“Then above the high fence would appear a ‘fringe-top’, the oblong top of the black surrey with its hanging fringe. . . . peering faces under the fringe could get a perfect view of our garden. ‘Two girls built this house,’ and the familiar laughter as the driver said, ‘They have turned the pig-pen into a dining room!'”
Hanna Monaghan
The section of pig-pen not part of the open patio became the dining room, a cool spot looking out over the garden through leaded windows. The Monaghans chose blue tile crosses set into the floor and colorful tableware and objets d’art, set into open shelves.
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Banner photo from Greater Light, Preservation Institute: Nantucket (PI:N), Historic Structure Report No. 102, 1983 in the NHA Library Collections.