India Hicks and Island Style

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">India Hicks is both design royalty and British royalty, so it makes sense that H.R.H. The Prince of Wales wrote the foreword to her forthcoming book, <i><a href="http://www.rizzoliusa.com/book.php?isbn=9780847845064" target="_blank">India Hicks: Island Style</a></i>. Rizzoli will release this title on March 31, 2015, and readers can discover how Ms. Hicks, the daughter of decorator David Hicks and Lady Pamela Hicks, has created "her famously undone, gloriously bohemian decorating style." Although the book promises "never-before-seen imagery," I offer some photos that have appeared in <i>Veranda</i>, <i>Traditional Home</i>, and <i>Coastal Living</i> as a sneak peek at the home India Hicks and her partner David Flint Wood have created for themselves and their children at Hibiscus Hill in the Bahamas.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEz-zKIuUqOZvM28Ocza7xhtAY0rB6JLFxvrKJEyGBmMXJgq6Zd3LYtx26kdyMLIpKJS1mJdtBOZeE5vR4qESn4Au_ryi3s71bnspQ3XU2RxHKAQ-Ed3RmJI_VRj6zF7Z935d-5nEwVhA/s1600/item0.rendition.slideshowVertical.india-hicks-island-style-book-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEz-zKIuUqOZvM28Ocza7xhtAY0rB6JLFxvrKJEyGBmMXJgq6Zd3LYtx26kdyMLIpKJS1mJdtBOZeE5vR4qESn4Au_ryi3s71bnspQ3XU2RxHKAQ-Ed3RmJI_VRj6zF7Z935d-5nEwVhA/s1600/item0.rendition.slideshowVertical.india-hicks-island-style-book-01.jpg" width="522" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Timeless and under-decorated, her rooms combine carefree Caribbean culture with British colonial form and formality."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The cover of <i>India Hicks: Island Style</i> (Rizzoli, $45).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo courtesy of Rizzoli.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/ad/books/2015/india-hicks-island-style-book-slideshow" target="_blank">Interior Insights: India Hicks: Island Style</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">India Hicks served as a bridesmaid at the 1981 wedding of Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles, who is India's godfather and second cousin. As of 2012, Hicks was 678th in line to the throne (<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/9247833/India-Hicks-He-was-all-alone-I-cried-and-took-him-in.html" target="_blank">source</a>):</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyZF6TCMzDtwB5XLDTKbL2j_rU78ujy1OuzRVydqHD9GzCwo7ajBeKkomH527XYiNh6WsUCPXJEbBGx_XxfHKzCglvMD-iDENCxabe923nNVEBe82QLbVVKsYNhosYP4ewJS6_6c-5ARM/s1600/article-1382178-004186F200000258-566_964x616.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyZF6TCMzDtwB5XLDTKbL2j_rU78ujy1OuzRVydqHD9GzCwo7ajBeKkomH527XYiNh6WsUCPXJEbBGx_XxfHKzCglvMD-iDENCxabe923nNVEBe82QLbVVKsYNhosYP4ewJS6_6c-5ARM/s1600/article-1382178-004186F200000258-566_964x616.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The 1981 wedding party. From back, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward, Diana and Charles, Edward van Cutsem; front: Lord Nicholas Windsor, Clementine Hambro, Catherine Cameron, India Hicks, Sarah-Jane Gaselee and Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo copyright Getty Images.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1382178/Royal-Wedding-pictures-The-official-Royal-Wedding-album-suggests-Kate-Williams-future-happier-Charles-Dianas.html" target="_blank">Same place, same pose... but two very different stories: Why Kate and William's official photo points to a happier future than Charles and Di</a>" </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by Polly Dunbar for Mail Online.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/" target="_blank">Daily Mail U.K.</a> (April 30, 2011). </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An independent spirit, Hicks was expelled from Gordonstoun for hosting boys in her room. [Her cousin Prince Charles was miserable at this Scottish boarding school, which has educated many royals.] Hicks has never married her longtime partner David Flint Wood, with whom she has four children. [India adopted a fifth, a local teenaged boy, after his mother died.] " 'At the moment marriage is not something I need particularly, and I do see many crumbling all around, often after a very few years,' "she told the <i>London Evening Standard</i> ["<a href="http://www.standard.co.uk/news/runaway-bridesmaid-7290613.html" target="_blank">Runaway Bridesmaid</a>" by Marianne Macdonald, March 29, 2004] </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">more than ten years ago. The article hints that her upbringing by nannies and the wedding of Charles and Diana may have influenced her.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> " 'We helped her get dressed. She was in jeans and tiara, the TV next to her, and she kept shooing everyone away so she could watch it. Now, as an adult, looking back, I think she was so young. So young!</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> ' "</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEaVkNxfqXqNhVl5m5G7QjR2wzcrjoCv5QbqgIsS_usdzHIM6aSzf5ypHX7-9jotReSL6MECGNRqREslLg70BPXaqf5s9bzJWCdS-p9x3eva3RIX5BJB7Yx2txUsGdRmjl1LVeueMSie4/s1600/f0444e95874b57f61bc3e0259c9f13e5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEaVkNxfqXqNhVl5m5G7QjR2wzcrjoCv5QbqgIsS_usdzHIM6aSzf5ypHX7-9jotReSL6MECGNRqREslLg70BPXaqf5s9bzJWCdS-p9x3eva3RIX5BJB7Yx2txUsGdRmjl1LVeueMSie4/s1600/f0444e95874b57f61bc3e0259c9f13e5.jpg" width="480" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo copyright: Dolce Magazine.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.dolcemag.com/successstories/life-of-india-hicks/14073" target="_blank">Life of I: India Hicks</a>" by Simone Panette.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.dolcemag.com/" target="_blank">Dolce Magazine</a> (May 28, 2013).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This assured photo of India Hicks contrasts with the infamous picture taken of a Lady Diana Spencer, who unknowingly wore a see-through skirt while working as a teacher of young children before her marriage to Prince Charles:</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1t9P4bX882X1lK2RZbyAe4XJ0c6A294PaaPJPxQMLJ0B0gjNXmZrKBa71R-Zkf5jdjqUWn5m6s0T02JPP1hiF-_CpWK6P-RcP5sITlTfV_a7vzGS3kWfdUbnP4VBTKIsY60d0Sq0omqk/s1600/princess-diana-1-435.