This Dream House in Devon borrows clean lines, floor-to-ceiling glass and effortless flow of space from mid-century California—when a fresh wave of optimism and innovation integrated indoor with outdoor, natural with manmade and architecture with environment. For your chance to win this breathtaking, three bedroom house in Exmouth, just ten minutes away from Blue Flag beaches, with its own pool and guest annexe, worth over £2,000,000—along with £250,000 in cash—enter the Devon House Draw supporting Campaign Against Living Miserably.
Blink open your eyes to daylight growing brighter through the vast skylight overhead. Remain beneath your white cotton sheets, enjoying your daily edit of South Coast sky—which, today, is a perfect frame of cloudless blue. Behind your sumptuous fabric headboard, a fluted divide of natural wood reaches to the ceiling, concealing a serene dressing area, where light falls softly through frosted glass. Begin the day on one of twin, upholstered stools at an elegant wooden shelf, where everything from the paintings to the pure wool carpet is a calming shade of neutral.
Step out of the bedroom’s sliding, aluminium-framed glass doors onto the immaculate boards of your south-facing sun deck. The house is nestled within the rolling greenery of the Exmouth countryside, which slopes gently down to prehistoric sandstone cliffs; the most westernly point of the Jurassic Coast. Recline on curved, teakwood sofas with slatted backrests in this luxury outdoor lounge as, below you, wildflower meadows sing with life. Beyond, sparkling sea views abound—where the River Exe flows into the Channel—surrounded by flat, golden sand beaches.
Cabinets and a sideboard of swirling woodgrain are nature’s unique fingerprints in this otherwise minimalist kitchen. A discreet Siemens induction hob lies flush in a white Corian waterfall island on an immaculate, Porcelain tiled floor. French press coffee, then perch yourself on an oak and woven-rope bar stool beneath handmade paper light shades, or open a row of glass doors to the patio terrace. Sit in the South Coast sun at your generous wooden dining table, surrounded by verdant lawns and elegant planting, as the seabreeze animates a screen of broadleaf trees.
By your heated pool, a row of freeform white sun loungers is a set of perfect waves on spotless Porcelain paving, as trailing jasmine plants and olive saplings evoke the tranquillity of a pristine Mediterranean villa. Supported by a cushioned curve, life begins to feel like a longed-for holiday as you lie back with a book and let its pages carry you far away before floating, weightlessly, in the water. This contemporary home, which cascades down the earth bank into which it is built like a stepped waterfall, is a celebration of bold design aesthetics and nature’s uplifting beauty.
Stay zen on a sprawling, geometric sofa in this galleried lounge, where a passing cloud sculpture and sky view emphasise the room’s elevated ceiling and abundance of movement and light. A dark, mango wood sideboard and striking abstract paintings are eye-catching statements in a stylish space designed as a ‘yes’ to lofty ambitions. Wander across oak floorboards, through open, inline glass doors that invite the garden into the heart of your living area. Relax al fresco, as day becomes night where inside is out, home and landscape are one, and dreams really can become reality.
Your entries into the Devon House Draw will support Campaign Against Living Miserably’s suicide prevention services, helping people find hope and a reason to stay.
It really is win; win. So why wait? PLUS enter by Midnight on the 25th of September and get 2 for 1 entries.
