Cauchie House

Every time I walk by this house. It has attracted my attention and made me stop and stand across the street to admire this piece of art. It is like an advertising poster with Mr. Paul Cauchie's unique sgraffito on the front façade. I am very glad that finally got a chance to visit inside la maison Cauchie by booking a guided tour. A very pleasant and informative lady who also told us the interesting story behind this house. Not to miss!

Beautiful house with a unique story. The guides tour was very interesting with lots of detail, told by a passionate and knowledgeable guide (M Jean). Loved it.

A unique Art Nouveau gem from 1905. Our guide for the English tour was knowledgeable and passionate about the exquisite decorative work of Paul Cauchie and wife his Lina. In addition to learning about their work we also got a lively history and education about Art Nouveau in the turn of the last century and sgrafitto techniques. The house itself was a calling card and showroom for the services of the couple and includes their own specially designed furniture. Try to add this to your list of must sees in Brussels.

Fantastic so well preserved and our tour guide so enthusiastic and knowledgeable made the visit and tour all the better. Highly recommend

A quick visit to Cauchie house, with guided tour. Execellent site for Art Nouveau style.

An interesting Art Nouveau house close to Parc du Cinquantenaire. Not quite has monumental as the similar houses in Barcelona or my hometown of Glasgow, it does have a very attractive facade instantly recognisable as Art Nouveau.

One of the unique Art Noveau buildings in Brussels. If you are an art/architecture lover you should visit it. At least to pass by.

You must book an appointment, and they’re only available every other Saturday (but not regularly). Please check ahead by scanning the QR!

Extraordinary little museum dedicated to the life of Paul Cauchie, who was a very famous Art Nouveau artist, contemporaneous with Horta. The facade of the house makes it impossible to miss: it's decorated with gold leaf images of stylised women, and graceful curls and swirls, rather like a Klimt painting. Inside, the Belgian owners will give you a guided tour, usually in French only so if you only speak English you may have to rely on the generosity of someone else on the tour to translate for you. But it would still be worth visiting this place: the entrance price is ludicrously cheap, and the history of the renovation of the house is as interesting as its origins. The place was nearly bulldozed by the Brussels authorities, but the owners fought to save and buy it, and painstakingly renovated the interior's rich murals, all created by Cauchie and his wife. Cauchie was not a wealthy man, so his technique for decorating the house was to plaster it and then engrave the designs with the end of a thick paintbrush, wait til the plaster dried, and then apply paint. A gem of a place, almost better than the extravagance of the Horta house museum. Do try to catch it, despite the limited opening hours.