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1t9P4bX882X1lK2RZbyAe4XJ0c6A294PaaPJPxQMLJ0B0gjNXmZrKBa71R-Zkf5jdjqUWn5m6s0T02JPP1hiF-_CpWK6P-RcP5sITlTfV_a7vzGS3kWfdUbnP4VBTKIsY60d0Sq0omqk/s1600/princess-diana-1-435.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Diana – then, in 1980, a kindergarten teacher at the exclusive Young England school in Pimlico, London – keeps a close hold on two of her students in one of the first shots of the future princess, which would also be among her first controversies. The backlit Diana didn't realize her skirt was transparent."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Credit: REX USA.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span><a href="http://www.people.com/people/package/gallery/0,,20395222_20504905_20980448,00.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Princess Diana: Images We Can't Forget</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" by Cara Lynn Shultz.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.people.com/" target="_blank">People Magazine</a> (June 23, 2011).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hicks has noted that her relationship with her famed father was difficult, although she is thankful for their time together, and she has found her own style in the Bahamas. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Everything I do is understated. Everything my father did was overstated” is a quote from <a href="http://www.dolcemag.com/" target="_blank">Dolce Magazine</a> ["<a href="http://www.dolcemag.com/successstories/life-of-india-hicks/14073" target="_blank">Life of I: India Hicks</a>" by Simone Panette (May 28, 2013)]. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A successful businesswoman who has created collections for Crabtree and Evelyn and HSN, Hicks designs jewelry and sells beauty items and accessories on her website, indiahicks.com. She began a modeling career working for Emilio Pucci, a friend of her parents, and wrote her first book, </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Island Life</i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (2004), with David Flint Woods. Ralph Lauren wrote the foreword to that tome:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijtyq0QzBvyMCnRvaMYQX1zJFHZC07FuZv62aklvFLxSmjalxJaeC73QA__y6Tuto2w2SvhnmlwhIA1_O7Uh9-euUENUkU2C3WRUfwTc0FGfxjc9oOVqJmAHbgzKSGGQVpYsQJGf3y8CA/s1600/51Z1YDMSW9L.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijtyq0QzBvyMCnRvaMYQX1zJFHZC07FuZv62aklvFLxSmjalxJaeC73QA__y6Tuto2w2SvhnmlwhIA1_O7Uh9-euUENUkU2C3WRUfwTc0FGfxjc9oOVqJmAHbgzKSGGQVpYsQJGf3y8CA/s1600/51Z1YDMSW9L.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Image via <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Island-Life-Inspirational-India-Hicks/dp/1584793171/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1425132014&sr=8-2&keywords=island+life" target="_blank">Amazon</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next few images are from Hicks's forthcoming book:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-tI7SNlpQehlygPfV__SCyrWvnvcuiLkqTfeBBfOl4OpMeGEEHZoJXAcz0RnNbbkiKf6ch_DofjJxboAfXUW3jU_0s3IsDSHu9ZikXmyVNXkhCbqBGxoOe_Yd1aCnc1Omz71zgTE-s_4/s1600/item1.rendition.slideshowVertical.india-hicks-island-style-book-02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-tI7SNlpQehlygPfV__SCyrWvnvcuiLkqTfeBBfOl4OpMeGEEHZoJXAcz0RnNbbkiKf6ch_DofjJxboAfXUW3jU_0s3IsDSHu9ZikXmyVNXkhCbqBGxoOe_Yd1aCnc1Omz71zgTE-s_4/s1600/item1.rendition.slideshowVertical.india-hicks-island-style-book-02.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Hicks furnished the dining room of her Bahamas retreat with a table and chairs she purchased in New Orleans."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo: Miguel Flores Vianna.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/ad/books/2015/india-hicks-island-style-book-slideshow_slideshow_item1_2" target="_blank">Interior Insights: <i>India Hicks: Island Style</i></a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkH9p__8wfD0uZ9U6NnSXKa4EW0ahhpjy8Hh6eVLEvvLTwoHftOtXyUYmVrASrQ9C6qxcsfn5kDhrGunB6QjQpnCjDfbXNPL3HRnvSw1VQzt5lAODDhTn2j43EO8GDrdUFK3kyl5R81gg/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowVertical.india-hicks-island-style-book-03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkH9p__8wfD0uZ9U6NnSXKa4EW0ahhpjy8Hh6eVLEvvLTwoHftOtXyUYmVrASrQ9C6qxcsfn5kDhrGunB6QjQpnCjDfbXNPL3HRnvSw1VQzt5lAODDhTn2j43EO8GDrdUFK3kyl5R81gg/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowVertical.india-hicks-island-style-book-03.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "To streamline the appearance of her library, Hicks organizes books by color."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo: Miguel Flores Vianna.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/ad/books/2015/india-hicks-island-style-book-slideshow_slideshow_item2_3" target="_blank">Interior Insights: <i>India Hicks: Island Style</i></a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvktwi8Wgz_aV9oxOcwiMpTetsfPy28EzVgfZB097TWDFHR1mqmdTt_ajP6ALDn3o8AqAxAdgTW3ckv_ZMAcjiLkStfs4xtvLkaMFoEClwzklhGLkkrN-r8F8-k3j4OPabCUq_UIVe7g0/s1600/item3.rendition.slideshowVertical.india-hicks-island-style-book-04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvktwi8Wgz_aV9oxOcwiMpTetsfPy28EzVgfZB097TWDFHR1mqmdTt_ajP6ALDn3o8AqAxAdgTW3ckv_ZMAcjiLkStfs4xtvLkaMFoEClwzklhGLkkrN-r8F8-k3j4OPabCUq_UIVe7g0/s1600/item3.rendition.slideshowVertical.india-hicks-island-style-book-04.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "An inviting hammock is located outside the property's guesthouse."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo: Miguel Flores Vianna.