Half Pudding Half Sauce

"The appropriation for a house should be divided into two equal parts, one-half for the house, the other for the gardens, pathways, court, approach, terrace and the rest of it, or, as it might be termed, one-half for the pudding, the other for the sauce." Architect Thomas Hastings

Saturday, January 31, 2026

Vedder's Fountain, Tiffany's Garden, Oyster Bay, New York

›
  Vedder's Fountain, Tiffany's Garden, Oyster Bay, New York, ca. 1910.  JANE PETERSON (1876-1965) Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 inches. Ved...

THE WEST END OF THE MARSHALL FIELD HOUSE AND THE PROPOSED GARDEN

›
From a drawing by O. R. Eggers JOHN  RUSSELL  POPE,  Architect   This is a drawing of the garden on the Field estate, which is in the proc...
Friday, January 30, 2026

Basement in House of Mrs. C. R. Holmes, Sands Point, Long Island, New York

›
  Basement in House of Mrs. C. R. Holmes, Sands Point, Long Island, New York. Murals, wood and piaster carvings by Gardner Hale; furniture a...
1 comment:

THE MICHAELYAN GALLERIES, PALM BEACH MARION SIMS WYETH, ARCHITECT

›
  INTERIOR PERSPECTIVE OF THE MICHAELYAN GALLERIES, PALM BEACH MARION SIMS WYETH, ARCHITECT FROM A PRINT OF A RENDERING ON ZINC BY V. HAGOPI...
Sunday, January 25, 2026

TENNIS HOUSE INTO CHURCH - "Thornham" Tennis Court into St. Peter's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church

›
TENNIS HOUSE WITH SKYLIGHTS "Thornham" Tennis Court THE church was formerly a full-sized tennis court building, complete with a hu...

LEWIS AND VALENTINE COMPANY - WHERE THE TREES CAME FROM

›
  LEWIS AND VALENTINE COMPANY THROUGH our organization of complete operating  units in all the principal cities between Boston and Palm Beac...
Wednesday, January 21, 2026

"CHATEAU MYCENAE" - THE RESIDENCE OF ADDISON C. MIZNER - PORT WASHINGTON, L. I.

›
THE OLD COW BAY MANOR, PORT WASHINGTON, L. I. NOW THE RESIDENCE OF ADDISON C. MIZNER, ARCHITECT. In 1910 Mizner had restored and altered ...
1 comment:
Friday, January 16, 2026

"GREYSTONE" - GLIMPSES OF A FAMOUS GARDEN IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

›
AN OLD WORLD GARDEN IN A NEW WORLD SETTING  The Doheny, Jr., Estate at Beverly Hills By PAUL G. THIENE , A. S. L. A. "GREYSTONE" 9...
›
Home
View web version

About Me

My photo
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.