After much research online, we booked room #3, a charming, pink, first floor room for two nights in September. The is a great time of year to visit Boothbay Harbor. Daytime temps in the 70s-80s and 40s-50s in the evening. The summer crowds had pretty much gone from the area. The inn is located on a pretty dead end street facing Linekin Bay. The property is attractively landscaped, and the buildings are well cared for both inside and out. We found it spotless (no peeling paint, no mold, no mildew, no spider webs, no holes in the screens). The inn keepers have great taste in decor - it's bright, charming, whimsical, attractive, colorful, but still quiet and unobtrusive. Each room has it's own climate control. We used the baseboard electric heat at night and it was quiet and fast. There is a separate baseboard heater in the bathroom. Our room was small (no closet, just some pegs on the wall and a small cabinet to hang a few shirts in). The bed in this room is a platform bed (a VERY firm bed with no spring to it) with two drawers underneath for storage and a large space at the end to stow suitcases, but if you have very large suitcases or are large people, this room will feel tight to you. We found the bathroom very clean and attractive with marble counter top sink, but it's very narrow, and you have to step back several feet to swing open the door. The room had two windows opening onto the porch, a chair, a fireplace with a log already in it ready to use, good lighting, and a view of Linekin Bay. They rope off the porch at night so it's quiet. The only noise we heard was someone snoring in room #2, and someone running the water/flushing in one of the other rooms. The people who seem to stay at this inn are generally very quiet outdoorsy/bookish types. There is a nice library off the common room with a great selection of books and magazines. There is no TV in the common room. It's a very serene place. Breakfast is delicious and you can eat out on the porch and enjoy the view: fresh cut fruit, muselli, fat free vanilla yogurt, homemade granola, spicy spoonbread, crab crepes, bloody mary "soup", blueberry coffee cake, biscuits, plum tart, gran marnier orange blintzes, homemade bread... it's all yummy and served hot. We really can't complain, but if we had our way, we would have preferred that breakfast go a bit lighter on the sugar. After breakfast, you can walk 10 minutes to the general store (newspapers, donuts and more breakfast items, sandwiches, wine, crackers and cheese, and some basic vacation home necessities). The store is closed on Mondays. There is a public landing on Murray Hill Road from which you can launch your kayak. There is a public dock as well, across the street from the inn.