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/ad/books/2015/india-hicks-island-style-book-slideshow_slideshow_item3_4" target="_blank">Interior Insights: <i>India Hicks: Island Style</i></a><i>"</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivpoCuWuCZYfwdgrrjcdjlvNn4EXpprruQBaxWh3DLxq-VSiXerYX_GHoFxNmlmgDe5aTUV9peeMUJ4-Lt48nzMMC83hg4YzRip0YGyWNQDM09682j2Gp_k9VZDM0pTpTbowX_kpiRi1o/s1600/item4.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.india-hicks-island-style-book-05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivpoCuWuCZYfwdgrrjcdjlvNn4EXpprruQBaxWh3DLxq-VSiXerYX_GHoFxNmlmgDe5aTUV9peeMUJ4-Lt48nzMMC83hg4YzRip0YGyWNQDM09682j2Gp_k9VZDM0pTpTbowX_kpiRi1o/s1600/item4.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.india-hicks-island-style-book-05.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "The tablescape from the New Year's Eve party Hicks . . . hosted . . . to ring in 2014."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo: Vince Klassen.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/ad/books/2015/india-hicks-island-style-book-slideshow_slideshow_item4_5" target="_blank">Interior Insights: <i>India Hicks: Island Style</i></a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjykAGbzI4062gCyZrJayiTbtzbaXgf_upfYP5GJkEgD-tH3JtM8CnarJzD5hm0CYmy_6EhrsnSBhuKBlUl-R6iy-_F1FgQtno80fltFyJkUD7VKnsNfPunUMXMe2xYeBAITeWsYR_acX0/s1600/item5.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.india-hicks-island-style-book-06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjykAGbzI4062gCyZrJayiTbtzbaXgf_upfYP5GJkEgD-tH3JtM8CnarJzD5hm0CYmy_6EhrsnSBhuKBlUl-R6iy-_F1FgQtno80fltFyJkUD7VKnsNfPunUMXMe2xYeBAITeWsYR_acX0/s1600/item5.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.india-hicks-island-style-book-06.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The sitting room is anchored by a boldly hued sofa."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo: Miguel Flores Vianna.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/ad/books/2015/india-hicks-island-style-book-slideshow_slideshow_item5_6" target="_blank">Interior Insights: <i>India Hicks: Island Style</i></a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0YRofQ42L45O6OyfgQeH2bbM1xRmVfGZy1USgmRZtDNSj7heC-PJdVwQMeMUYHAGyPS7LH7FDhDgSGlyHDBEAdZ0asiHJGknPG2T4sZMRQHHbtfRecMtC3YavzL1mZBSeWpivpUjDRhg/s1600/p_102107117.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0YRofQ42L45O6OyfgQeH2bbM1xRmVfGZy1USgmRZtDNSj7heC-PJdVwQMeMUYHAGyPS7LH7FDhDgSGlyHDBEAdZ0asiHJGknPG2T4sZMRQHHbtfRecMtC3YavzL1mZBSeWpivpUjDRhg/s1600/p_102107117.jpg" width="468" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"India Hicks' lush Bahamas garden."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hibiscus Hill, the Bahamian home of India Hicks, David Flint Wood, and their children.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Colleen Duffley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/gardens/beautiful-gardens/model-designer-india-hicks-home-bahamas?page=0" target="_blank">Model, Designer India Hicks’ Home in the Bahamas</a>" w</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ritten by Rebecca Christian.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZKDPHsoefcJBXvBEbjHYICbRpfe-8uwr3vqGzCQgx6FpDpbHzp-aN0uh1XU61ppIj6HAjEVNAs9cBaLQ3UddoR_XitkLf8FeDrI-I7eEdm0oDNCJx3LQq-HVjkpFU-Ixtwrh5LOHqtv4/s1600/p_102107131.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZKDPHsoefcJBXvBEbjHYICbRpfe-8uwr3vqGzCQgx6FpDpbHzp-aN0uh1XU61ppIj6HAjEVNAs9cBaLQ3UddoR_XitkLf8FeDrI-I7eEdm0oDNCJx3LQq-HVjkpFU-Ixtwrh5LOHqtv4/s1600/p_102107131.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Tropical breezes beckon. India, who mostly eschews air-conditioning, loves to live outdoors."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hibiscus Hill, the Bahamian home of India Hicks, David Flint Wood, and their children.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Colleen Duffley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/gardens/beautiful-gardens/model-designer-india-hicks-home-bahamas?page=1" target="_blank">Model, Designer India Hicks’ Home in the Bahamas</a>" w</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ritten by Rebecca Christian.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZ1SrnJ5j0KAUwclZ6SScG0T9xwJZz8gL7cxaot8FLvdAotGdxGySXgL2M-86ESRe-z0V7jibLPINXLJh3kR7rzWY-QCx6pYHf7kNlf3q9RHR3xGob6tPdjNz_mKAXrJhG6t56YcttJo/s1600/p_102107129.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZ1SrnJ5j0KAUwclZ6SScG0T9xwJZz8gL7cxaot8FLvdAotGdxGySXgL2M-86ESRe-z0V7jibLPINXLJh3kR7rzWY-QCx6pYHf7kNlf3q9RHR3xGob6tPdjNz_mKAXrJhG6t56YcttJo/s1600/p_102107129.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"India, partner David Flint Wood, and their daughter Domino relax. Behind them looms the property’s imposing Bismarckia palm tree."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hibiscus Hill, the Bahamian home of India Hicks, David Flint Wood, and their children.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Colleen Duffley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/gardens/beautiful-gardens/model-designer-india-hicks-home-bahamas?page=2" target="_blank">Model, Designer India Hicks’ Home in the Bahamas</a>" w</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ritten by Rebecca Christian.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH-ZCSeaw4hyphenhyphenSTYQNePn0V5pbaRNTNHfAynRD0tYNdWZYButDTCIOquIJE1U26iwqawShnO39LRXA8gP-3orSwuen3VtniXScuLkHlZGxCvZTRP-rVsWQLZGvG0am5Id1VBGgbP54YYQA/s1600/p_102107127.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH-ZCSeaw4hyphenhyphenSTYQNePn0V5pbaRNTNHfAynRD0tYNdWZYButDTCIOquIJE1U26iwqawShnO39LRXA8gP-3orSwuen3VtniXScuLkHlZGxCvZTRP-rVsWQLZGvG0am5Id1VBGgbP54YYQA/s1600/p_102107127.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"India shares a laugh with Domino, who was named for the 'Bond girl' in the movie Thunderball, which was filmed in the Bahamas."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hibiscus Hill, the Bahamian home of India Hicks, David Flint Wood, and their children.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Colleen Duffley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/gardens/beautiful-gardens/model-designer-india-hicks-home-bahamas?page=3" target="_blank">Model, Designer India Hicks’ Home in the Bahamas</a>" w</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ritten by Rebecca Christian.