If you're looking for a relaxing getaway in nature, where you won't be restricted by hard walls, glamping Kwiejcówka is the place you're looking for. Luxury camping with all the comforts, proximity to nature, a pond, forest trails and birdsong. The owners - Tomek, Arleta and Dominika created the interior design of the tents with their own hands - from the idea to the execution!
Basia Hyjek: How did your adventure begin?
Tomasz Bodetko: It was probably a confluence of several events, an attempt to find a healthy balance between work and the rest of life. After vacations spent in hotels, we felt that our next vacations would be trips to more intimate places. We wanted to spend more and more time closer to nature. Increasingly, our lodging was also the base for bicycle tours. We felt better sleeping in a tent than in the four walls of a room. And so we began to visit charming agritourisms, where we rested and, at the same time, the thought of creating our new place on Earth germinated as we talked to our hosts.
We felt better sleeping in a tent than in the four walls of a room
© Tomasz Bodetko
At the beginning we only knew that it was supposed to be a village. We imagined what should be there, but had no concrete plans. In the end, we ended up with the perfect place. When we first arrived in Kwiejce, we knew right away that this was it! Not being a farmer, it is not easy to buy land. The whole process of going through various administrative paths took nearly a year. Then a family deliberation and a plan for Kwiejcka was created.
Basia: What were the most difficult moments of creating this place?
Thomas: I often say to myself that as long as one is learning, life is worth living! In Kwiecjowka everything was unknown to us, so we learned something new every day. Every weekend was hard work on the so-called role. We quickly discovered that the small rakes had to be replaced by heavier equipment, and one day a tractor came to Kwiecjowka, to our surprise. My brother-in-law decided to realize his childhood passions, bought a tractor, and since there was something to do at our place - he combined pleasure with utility.
The whole family was involved in creating our new place on Earth
© Tomasz Bodetko
The whole family got involved in creating our new place on Earth. And so from the summer of 2019 to the spring of 2020 we cleaned up and landscaped the area. There is still a lot of work to be done, but we are having a lot of fun creating Kwiejcówka and feel great support from family and friends, so we are looking optimistically to the future!
Basia: What was particularly important to you in creating this place?
Thomas: We wanted to create a place where we live, trying to catch the right balance between running a business and private life. We stick to a few principles:
- we protect what we can in nature, we plan so as not to cut anything,
- we maintain the intimacy that our large land allows,
- we share the harvest from our garden and exchange with other hosts.
Finally, we decided that the tent buildings will be made with our own hands - we create this place with heart
© Tomasz Bodetko
Basia: Where did you get the idea for such an interior design?
Thomas: Long deliberations, a storm of ideas, and in the end we decided that the tent buildings would be made with our own hands - we create this place with heart. Long evenings spent in the garage led to the fact that today the team that creates the furnishings is Tomek - an amateur carpenter, Arleta - finishing and our daughter Dominika - the originator of unusual solutions.
Basia: How would you like guests to feel here?
Thomas: We would like our guests to feel simply comfortable with us, to relax and enjoy all that the proximity of the forest and the opportunity to commune with nature provides. We wanted to give them the opportunity to listen to birdsong while having their morning coffee on the terrace of our tents. We knew that staying in a tent doesn't exclude comforts, so our glampers have everything they need, from comfortable beds to a bathroom, a kitchen, and a large terrace with a set of lounge furniture.
At Kwiejcówka you can sit on the terrace with a book, fish in the pond and sit by the fire
© Tomasz Bodetko
At Kwiejcowka you can sit on the terrace with a book, fish in the pond and sit by the fire. To make our guests feel more comfortable, we plan to equip each glamping tent with wooden logs. That's not all we have in our heads, we will try to surprise you with something new every year!
