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

Showing posts with label Country Life in America 1932. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Country Life in America 1932. Show all posts
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...
Wednesday, November 13, 2024

DOWN TO THE LAND IN SHIPS A ship room in the residence of Robert D. Huntington, Esq., at Mill Neck, L. I.

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 Interested in all nautical things, Mr. Huntington could not spare time from his business to go to sea as often as he wished, so instead of...

COUNTRY IDYLL

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The architect, Richard H. Dana, Jr. , selected a charming site  for the house he should build for himself, and no less charming  than the si...
Friday, June 1, 2018

"Dark Hollow", the Long Island residence of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver B. Jennings at Cold Spring Harbor

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Princess Chavchavadze painted this delightful picture of the room, and the canvas was included in an exhibition of this talented artist...
Sunday, April 15, 2018

"Margrove" An Aviators Home at Mill Neck, Long Island

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Grover Cleveland Loening    "Margrove", the residence at Mill Neck, L. I., of the famous airplane designer, Grover  L...
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