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtDfqkp_b8bRl9vXBsv3D-kugqXSzZqh2yoC-yuGC5vHAsiBgUiEhkkWSNAkx59OUQbPIb6TPxUagSB-__Lwxey1FR_fvXXFqIOkyvtJOL8JmXGS8x_PGI2TeThgJWuSDZowdznX9znzI/s1600/indiahicks_03-l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtDfqkp_b8bRl9vXBsv3D-kugqXSzZqh2yoC-yuGC5vHAsiBgUiEhkkWSNAkx59OUQbPIb6TPxUagSB-__Lwxey1FR_fvXXFqIOkyvtJOL8JmXGS8x_PGI2TeThgJWuSDZowdznX9znzI/s1600/indiahicks_03-l.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">India Hicks with one of her sons.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hibiscus Hill, the Bahamian home of India Hicks, David Flint Wood, and their children.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Colleen Duffley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.coastalliving.com/lifestyle/products/secrets-to-effortless-island-beauty/secret-to-health-skin" target="_blank">Secrets to Effortless Island Beauty</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.coastalliving.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Coastal Living</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxtHV2GBjaTNCnKYLJtPkSNFghga8NkjfW_utezAwLlEo7arwQ7mG4soyoUk4yy3dKHkLTu2DSQmPDi4_7tfVueTfkePA2EYD04tDW-tbycjgqEgi5JDFjIL-PEfN8Ns2JSajRhfbeg6k/s1600/p_102107128.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxtHV2GBjaTNCnKYLJtPkSNFghga8NkjfW_utezAwLlEo7arwQ7mG4soyoUk4yy3dKHkLTu2DSQmPDi4_7tfVueTfkePA2EYD04tDW-tbycjgqEgi5JDFjIL-PEfN8Ns2JSajRhfbeg6k/s1600/p_102107128.jpg" width="484" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Set with the tropical bounty of pomegranates and pineapples, a table is covered by one of the versatile, washable quilts India designed for HSN."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hibiscus Hill, the Bahamian home of India Hicks, David Flint Wood, and their children.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Colleen Duffley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/gardens/beautiful-gardens/model-designer-india-hicks-home-bahamas?page=4" target="_blank">Model, Designer India Hicks’ Home in the Bahamas</a>" written by Rebecca Christian.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFKNSb0162gEgeIDFA8QV1_bXpkIGgvOaoFl4hid10lTX2t8Rt6fOd8kaqB-hakFccnym107AjB6pqtC5NADvqazHrSZz2r-1JNiXUdRbkkpCwV5J6iSfaomjaU4uzfvSfO1sPXwL_9p8/s1600/p_102107134.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFKNSb0162gEgeIDFA8QV1_bXpkIGgvOaoFl4hid10lTX2t8Rt6fOd8kaqB-hakFccnym107AjB6pqtC5NADvqazHrSZz2r-1JNiXUdRbkkpCwV5J6iSfaomjaU4uzfvSfO1sPXwL_9p8/s1600/p_102107134.jpg" width="606" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hibiscus Hill, the Bahamian home of India Hicks, David Flint Wood, and their children.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Colleen Duffley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/gardens/beautiful-gardens/model-designer-india-hicks-home-bahamas?page=0" target="_blank">Model, Designer India Hicks’ Home in the Bahamas</a>" w</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ritten by Rebecca Christian.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPdcg1wX0nGPJ_Lh3NC-9vWwTVKZ3LNZ8CChKwpJ6A9PH3rYZ1jxrecAR-J5YpPVxSY5Gxxs4Ur8WAETWnJrzC9QnEz3HYDrOjjEIPctytS-PWZE5CWFyVcnB8Dzok9Ep2IUJj5oo9pBQ/s1600/p_102107130.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPdcg1wX0nGPJ_Lh3NC-9vWwTVKZ3LNZ8CChKwpJ6A9PH3rYZ1jxrecAR-J5YpPVxSY5Gxxs4Ur8WAETWnJrzC9QnEz3HYDrOjjEIPctytS-PWZE5CWFyVcnB8Dzok9Ep2IUJj5oo9pBQ/s1600/p_102107130.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "David designed it, and India decorated the inside. Now painted pink and white for Domino, it has gone through several renovations as the hangout for her older brothers." [See the house in its red-white-and-blue iteration below.]</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hibiscus Hill, the Bahamian home of India Hicks, David Flint Wood, and their children.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Colleen Duffley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/gardens/beautiful-gardens/model-designer-india-hicks-home-bahamas?page=6" target="_blank">Model, Designer India Hicks’ Home in the Bahamas</a>" w</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ritten by Rebecca Christian.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUre5lfUniYj8IzIro4Z1ctdoy2G5Ym1pex9_IBgah9f6D5wxtIMu1_-KtRwIhyphenhyphenu5hfxsT5sVD-mYG3IusDeZLjC6XP-Ix1j0uNwjeadPM7zhTeRd6XNkHBd77v4G6SEnCR1LoTefwup0/s1600/p_102107126.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUre5lfUniYj8IzIro4Z1ctdoy2G5Ym1pex9_IBgah9f6D5wxtIMu1_-KtRwIhyphenhyphenu5hfxsT5sVD-mYG3IusDeZLjC6XP-Ix1j0uNwjeadPM7zhTeRd6XNkHBd77v4G6SEnCR1LoTefwup0/s1600/p_102107126.jpg" width="438" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Domino reads in the doorway of her candy-colored playhouse."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hibiscus Hill, the Bahamian home of India Hicks, David Flint Wood, and their children.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Colleen Duffley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/gardens/beautiful-gardens/model-designer-india-hicks-home-bahamas?page=7" target="_blank">Model, Designer India Hicks’ Home in the Bahamas</a>" w</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ritten by Rebecca Christian.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnRkcQ2hSyoF8DBhOPfPBj72l6GAdT5owFe5_fA6iJtgYqF0ylbO5luOuCVV8DkEjBlGySaR-3hfFi2tSvorvXRq192uXBykgn84HK6GW-8Tj41I75nvV0od7OEwBFii9n_7NvTofY4Q8/s1600/p_102107132.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnRkcQ2hSyoF8DBhOPfPBj72l6GAdT5owFe5_fA6iJtgYqF0ylbO5luOuCVV8DkEjBlGySaR-3hfFi2tSvorvXRq192uXBykgn84HK6GW-8Tj41I75nvV0od7OEwBFii9n_7NvTofY4Q8/s1600/p_102107132.jpg" width="600" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"David had it made for India, whose late father, designer David Hicks, loved all things Egyptian. The obelisk is one of her most prized possessions, along with a folding travel clock given to her at birth by her godfather, the Prince of Wales, and artwork by her children preserved in the scrapbooks she keeps."