We bought the house in 2016 and spent eighteen months bringing it back. Jim built every piece of furniture inside. The wrens nest under the porch every summer, which is how the inn got its name.
A small inn in Stonington, Maine, run by Nell and Jim Hart.
We bought the house in 2016 and spent eighteen months bringing it back. Jim built every piece of furniture inside. The wrens nest under the porch every summer, which is how the inn got its name.
Each room is furnished with pieces Jim built in the workshop out back. Books on the nightstand are yours to take with you.
Two windows over the working waterfront. A writing desk Jim built from reclaimed pine. A quilt sewn by a friend in Vermont.
From $245 / nightQuiet at the back of the house, looking onto the workshop and the garden. A wide bed, a reading chair, and the smell of cut cedar on a working day.
From $205 / nightSteps from the wraparound porch where the wrens nest each summer. Morning light, a small writing table, and a door you can leave open to the sound of the harbor.
From $220 / night
Jim cooks. Eggs from the farm two miles up the road, bread baked the night before, coffee from a roaster in Portland. You come down when you're ready.
Stonington is a real harbor town, not a postcard of one. Lobster boats leave before light. The galleries open late morning. The ferry to Isle au Haut runs from the pier two streets down.
We'll tell you where the good coffee is, which trail to walk at low tide, and when the fog is worth waiting out.
Most evenings someone wanders down to the gathering room for a board game. Come on down if you'd like to join. Either way, sleep well.