Just returned from our second great visit to the Dewey House and writing this makes me want to go back again soon! After a delightful Christmas stay last year, we returned for Thanksgiving 2022 and it was even more beautiful than before!
This “deep in the heart of Texas” one-of-a-kind Austin hillside home will take you straight to the essence of the cool Austin vibe. The Dewey House has plenty of fine attributes: lovely pool, hot tub, multiple spacious decks for dining, sunning, sipping and sharing fun times and soothing the body and spirit. And that’s just outside! Inside is a well equipped kitchen that opens to the massive great room with its rugged stone wood burning fireplace, big screen tv above, handsome vintage pool table, and welcoming round lazy-Susan dining/game table. The coolest additions include Dewey’s collection of books, rustic Texas antiques, art and artifacts that really set the tone of the creative Austin vibe.
Huge windows all around give this cozy room a constant view of the absolutely magnificent live oaks that surround the sloping backyard. Every evening at nightfall, an array of landscape lights accent this magical scene revealing the undulating dance of winding branches and the dazzling blue swimming pool.
The two peaceful bedrooms are down a separate hallway so there’s plenty of privacy too. The primary bedroom is large with a lovely deck overlooking a wild forest feeling view.
One of my favorite things about the Dewey House is it’s landscaping. With the rustic cedar front gates closed, it feels like a hundred miles and years away from the bustling busy highways of Austin. Yet it’s really pretty quick and easy to get to whatever your attracted to in town. It reminds me of the slogan of the groovy Austin Motel on South Congress; “So close, but so far out”.
And if all this wasn’t enough, the adorable cabin in its own little charming setting out front, really feels like your out in the sage filled hills of Texas long ago.
Truly a majestic, Austin kind of cool place to land for a sweet taste of Texas hospitality.