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hibiscus Hill, the Bahamian home of India Hicks, David Flint Wood, and their children.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Colleen Duffley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/gardens/beautiful-gardens/model-designer-india-hicks-home-bahamas?page=8" target="_blank">Model, Designer India Hicks’ Home in the Bahamas</a>" w</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ritten by Rebecca Christian.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY-eXwvO7K9oepjUh05HCN3asUliyJcwhIZl8YKm8ItMxlFCv07sz11acsumICJm9d940j2la5oUQ5u8zU0R07DjjRDDWx6GXmkEFy9xiXlk1R0fSzN229sbUADh8FL931sBx9p5yTBok/s1600/p_102107133.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY-eXwvO7K9oepjUh05HCN3asUliyJcwhIZl8YKm8ItMxlFCv07sz11acsumICJm9d940j2la5oUQ5u8zU0R07DjjRDDWx6GXmkEFy9xiXlk1R0fSzN229sbUADh8FL931sBx9p5yTBok/s1600/p_102107133.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"When India was designing her Island Living line for HSN, she heard the voice of her late father, designer David Hicks, saying, 'Good taste and design are by no means dependent upon money.' The collection reflects her philosophy. 'Rather than live in an over-decorated house, I like a home with a lived-in feel, highly personal effects around me, and a slightly sophisticated edge—but very family-oriented,' she says.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Motifs for her washable quilts (dachshund Banger poses on one, above, on India’s bedroom terrace) come from the ocean where she swims. 'They don’t need to live in a bedroom,' she says. 'I use them as blankets for picnics on the beach and wrap the kids in them in front of the TV.' ”</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hibiscus Hill, the Bahamian home of India Hicks, David Flint Wood, and their children.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Colleen Duffley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/gardens/beautiful-gardens/model-designer-india-hicks-home-bahamas?page=9" target="_blank">Model, Designer India Hicks’ Home in the Bahamas</a>" w</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ritten by Rebecca Christian.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrziuAQfUWMPdTu0ojg4slbDz8Hc64vFFhu0qrmp0PcknNxzRGVjz_3hYaOv7vJ2CrqKsdHD3Bl8KGcwDPaNaUJejDFhEytkmDWWuthHxZvyIy1GPdPk_Si440k8hr3HXHnDHiiH8sxOE/s1600/p_100536049.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrziuAQfUWMPdTu0ojg4slbDz8Hc64vFFhu0qrmp0PcknNxzRGVjz_3hYaOv7vJ2CrqKsdHD3Bl8KGcwDPaNaUJejDFhEytkmDWWuthHxZvyIy1GPdPk_Si440k8hr3HXHnDHiiH8sxOE/s1600/p_100536049.jpg" width="598" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Bougainvillea adds a jolt of color to the mostly quiet plant palette."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hibiscus Hill, the Bahamian home of India Hicks, David Flint Wood, and their children.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Colleen Duffley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/gardens/beautiful-gardens/model-designer-india-hicks-home-bahamas?page=10" target="_blank">Model, Designer India Hicks’ Home in the Bahamas</a>" w</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ritten by Rebecca Christian.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB-PsGW_PHBiOugQJxiuo4y02Nd2cQZBv44Fx-hvJ7_4i-ZJrjr4aPi9dC2YnRkjylLOtjcuWe-cNK9EMjsUsbND8kPqscShTznrEz8MEvu9pv2j-67Je0cQeP1OQ5g5ZyAHKbV9rbeRs/s1600/p_102107149.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB-PsGW_PHBiOugQJxiuo4y02Nd2cQZBv44Fx-hvJ7_4i-ZJrjr4aPi9dC2YnRkjylLOtjcuWe-cNK9EMjsUsbND8kPqscShTznrEz8MEvu9pv2j-67Je0cQeP1OQ5g5ZyAHKbV9rbeRs/s1600/p_102107149.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A candlelit table on the terrace is adorned with seashells and delicate frangipani blossoms."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hibiscus Hill, the Bahamian home of India Hicks, David Flint Wood, and their children.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Colleen Duffley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/gardens/beautiful-gardens/model-designer-india-hicks-home-bahamas?page=11" target="_blank">Model, Designer India Hicks’ Home in the Bahamas</a>" w</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ritten by Rebecca Christian.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3zo5XX1juYWpgirsdOxxEIRWRv1Nx6HAYGOUmnLMP-SMPkxemHg8DpD-KFdWNE1uQERBz38pRtXqv344pnkzg_udfimK22J_TUktlqX4lMmhxJuqq5Zp3ae7ep_3E6G98iOno3AawzTQ/s1600/540f58e1741d7_-_ver-india-hicks-bahamas-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3zo5XX1juYWpgirsdOxxEIRWRv1Nx6HAYGOUmnLMP-SMPkxemHg8DpD-KFdWNE1uQERBz38pRtXqv344pnkzg_udfimK22J_TUktlqX4lMmhxJuqq5Zp3ae7ep_3E6G98iOno3AawzTQ/s1600/540f58e1741d7_-_ver-india-hicks-bahamas-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Our home has evolved over time, layer upon layer, into a truthful representation of who we are. It is not a status symbol and certainly lacks pretension. Hibiscus Hill was built in the 1950s, but we endeavored to make the villa look like it was built in the 1850s. The house sits on three acres of rolling garden that stretch inland from the top of the dunes, with jungle on two sides and a valley of coconut palms on the other. The site looks out over the distant rooftops of town to the harbor and the setting sun."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">India and Domino at play.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hibiscus Hill, the Bahamian home of India Hicks, David Flint Wood, and their children.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/decorating-ideas/g900/india-hicks-bahamas-home/?slide=1" target="_blank">Inside India Hicks' Bahamian Home</a>" by India Hicks.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">'<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ5bHOdHed4EErEvYnRYFgcDLo1j8aTAeK9ysJZLKN30SgoNv2rFZpHTdQChcYEATVLj_aGUMUKBpSs_MP2uiK3k-wlb1RUwPfkPJWLKKhCvVsrLukOxl_N1n8cno5ktq9sDBhMhODcr4/s1600/540f58e1c49c4_-_ver-india-hicks-bahamas-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ5bHOdHed4EErEvYnRYFgcDLo1j8aTAeK9ysJZLKN30SgoNv2rFZpHTdQChcYEATVLj_aGUMUKBpSs_MP2uiK3k-wlb1RUwPfkPJWLKKhCvVsrLukOxl_N1n8cno5ktq9sDBhMhODcr4/s1600/540f58e1c49c4_-_ver-india-hicks-bahamas-4.