Last week I took our trash to the dump before our action-packed weekend trip to Knoxville. As I always do, I took a cruise through the Transfer Station during my visit. The idea is to leave things that are still useable for others and to take what you might need or want for your home. [...]

  Posted by Amy Beth Cupp Dragoo / Good Find and Shopping and Uncategorized and work in progress

Hello – I bet you all were wondering where I slipped off to! Late last week, we snuck away to Knoxville for some quality time with friends and family.We departed on Thursday and drove back on Sunday afternoon, staying the night in Pennsylvania and returning to NYC yesterday about noon. We don’t keep our car in [...]

  Posted by Amy Beth Cupp Dragoo / Personal and Shopping and Travel and Uncategorized

Over the weekend, a Jayson Home catalog arrived in the post and I can’t stop thinking about what I’d like to display in this archive box.Would I display a collection of sorts? Sewing haberdashery? Herbs and spices? Flora and fauna? Jewelry? Mementos? Or perhaps it’s the perfect place for my yarn stash? (I could see a different [...]

  Posted by Amy Beth Cupp Dragoo / Shopping and Uncategorized

Keeping a group of 18 curious design bloggers on point for an entire afternoon tour was a bit like herding cats. Everyones heads were turned a different direction, photos were snapped and many were walking the streets of Soho looking up towards the sky – enjoying the architecture of the cast iron buildings above.Our first [...]

  Posted by Amy Beth Cupp Dragoo / Shopping and Uncategorized

I have not made my love for brass and the color gold a secret here at ABCD Design. Over the last several years I have written about gold and brass accents on numerous occasions. I tell you what – I am like a parakeet in the mirror when it comes to gold and shiny anything! Letter [...]

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