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Cloudy Bay
Dwell // Medium Two Bedroom
Our Homeful Dwell on Bruny Island is the ideal weekender - a home away from home, offering the perfect break from city life.
Humble, beautiful + prepped for both adventure and relaxation, our Cloudy Bay Homeful project is a base for everything this young family loves to do in their down time: surfing, fishing, birdwatching, snorkeling, reading field guides, looking for orchids, bushwalking, and cryptic crosswords by the fire.
“We love this block for its closeness to Cloudy Bay’s surf beaches and for its bush. It’s 50 acres under a conservation covenant with big stands of white gum, a tea-tree stained dam and a big open plain loved by eagles and owls. We’ve seen some of Australia’s rarest birds on the block (40-spotted pardalotes and swift parrots) and (so far!) 25 different species of ground orchids, a rare freshwater crayfish, quolls and countless other birds and fungi and plants. It’s also a lovely community of people on South Bruny which we’ve felt so lucky getting to know!”
Tara + Tom
We love our Bruny block so much. Our favourite homes have been the ones that encourage us to get outside.
We love our Bruny block so much. Our favourite homes have been the ones that encourage us to get outside.
Tara & Tom
Eventually, this Dwell will become Tara + Tom’s permanent home amongst the gum trees.
“We go here every spare moment we get, and are really looking forward to being able to live here one day…living a simpler, slowed down, more-outside life, watching the blue wren families from the verandah and wedgies over Mt Mangana, having outside fire baths under the stars, catching flathead for dinner, learning to sail. All the good things!”
With 80m2 of indoor space, the Dwell feels cosy and modest, while still being comfortable and generous enough for a small family.
The living area holds a kitchen, nectre wood heater + a sunny living + dining area, under an elegant gable pitched ceiling.
Bedrooms open through double doors onto the deck, inviting a sunrise stretch without any effort, or a nightcap watching the moon rise over the trees before slipping into bed.
The entry porch shares space with an outdoor shower, perfect for a post-surf or swim rinse off before heading in for a snack. Tom + Tara have ended up using the outdoor shower more than the bathroom - nothing beats being outside!
The living deck has loads of sheltered space for eating, chatting, lounging or throwing sticks to Bessie the dog.
Sitting just a stone’s throw away is the ceramics studio (a Homeful customisation)...we can’t wait to show you through the studio soon!
Thank you so much Homeful for making the project so smooth from the beginning all the way through. It was such a pleasure for us, the whole project!
Thank you so much Homeful for making the project so smooth from the beginning all the way through. It was such a pleasure for us, the whole project!