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"When we originally saw the house, peeking in the windows together, it was love at first sight. David remembers that I said simply, 'It feels like home.' That was in 1996. During the next fifteen years, we have enjoyed transforming Hibiscus Hill."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hibiscus Hill, the Bahamian home of India Hicks, David Flint Wood, and their children.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/decorating-ideas/g900/india-hicks-bahamas-home/?slide=2" target="_blank">Inside India Hicks' Bahamian Home</a>" by India Hicks.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkiFSCOKnlLEL7x-bYfVd4WGtvQhqJNLSbZDNmtUjOI87_5JlPlip0bW_qEXXKtAghtBcsPswc4dkKH1UVv89fwngvVAcNsAWssJ5vGU_oTtMb5TgoZS1hhd_bs4T8tvrhwiZpdss9LgE/s1600/540f58e2902a8_-_ver-india-hicks-bahamas-13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkiFSCOKnlLEL7x-bYfVd4WGtvQhqJNLSbZDNmtUjOI87_5JlPlip0bW_qEXXKtAghtBcsPswc4dkKH1UVv89fwngvVAcNsAWssJ5vGU_oTtMb5TgoZS1hhd_bs4T8tvrhwiZpdss9LgE/s1600/540f58e2902a8_-_ver-india-hicks-bahamas-13.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Wherever possible, David and I removed the original cement, tile and glass and replaced them with the softer and more natural materials of wood, paper and straw. In the dining and sitting rooms, we overlaid the floors with wood, using some unusually large fir planks that are a foot wide and, in some cases, sixteen feet long. We stained them a dark oak shade, although they now boast an aged patina of their own.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The dining room, with antique furniture, bespeaks hospitality by way of pineapple table lamps and a bronze ice bucket as centerpiece."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hibiscus Hill, the Bahamian home of India Hicks, David Flint Wood, and their children.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/decorating-ideas/g900/india-hicks-bahamas-home/?slide=3" target="_blank">Inside India Hicks' Bahamian Home</a>" by India Hicks.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEwg5osQ_ClwA7q6Qh_QY7Sldu0b9uckgfYwkaNgTdLA6zZc3_BPedvoiDUkDl25FnmnVyCbcCE3xinBl8w3quwC6RUK_238o2SuC3fLZxBZrUTCUhUnMpIVw6h1liEIecHMV27s05krI/s1600/540f58e2a619b_-_ver-india-hicks-bahamas-14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEwg5osQ_ClwA7q6Qh_QY7Sldu0b9uckgfYwkaNgTdLA6zZc3_BPedvoiDUkDl25FnmnVyCbcCE3xinBl8w3quwC6RUK_238o2SuC3fLZxBZrUTCUhUnMpIVw6h1liEIecHMV27s05krI/s1600/540f58e2a619b_-_ver-india-hicks-bahamas-14.jpg" width="514" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Travel is one of our most effective sources of inspiration, and we found a large quantity of our furniture, including our dining table and chairs, in New Orleans. Almost all the rooms in the house are decorated in fairly muted tones, offering a respite from the brightness outside. That is, apart from the odd moment when we broke the rule and painted a staircase bougainvillea pink, upholstered a sofa in dusty watermelon and painted a study in screaming fire-engine red.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Classic Caribbean low-key style mixes with a French antique mantel and mirror."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hibiscus Hill, the Bahamian home of India Hicks, David Flint Wood, and their children.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/decorating-ideas/g900/india-hicks-bahamas-home/?slide=4" target="_blank">Inside India Hicks' Bahamian Home</a>" by India Hicks.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH4V023SeBhbhOY2SGL2u2cG04qi2Dr1IwoKSHlYH_XPbUBDTyoC1x70DjeZY6kkcjBys-H-YDsfL3ZxnqqLWWLIKANIdVB7ZOqM2XnPcOAT2ov_bbmP2XQiMj2Nsh5IveH8Pfo3y7v38/s1600/540f58e277c48_-_ver-india-hicks-bahamas-12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH4V023SeBhbhOY2SGL2u2cG04qi2Dr1IwoKSHlYH_XPbUBDTyoC1x70DjeZY6kkcjBys-H-YDsfL3ZxnqqLWWLIKANIdVB7ZOqM2XnPcOAT2ov_bbmP2XQiMj2Nsh5IveH8Pfo3y7v38/s1600/540f58e277c48_-_ver-india-hicks-bahamas-12.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Our two studies express different styles: his and hers, decorated without compromise. Hers, the red office, took four coats of gloss to cover the drywall. His is the more predictably masculine study, where the atmosphere is something like a captain's cabin on an old schooner. The mahogany-stained bookshelves and the flush brass door handles were purchased from a boat chandler.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">David's study, in mahogany and Brazilian ipê, charts a masculine course with its zebra-hide safari chair, sailboat model and seascapes." </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hibiscus Hill, the Bahamian home of India Hicks, David Flint Wood, and their children.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/decorating-ideas/g900/india-hicks-bahamas-home/?slide=5" target="_blank">Inside India Hicks' Bahamian Home</a>" by India Hicks.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</span></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwLyAtvBx8nhLIYr8wtami20KXuzncJQW3iavBIOLf6LwLRmVxzgHiwnPQHIxVUJN3H45eTDChG4XeLq0woMdoHigDHDdkjTD-5qPlK8L9dZ-PdNl1sRXW4fL3Yaop5r1AaSXDZdHSF-Q/s1600/540f58e18e313_-_ver-india-hicks-bahamas-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwLyAtvBx8nhLIYr8wtami20KXuzncJQW3iavBIOLf6LwLRmVxzgHiwnPQHIxVUJN3H45eTDChG4XeLq0woMdoHigDHDdkjTD-5qPlK8L9dZ-PdNl1sRXW4fL3Yaop5r1AaSXDZdHSF-Q/s1600/540f58e18e313_-_ver-india-hicks-bahamas-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "My famed interior decorator father, David Hicks, was renowned for using almost any available flat surface to create what he termed 'tablescapes.' This inheritance has become something of an obsession in our house. The center of our sitting room is dominated by a mini-museum of disparate and eccentric objects.