Inside The Art-Filled Home/Studio This Textile Designer Has Rented For 48 years

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Pauline Caulfield’s home and studio has long been an artist’s haven. Before she and her ex-husband, the late painter and printmaker Patrick Caulfield, began renting their red-brick cottage in north London nearly 50 years ago, it belonged to, among others, the book illustrator Arthur Rackham, the abstract artist John Hoyland and the Pre-Raphaelite painter John William Waterhouse. It was already a place of creative legacy - and now it’s one that Pauline has become a part of. Much like her large-scale hand-printed wall hangings, Pauline’s interiors are full of pattern, personality and punchy tones aplenty - as we discover for our new episode of Seven Wonders.
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@paulabee81

Am I the only one amazed she's rented the same place for 48 years?

@matthewbarber9547

I've always thought textile artists/people have the most unique perspective on colour, materials and finish. This is space is such a testament to that. Beautiful.

@TheTrippleTKA

I follow like 8 different home/interrior design youtube pages and they all post lovely videos that makes me go, "Well, I wish i had that spot, oh I wish I could buy that spot, then make this and that differently." I clicked this video and I immediately felt that there has never been someone more suited for a space than she is for her home. She did it exactly the way she wants. I wouldn't touch a thing. I wouldn't let anyone touch a thing. I love it so much that I wouldn't even want it for myself. I feel without her presence there, it wouldn't feel as whole. It'd be incomplete without her touch. What an inspiring artist :')

@sickedude4life

Amazing. What a house full of stories and what a lovely lady!

@eily_b

My friend lived in a shared flat as a student and they had a professional restorer as roommate. He did restoring work in churches, castles etc. and he could paint faux marble too so he painted a wall in their kitchen with it where they had their table. It looked so pretty. - Also just fyi: The Semperopera in Dresden in Germany is also faux marble everywhere. The pillars, the wall panels... everything. We once got an exclusive tour in 1986 when it was still East Germany because I threw a message in a bottle overboard from Sweden back to West Germany and a girl from Dresden on vacation at the isle Rügen (they were actually out surfing on Hiddensee, a little island in front of the other) found it and wrote back to me. So we got to visit them in 1986 in Dresden. And her father worked in the Palace of Culture and was an artist himself so that's how I know it. Kind of a long story. Sorry. 😄

@user-je4eh9ht1k

Relationships where both are artists must be so unique and deep

@kandacebanks

i wanna hear more about her life with Patrick! i was hanging onto every second. seems like there's a story behind every single thing in that home. she didn't just go out and buy everything like we do nowadays. i wanna hear alllll her stories! 48 years in that space!

@erink4685

Wow. Rented for 48 years! In Australia you’re lucky to get a 12 month lease renewed. People get thrown out of rentals for no reason still (usually so the landlord can up the rent, even if they don’t offer it to the current tenants first). I wish we had English tenancy rights here. So many people I know don’t follow creative pursuits or our dreams, because we just don’t have a secure house for long, including myself for a long time - long enough for me to get old enough to not bother anymore, even though I’m now in a secure place. Maybe this is why Australia has a very poor arts industry and artists are mainly just wealthy or privileged kids or people. We have no security here to even invest in ourselves long term in this way. She is so lucky.

@mj-rg9kp

It made me want to see her top 20 favorites, everything she talked about were all unique and had a fun little story attached, definitely would’ve liked to see more!

@haret0n

what a gorgeous woman. but too modest. i loved everything she showed but wanted to see the things she has made. her fabrics. and so much else i am sure.

@rmo3961

This is all I want in life. Having my place, surrounded by memories of my friendships and experiences, being able to work in my art and experiment until I die.

@CheekyYogaClub

"It cannot be all about Patrick. Can it." :D :D :D Loved every minute of this journey! Such a beautiful space and a beautiful human.

@laurak0797

Pauline Caulfield is such an incredibly inspiring and interesting person and so is her studio/home.

@KylaCharter

This was such an incredible episode I finished it and immediately watched a second time all the way through. So many stories wrapped up in one home. Also that woman should write a book about her life because I would reeeaaaddddd it.

@iliapetrovic3582

What a lovely home full of character. Some Victorian fireplaces were made of slate and hand painted in faux marble, many people have stripped this finish off thinking it wasn’t original. Lovely to see it’s still there!

@elisarose1811

She says at the end about the John Hoyland painting, "who's going to know about it unless they know?" and it is literally the first thing that caught my attention in this video.

@belindam3797

What a lively and refreshing artist and space- I love her attitude and she has an extremely interesting and unique style.

@michellemeyer1649

As an artist/designer I am loving this space and my dream is that some day I will have my very own studio. Fantastic space!

@sonjames6114

Much enjoyed listening to Pauline Caulfield talking and showing her lovely living space. I used to live just round the corner from Primrose Hill, it is such a nice area as well. Also so interesting to hear about Patrick Caulfield and seeing the art of the other famous artists they know and knew. Lovely film. Thank you,