Amenities

Summer view over Linekin Bay from the living room, Paradise Cottage

Paradise Cottage Amenities and Bedrooms, East Boothbay, Maine Cabin overlooking Linekin Bay.  Vacation rental cottage, year-round, Saturday to Saturday in summer, with Wifi.

Down the porch steps to the beach on the cove
Down the porch steps to the beach on the cove

As guests at Paradise Cottage, you share the use of our pebble beach on a sheltered cove with guests at Seanook.  The swimming here in our cove is the best on the bay because the water warms as the tide comes in over the sun-drenched pebbles, and some warmth remains captured in the cove as long as the wind stays out of the southwest.  This beach is also a great place to store and launch your kayaks or ours. Linekin Bay is wonderful for kayaking as it has no rivers emptying into it and thus no strong currents. You are welcome to borrow our personal sit-on-top kayaks after signing our release; we now have two singles and one seating two people.

Although the front stairs to Paradise Cottage are quite steep, an alternate access at the east end of the building has just 4 steps to get up to the deck. Once there you will find easy access to the entire cabin/cottage as it is laid out all on one level, and every room has a door to the deck.

This porch extends around two sides of the building and leads you right into the garden.  A pleasant, eating area on the porch-end facing the bay includes a gas barbecue, and a maple tree that grows through a hole in the floor and shades the table and chairs. This part of the deck is a private outside retreat while also affording a

View from the porch eating area over Linekin Bay
View from the porch eating area with gas grill overlooking Linekin Bay

calming view of the water.  Relax and breathe in the fresh, clean, and invigorating salty sea breeze!  Potted plants and boxes of impatiens which last from mid-June until mid-September decorate the porch and blend it into the garden.

Inside is a great room with a living area that includes floor-to-ceiling windows to take advantage of bay views (photo at the top of this page), a dining table, and a small but functional kitchen in a separate corner that looks out toward the cove. Next to the kitchen is an efficient wood stove, which effectively heats this room. Please see the “Inside Photos” of Paradise Cottage to get a sense of the layout. Wireless internet is obtainable through-out the house.
View from the middle bedroom
View from the middle bedroom

The two bedrooms are accessed down a wide hall that has four large windows looking into the woods. Also off the hall is one bathroom.  The washer/drier are included in the closet of the middle bedroom along with an iron and ironing board, and an extra vanity sink. This middle bedroom has a queen-sized bed and views of the cove and bay with lobster boats on one side and the mossy woods through the hall windows on the other — enjoyed only if you leave the curtains open!

There is a second bathroom integral to the large end bedroom, which has four-poster twin beds that can be put together to make a king with advance request. Both bedrooms have doors opening onto the deck. Be sure to sleep with the window ajar or the door open so you can hear waves sloshing along the shore at high tide while you snooze and wake up to birdsong in the morning.  In March listen for owls hooting at night. April evenings are joyous with the calls of 

Master Bedroom with lighthouse painting on wall
Master Bedroom with lighthouse painting on wall

returning Laughing Gulls and peepers singing from the pond. Loons call year-round, but more in winter. In addition to sounds of nature, you should listen for the various pitches of distant fog horns drifting in through your open window as you fall asleep at night.

On advance request, we can provide a booster chair with removable tray and/or a porta-crib.

Small but convenient kitchen has it all
Small but convenient kitchen has it all

Kitchen Amenities

Tucked into the compact kitchen are a dishwasher, a refrigerator, a small four-burner gas cook stove with oven, a microwave, lobster pot, two coffee makers, a toaster oven, cookware and utensils, and some spices and cooking staples
For food supplies close at hand, Hannaford groceries, Pinkham’s Gourmet Seafood Market, and Brown’s Farm Stand (closed in winter) all offer the makings for delectable meals. If you live somewhere else in Maine, in Vermont or New Hampshire, come for a change of scene. Snuggle in and enjoy in this cottage by the sea, our cabin rental in Maine!

On the deck is a gas grill, left foreground in the photo of the deck eating area on the right above.

We hope you will find Paradise Cottage as delightful and relaxing as we do!

Sunset over Paradise Cottage
Winter sunset over Paradise Cottage.  There is a four-step access to this end of the building from our Studio parking area.  We no longer have a hot tub.