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In India's study, a sketch of her mother."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hibiscus Hill, the Bahamian home of India Hicks, David Flint Wood, and their children.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/decorating-ideas/g900/india-hicks-bahamas-home/?slide=6" target="_blank">Inside India Hicks' Bahamian Home</a>" by India Hicks.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNeR6ARTEQutFXOGaCbPca_1M-n42gYChV8O4rYu84gZGOsqBqXvaNad7YZP2gBNfMXPAbVYm6LKfmEiZsf7_nPD2Nksbv2yoESO-SRgTFNhoEpqwusKJTI-dvj-XP6s4Kz-wQXuKUghs/s1600/540f58e329cb0_-_ver-india-hicks-bahamas-19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNeR6ARTEQutFXOGaCbPca_1M-n42gYChV8O4rYu84gZGOsqBqXvaNad7YZP2gBNfMXPAbVYm6LKfmEiZsf7_nPD2Nksbv2yoESO-SRgTFNhoEpqwusKJTI-dvj-XP6s4Kz-wQXuKUghs/s1600/540f58e329cb0_-_ver-india-hicks-bahamas-19.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A traditional cotton canopy dresses the four-poster bed named after her grandfather [Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India]."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hibiscus Hill, the Bahamian home of India Hicks, David Flint Wood, and their children.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/decorating-ideas/g900/india-hicks-bahamas-home/?slide=7" target="_blank">Inside India Hicks' Bahamian Home</a>" by India Hicks.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNbk5MquWQX0QVw_cNujxnrroEPmFbmL_agaYGM75SCV5qf_MNayCETjYLzqW1eVBTVNXZ0QGmt09bCdm3gC095M1XIE2CR2hnc0n1-qxN26PokicnhfwmHHRmXBzLO8UIJUndIzCqrrg/s1600/540f58e311346_-_ver-india-hicks-bahamas-18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNbk5MquWQX0QVw_cNujxnrroEPmFbmL_agaYGM75SCV5qf_MNayCETjYLzqW1eVBTVNXZ0QGmt09bCdm3gC095M1XIE2CR2hnc0n1-qxN26PokicnhfwmHHRmXBzLO8UIJUndIzCqrrg/s1600/540f58e311346_-_ver-india-hicks-bahamas-18.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The bedroom walls are covered by hand-colored tropical bird prints, found in London and dated 1820. They reinforce the feeling of a period plantation house. We cherish the original floor tiles, manufactured by Cubans and brought to Nassau in the 1950s.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An unprecious blend of furniture in a breezy guest bedroom."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hibiscus Hill, the Bahamian home of India Hicks, David Flint Wood, and their children.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/decorating-ideas/g900/india-hicks-bahamas-home/?slide=8" target="_blank">Inside India Hicks' Bahamian Home</a>" by India Hicks.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKI4NOX-Bf08YpoxEJM4dhkmvBRvJ5wGEFtcFw3Lc9lNk0BQ4b6QDowU_sfnXixVrHqTEH6HAf4RPqlXNIOXz9zv0jhXEGBCksIZIYQpXQlfZ2kkVzVRcmUcoAbtokG6K-CcocXu8-oKI/s1600/540f58e1a75b3_-_ver-india-hicks-bahamas-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKI4NOX-Bf08YpoxEJM4dhkmvBRvJ5wGEFtcFw3Lc9lNk0BQ4b6QDowU_sfnXixVrHqTEH6HAf4RPqlXNIOXz9zv0jhXEGBCksIZIYQpXQlfZ2kkVzVRcmUcoAbtokG6K-CcocXu8-oKI/s1600/540f58e1a75b3_-_ver-india-hicks-bahamas-3.jpg" width="514" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"We try to give the rooms of our four children a strong sense of individuality yet never drift too far from our DNA: a combination of international lives, classic British taste, including its eccentricities, and the traditions and flavor of the Caribbean."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hibiscus Hill, the Bahamian home of India Hicks, David Flint Wood, and their children.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/decorating-ideas/g900/india-hicks-bahamas-home/?slide=9" target="_blank">Inside India Hicks' Bahamian Home</a>" by India Hicks.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJOiv5bfj6xAgM3DTi7BcG2rDPC_J-k95tBnMNaRKw5FdNr5AVNw5pJLUMMImCN_tJ0FfmUd8CXJrfsv9BrFyiAQ5RIaM9KZpPZ04Eyx7HqFQRV8wIdYjgOkdzglQVhscz9OZ11OaRZ4g/s1600/540f58e1e60d7_-_ver-india-hicks-bahamas-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJOiv5bfj6xAgM3DTi7BcG2rDPC_J-k95tBnMNaRKw5FdNr5AVNw5pJLUMMImCN_tJ0FfmUd8CXJrfsv9BrFyiAQ5RIaM9KZpPZ04Eyx7HqFQRV8wIdYjgOkdzglQVhscz9OZ11OaRZ4g/s1600/540f58e1e60d7_-_ver-india-hicks-bahamas-6.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Jenga, the family's macaw."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hibiscus Hill, the Bahamian home of India Hicks, David Flint Wood, and their children.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/decorating-ideas/g900/india-hicks-bahamas-home/?slide=11" target="_blank">Inside India Hicks' Bahamian Home</a>" by India Hicks.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjITGz6NFYoYqL7ePkwgNWRGQU4htQQeWzq_l6xOGa-sO6Y6rzY41i8AVRDf9Kchmy5CGXF9SC2B7O3VZEVnBEZIQdwesAT_10UlUjepdxq2hPHxVJ9d8UPpm75eYkKXu8C9pvZyuDZaHs/s1600/540f58e25ec61_-_ver-india-hicks-bahamas-11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjITGz6NFYoYqL7ePkwgNWRGQU4htQQeWzq_l6xOGa-sO6Y6rzY41i8AVRDf9Kchmy5CGXF9SC2B7O3VZEVnBEZIQdwesAT_10UlUjepdxq2hPHxVJ9d8UPpm75eYkKXu8C9pvZyuDZaHs/s1600/540f58e25ec61_-_ver-india-hicks-bahamas-11.jpg" width="518" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"India's travels on safari in Africa inspire her to set a formal table outside in the open."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hibiscus Hill, the Bahamian home of India Hicks, David Flint Wood, and their children.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/decorating-ideas/g900/india-hicks-bahamas-home/?slide=14" target="_blank">Inside India Hicks' Bahamian Home</a>" by India Hicks.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkP8xHGdO944B7q1PmW1_9699dwGcaKjq8iNm-B1QY-S8Ph0OJnF19R4kqRMFnCKLHVKoz0JwfmUUGWoAChaHz_CAmZOKWsMqciruRUd3do1uu2AYnPtWLX3-IdC51628StR51YcOs5qM/s1600/540f58e243f26_-_ver-india-hicks-bahamas-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkP8xHGdO944B7q1PmW1_9699dwGcaKjq8iNm-B1QY-S8Ph0OJnF19R4kqRMFnCKLHVKoz0JwfmUUGWoAChaHz_CAmZOKWsMqciruRUd3do1uu2AYnPtWLX3-IdC51628StR51YcOs5qM/s1600/540f58e243f26_-_ver-india-hicks-bahamas-10.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hibiscus Hill, the Bahamian home of India Hicks, David Flint Wood, and their children.