The collection consists of photographs and renderings of residential spaces and furniture. The collection also includes a certificate from the American Institute of Interior Decorators, a client list, and a clipping about a residential project. The collection is divided into two main series by format.

The photographs are black and white prints, many by Samuel H. Gottscho. They depict bathrooms, bedrooms, decorative elements and furnishings, and living rooms. There is also one photograph of a swimming pool area. Many of the photographs and renderings in this collection are unidentified and undated. Identified photographs include Buttfield's clients: the Whitney Museum, Charles S. McVeigh, and G. Macculloch Miller, the architect of the Whitney Museum. Photographs of the Whitney feature various areas of the facility.

Renderings consist primarily of small-scale interior elevations, furniture, and three exploded plans. Several are signed, "F. Haag." Many of the elevations are unidentified by project, although furniture renderings are identified by client. Clients include the architect J. Lakin Baldridge, Madame Helena Rubinstein, and Lady Holton. None of the renderings feature dates.