Because Piddler Crab had to be rebuilt after 2002’s Hurricane Lili, the exterior paint color is about the only thing that has not changed here over the past 30 years. Today the house stands 18 feet above sea level on sturdy wooden posts and has an expansive screened porch overlooking Vermilion Bay. Construction took about two years, and likely prevented major damage during the fall 2005 hurricane season. “Had we not raised our camp after Lili, I’m afraid we would have been wiped out after Hurricane Rita,” says Jady Regard, Meg’s brother.

Every member of the Regard family contributed to the camp’s second life. Revised guidelines from FEMA and the insurance company stipulated a raised floor plan, but the rest of the design was open for discussion. Meg shared her opinion that “every camp should have a bunk room, a screened porch, and a bar,” so the new building incorporates all three. The bunk room, a common feature of many camps on the Point, has four sets of bunks dressed in green comforters and flowered sheets—perfect for family sleepovers. The porch captures great views of the bay. And the bar? It’s a showstopper.

Open to the kitchen and painted the same glowing green as Piddler Crab itself, it wraps around the house like a Caribbean resort’s cocktail lounge. A bold blue-and-green-stripe awning shades the counter and adds a playful element to the space. Window screens and a simple balustrade are all that stand between directors’ chairs and the bay. Tucked in the rafters, broad overhead doors roll down to seal off the bar area from wind and rain. This watering hole is so popular that Jady is often put to work in the kitchen, making his signature piña coladas and sliding them across the counter in icy, lime-green cups.

When it came to interior finishes, Meg, Jady, and their mom, Margie, wanted a classic, casual look, so they chose whitewashed pine floors and a variety of wall coverings: lapped siding in the hallways, beaded-board wainscoting in the back rooms, and V-groove pine in the kitchen. For the walls of the bedrooms, they chose soft colors such as baby blue, pale yellow, and violet—quite a contrast to the green bar. In the living room, they painted the walls bright white, and placed a multipane transom over the French doors to the bunk room. (The house has three additional bedrooms, plus two baths and Margie’s one must-have: a modern laundry room.)

Though there are plenty of coastal signs and artifacts, Meg says her favorite pieces remain the family photos her mother collected. Saved from the original camp, then enlarged and framed, they’re grouped on the walls of the new house. “All of the pictures had to meet the requirement that they were taken at the Point,” Jady says. “It really shows our guests what life [here] is all about: eating fresh seafood, skiing, sailing, swimming in the bay—and just being together as a family.”

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