanny’s rings. It has her birthstone, a ruby, and it’s super-unusual. She used to pick me up every Tuesday and bring me to Bewley’s for a coffee iced cream bun. For something modern, I love any jewellery designed by Jessica McCormack.
My favourite and most used thing in our house is our set of coral hand-painted plates from Les Ottomans.
Beside my bed you’ll always find Dreem Distillery CBD drops, lavender oil and a journal for those midnight thoughts.
I want to be sent off on a retreat where I have to hand in my phone. Uncontactable for ten days – bliss! I’ve been looking at and not booking Shou Sugi Ban House on Long Island and The Well in Costa Rica.
There were tears when I was reading Angela Scanlon’s Joyrider (Vermilion, €16.99). I read it after a really busy period in work. Anyone who is spinning a few plates or feeling overwhelmed, I recommend you to read this.
My stepmother is from Tokyo, and it has this amazing buzzy but friendly vibe that gives you the energy to go to five different stationery stores, and then out to karaoke.
I always go back to the Dutch masters and their still lifes – artists like Jan Davidsz de Heem and Rachel Ruysch.
Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel is a constant inspiration. Mendl’s bakery appears on lots of our mood boards.
Every Sunday I try to do a sound bath. I adore them and they really help me chill out for the week ahead.
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