HAPPY RETURNS

This Bahamian home is a joy to behold at every turn there are colours, patterns and moments of repose that just feel good

- EMMA PAGE

Approaching this family home located at the top of a hill in Hope Town, Bahamas, you’d be forgiven for thinking it had stood here for generations thanks to its weathered clapboard frontage and green shutters. However, it is newly built – twice over, in fact. Its Canadian owners, a couple with four grown children, commissioned the build in 2018, after holidaying here for decades. But disaster struck when Hurricane Dorian hit the island, leaving the near-completed house severely damaged. ‘It was an emotional time,’ says its American interior architect Andrew Howard. ‘But the storm made us re-evaluate everything. There is something humbling when you have to start again – we were determined to make it even more joyful.’