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/decorating-ideas/g900/india-hicks-bahamas-home/?slide=15" target="_blank">Inside India Hicks' Bahamian Home</a>" by India Hicks.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWzW5A8fpDQeW8HQjNIb-xIL-iER90-TsKwxJtEYHu2P0FFQAMHAtMvaTNZJ5mzkc9Zr0iETL7Ok5JpO8g-c_0GdbpszDSxy0dgsaLz_z8dDG1wL9TYsAqdEc7NfLo1r_A3B2VO-OX9Q/s1600/540f58e2d7b25_-_ver-india-hicks-bahamas-16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWzW5A8fpDQeW8HQjNIb-xIL-iER90-TsKwxJtEYHu2P0FFQAMHAtMvaTNZJ5mzkc9Zr0iETL7Ok5JpO8g-c_0GdbpszDSxy0dgsaLz_z8dDG1wL9TYsAqdEc7NfLo1r_A3B2VO-OX9Q/s1600/540f58e2d7b25_-_ver-india-hicks-bahamas-16.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Domino's antique bed nestles in a nook amid hand-colored English prints."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hibiscus Hill, the Bahamian home of India Hicks, David Flint Wood, and their children.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/decorating-ideas/g900/india-hicks-bahamas-home/?slide=17" target="_blank">Inside India Hicks' Bahamian Home</a>" by India Hicks.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDBWwWt6J8BECmppqHXZvJ312JJ5VCUvEgcn6ABKE_2f3f2ew5f-xrLPAo_U3jTAIgtojzxrnoaD5SzAgThZdnOn4H02KBHIU_1nNrb1cQP8jWqFrOpX4MaYIyfNOExkszXa61G6hVVVk/s1600/540f58e35f9d9_-_ver-india-hicks-bahamas-21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDBWwWt6J8BECmppqHXZvJ312JJ5VCUvEgcn6ABKE_2f3f2ew5f-xrLPAo_U3jTAIgtojzxrnoaD5SzAgThZdnOn4H02KBHIU_1nNrb1cQP8jWqFrOpX4MaYIyfNOExkszXa61G6hVVVk/s1600/540f58e35f9d9_-_ver-india-hicks-bahamas-21.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"India's desk holds one of her favorite mementos: a rose from Princess Diana's bridal bouquet. (India was one of the flower girls at the royal wedding.)"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hibiscus Hill, the Bahamian home of India Hicks, David Flint Wood, and their children.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/decorating-ideas/g900/india-hicks-bahamas-home/?slide=20" target="_blank">Inside India Hicks' Bahamian Home</a>" by India Hicks.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVUhLI9u7t4NLITKgbkE7PO7LK-QyvqcQ9Wd7pFPnrA6xp7fIb2rwiM9HZFKrx1GdcpFzEpD-tAd_f-ohJgzznhuhl2jA7OMIEYuNx9acgnxvFcMdtKuldxHVwPSNHp5Irdd2r3wFZdss/s1600/1bae24072d5d710147188b3eb22e2873.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVUhLI9u7t4NLITKgbkE7PO7LK-QyvqcQ9Wd7pFPnrA6xp7fIb2rwiM9HZFKrx1GdcpFzEpD-tAd_f-ohJgzznhuhl2jA7OMIEYuNx9acgnxvFcMdtKuldxHVwPSNHp5Irdd2r3wFZdss/s1600/1bae24072d5d710147188b3eb22e2873.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">India Hicks on left (arm bent with hand behind her head) before 1981 wedding of Princess Diana and Prince Charles.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The girls wore scalloped dresses with yellow sashes by Emanuel, and carried baskets of yellow roses and wildflowers. Fashion editor Suzy Menkes wrote in the <i>The Times</i> that they looked like 'they could have been plucked from a Victorian child's scrapbook.' "</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo: Lichfield/Getty Images.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Editor: Lauren Matthews. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.brides.com/celebrity-wedding/royal-wedding/2011/02/princess-diana-prince-charles-royal-wedding#slide=1" target="_blank">Princess Diana and Prince Charles: The Unreal Wedding</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.brides.com/" target="_blank">Brides Magazine</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyWdk3LXNSNGj4xhCvJu8C1MY84TllCD5oNOo7PJ9_WS9mQetRGXVwV84TKfLgDABG2Aq6yQyg53sSL-nM8eQVZx0yBwCPcdtubTmyrJI6NdH-5RKehi3-eZsZFNRrZCcDsVgHTOuvC9Q/s1600/540f58e394e59_-_ver-india-hicks-bahamas-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyWdk3LXNSNGj4xhCvJu8C1MY84TllCD5oNOo7PJ9_WS9mQetRGXVwV84TKfLgDABG2Aq6yQyg53sSL-nM8eQVZx0yBwCPcdtubTmyrJI6NdH-5RKehi3-eZsZFNRrZCcDsVgHTOuvC9Q/s1600/540f58e394e59_-_ver-india-hicks-bahamas-5.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Felix, Amory, Conrad and Domino's playhouse, designed by their father and painted red, white and blue after the Union Jack." [An earlier version of the playhouse that later is painted pink.]</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hibiscus Hill, the Bahamian home of India Hicks, David Flint Wood, and their children.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/decorating-ideas/g900/india-hicks-bahamas-home/?slide=21" target="_blank">Inside India Hicks' Bahamian Home</a>" by India Hicks.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfF7KlwaR835uXJLE3Uablfn9fDmeNNOjsThQCPm0F6K0PijsWo21Xdw8wSj0Frx5e9uDsCevCXqSVPE41C-huvlS2j3d4Jnc46-9gqjmeXb9slB46W0qWZpwGfdMg_prcSSPqs5zFKFg/s1600/indiahicks_01-l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfF7KlwaR835uXJLE3Uablfn9fDmeNNOjsThQCPm0F6K0PijsWo21Xdw8wSj0Frx5e9uDsCevCXqSVPE41C-huvlS2j3d4Jnc46-9gqjmeXb9slB46W0qWZpwGfdMg_prcSSPqs5zFKFg/s1600/indiahicks_01-l.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">India Hicks with one of her sons.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hibiscus Hill, the Bahamian home of India Hicks, David Flint Wood, and their children.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.coastalliving.com/lifestyle/products/secrets-to-effortless-island-beauty" target="_blank">Secrets to Effortless Island Beauty</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Colleen Duffley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.coastalliving.com/" target="_blank">Coastal Living</a>.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Our home is a storehouse of family history, a living archive that holds the treasures of our personal life. It speaks of where we've been, who we are and the distinctive style cultivated by our journey together." - India Hicks to <a href="http://www.veranda.com/decorating-ideas/g900/india-hicks-bahamas-home/?slide=10" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

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