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

Thursday, May 1, 2025

THE GOLDEN BOUNTY OF SPRING - "Welwyn" - the Harold Irving Pratt estate on Long Island

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THE GOLDEN BOUNTY OF SPRING PAINTING BY J. FLOYD YEWELL     Spring ushers in a glorious pageant of color at "Welwyn", the Harold I...
Saturday, April 5, 2025

Living room in the residence of William Lawrence Bottomley, Esq., Brookville, LI.

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  Living room in the residence of William Lawrence Bottomley, Esq., Brookville, LI.   The vivid greens and blues of the scenic wallpaper in ...
Friday, April 4, 2025

A FARM GROUP IN THE ITALIAN MANNER - Arthur V. Davis - Mill Neck, NY

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    Although situated at Mill Neck, Long Island, this picturesque little farm group on the estate of Arthur V. Davis, Esq., might well be so...
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Saturday, March 1, 2025

THE ROOM OF THE MONTH The library in the residence of Mr. Paul M. Bowen, at Grosse Pointe, Mich.

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  THE ROOM OF THE MONTH The library in the residence of Mr. Paul M. Bowen, at Grosse Pointe, Mich. HENRY F. STANTON, Architect The potential...
Saturday, February 1, 2025

THE ROOM OF THE MONTH - The gallery in the William R. Coe residence at Oyster Bay, Long Island

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  CHARLES OF LONDON, Decorators WALKER & GILLETTE, ARCHITECTS PHOTOGRAPH BY M. E. HEWITT Tudor magnificence tinctured with modern comfor...
Wednesday, January 1, 2025

This month’s winner of the award for “Room of the Month"

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  Samuel H. Gottscho, Photographer  This month’s winner of the award for “Room of the month" is a hall of stately baronial type in the ...
Wednesday, December 25, 2024

THE TOPPER'S CHRISTMAS DREAM - PLEASURE ISLAND or the BOOTLEGGERS PARADISE

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  A humorous map on the theme of alcoholic beverages.    Mere Man's idea of Paradise is at best a shadowy, ethereal thing. The Indian ha...
Sunday, December 1, 2024

The Room of the Month JOHN RUSSELL POPE Architect

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The great stair hall in the Marshall Field house carries on the  tradition of the magnificent Georgian houses of England. The walls of the t...
Tuesday, November 26, 2024

A BREATH OF THE RIVIERA - The Estate of Walter P. Chrysler, Esq., at Great Neck, N.Y.

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A BREATH OF THE RIVIERA The Estate of Walter P. Chrysler, Esq., at Great Neck,  brings a Touch of the Enchanting Mediterranean to Long Islan...
Saturday, November 23, 2024

Harrison and Mona Williams at home in Palm Beach

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  Illustration by Cecil Beaton, Vogue, February 15, 1937     Harrison and Mon a Williams at home in Palm Beach, “against a Chinese wallpape...
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