Ebook: Nantucket Cottages and Gardens: Charming Spaces on the Faraway Isle

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Introduction; In-Town Cottages; An Early Gem; Built for One; Half Union; Sunset Hill; World of Art; North Star; English Country; Historic Restoration; An Artist's Abode; Self-Expression; Nantucket Window Boxes; Old North Wharf; Essex; Peru; East of George; Cottage Gardens; How to Grow Hydrangeas; In-Town Gardens; Marking the Seasons; The Village of Siasconset; None Too Big; Dexioma; Tuck't Inn; On the Bluff; Underhill Cottages; Main Top; Quarter Deck; Out-of-Town Cottages; Living with Heirlooms; Ship Shape; Surfside; Polpis.;A definitive, full-color book to help bring the style of Nantucket Island into your home. There is something essentially charming about a simple cottage surrounded by a fence covered with roses. More than 1,200 of these houses can be found on Nantucket Island. Nowhere in this country are there more charming and diverse cottages featuring small pocket gardens and window boxes than on Nantucket. To a large extent, the character of the island is reflective of these little early homes. They were originally built by and for island residents at a time when islanders didn't require, didn't desire, or c.