Cottage inside at The Wanderer in Kennebunk, Maine.
Coastal Maine has lately seen a spate of older resorts remodeled for extra refined guests. Now it’s getting yet one more hipster hideaway this summer season with the mid-June opening of The Wanderer in Kennebunk. Positioned close to a few of Maine’s greatest seashores, this 17-cottage compound has a lounge pool, a “complimentary breakfast deal with luggage” and traditional cruiser bikes for visitors to make use of. As a sign for the form of traveler who’s anticipated to return, there’s a 1965 Land Rover Sequence ll 88 packing surfboards and parked on the property, an irresistible Instagram backdrop.
This roadside cottage enclave is a far cry from the lodging your grandparents might have stayed in on a summer season trip in Maine. The Wanderer affords two kinds of white clapboard cottages – studios and one-bedrooms – and a few of them are dog-friendly. They’ve queen beds with customized upholstered headboards, trendy bogs, moist bars for making ready espresso or cocktails, in addition to outside residing areas. The one-bedroom cottages have a separate seating space. Every cottage is barely completely different, due to using materials and locally-made furnishings from Maine Woodworks.
“We created The Wanderer for individuals who need all of it – an opulent retreat with the facilities of a resort that’s near every thing,” mentioned Tim Harrington, co-owner of The Wanderer. “We wish our visitors to get out and discover all of the superb issues to try this are both a brief drive or bike experience away.”
Harrington’s signature tasks have a good time nostalgia for a 1950’s-era Maine coupled with Twenty first-century enhancements and luxuries. He made his mark as a Founding Accomplice of the Kennebunkport Resort Assortment, which incorporates The Tides Seashore Membership, Cape Arundel Inn & Resort, and Hidden Pond Resort in Kennebunkport. Of late, his Atlantic Hospitality firm has remodeled two Maine properties that I’ve coated in Forbes, The Claremont in Southwest Harbor, and the soon-to-open Salt Cottages in Bar Harbor. He’s additionally behind The Lincoln Lodge and Batson River Brewing & Distilling in Biddeford.
Whereas Maine cottages historically had pretty utilitarian interiors, these cottages have been remodeled by Mark Cotto, inventive director at Atlantic Hospitality. He’s taken the present cottages and reimagined them as “a laid-back surf lodge meets nostalgic New England aesthetic.”
The cottages at The Wanderer, Kennebunk, Maine.
Design parts embrace uncovered wooden partitions, shiplap, brass lighting and vaulted ceilings. Favored supplies embrace bamboo, sisal, jute and rattan. The mattress linens are in coastal blues. He’s unearthed classic bamboo nightstands and utilized black and white surf photographs.
Some items had been sourced from Kennebunkport’s Hurlbutt Designs. There are additionally customized rope-wrapped surfboards by Kennebunkport’s Gold Commonplace Woodworking contained in the cottages. The landscaping favors seagrass and white hydrangeas.
Past the design is The Wanderer’s location in Kennebunk. Three of Maine’s greatest seashores are a couple of minutes’ drive away: Parsons Seashore is understood for sun-bathing and striper fishing; Kennebunk Seashore is nice for seaside walks; Gooch’s Seashore is the place surfers go. Swimming in Maine is for the hardy, not less than till the water warms up – somewhat – by August. There are additionally alternatives for kayaking, particularly alongside the close by Mousam River. Trails for climbing and biking are additionally shut by. The eating and procuring in Kennebunk and Kennebunkport are legendary alongside this coast.
The Wanderer is anticipated to open on June 17, 2022. Go to The Wanderer for particulars.
