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How to Decorate

Ep. 67: lifestyle entrepreneur India Hicks

How to Decorate

Ballard Designs

Arts, Business, Design

4.2785 Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Lifestyle entrepreneur India joins the podcast to talk about her new book, A Slice of England, in which chronicles the process of decorating her home in England, as well as her other family homes. On the show, we talk about her upbringing into design royalty with iconic designer David Hicks as her father, what being an author, model and entrepreneur has taught her, amazing ways we can decorate without spending a lot of money and her new business model that empowers women. What You’ll Hear on This Episode: A firsthand look at India’s upbringing with her father, iconic designer David Hicks, along with some fun American culture references of his workIndia’s love of storytelling within her brand, books and decorWhy India believes that good taste and design are by no means dependent on moneyWhy she prefers an inclusive and accessible style in design, especially for those of us with families and petsMore about India’s home in Harbour Island, and their intention to take it back in time to the 18th CenturyThe true story that India and her partner David really had only one argument when designing their American FarmhouseHow India works antiques into her home, and expert ways to not be intimidated when mixing traditional and contemporaryWhat makes India’s new home collection so near and dear to her heartHow India’s company is giving women a chance to become ambassadors and work on their own time with a network of other amazing womenThe sunscreen that India swears byWhat room is most special to IndiaHow to keep a coastal home from being clicheThe inspiration behind her book, A Slice of England

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, and welcome back to the How to Decorate Podcast from Ballard Designs.

0:03.6

We want to teach you how to decorate your home and unleash your inner decorator.

0:07.2

So we'll be interviewing interior designers, stylists, and other talents in the design world,

0:11.2

sharing the trials and triumphs of our own homes, and also answering your decorating questions.

0:15.7

I'm Caroline. I run the Ballard Design's blog, How to Decorate.

0:19.1

And I'm Taryn. I'm on the product design team at Ballard.

0:22.0

And I'm Karen and I head up branding at Ballard.

0:24.3

Where are your hosts?

0:25.3

Hi.

0:25.7

Hi.

0:26.0

So there is so much to say about our guest today that it seems kind of like I don't even know where to start.

0:42.0

But I feel confident that you know her work and her, if not because of her modeling career in the 80s and 90s,

0:48.4

then because of her lifestyle brand, India Hicks, Inc. or her four books.

0:53.0

Her most recent book, A Slice of England, is part family

0:56.3

history, part journal, part design inspiration. And Karen, Taryn and I have all been reading it

1:03.7

the last couple days, especially. So we're so excited to have you. Thank you, India, for joining us.

1:09.4

Well, thank you for having me. I'm a little obsessed with you. I have you. Thank you, India, for joining us. Well, thank you for having me.

1:18.5

I'm a little obsessed with you. I have been stalking you around the world, trying to get you on the podcast. I mean, I showed up at one of your book signings in Atlanta and trying to, you know,

1:24.1

put you in handcuffs and put you in the back of my car and get you to come on the podcast. So you, thanks for coming on.

1:29.9

Well, it worked.

1:31.2

It did. It worked perfectly.

1:33.1

The stalking worked. I'm here.

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