A few Saturday’s ago (just two days after the photo shoot) we packed up The Poodle and went on a Dragoo Family road trip. We spent two nights in Orange, Virginia at the Chestnut Hill Bed and Breakfast. Truth be told, we picked it because 1) it was close to Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello where neither [...]

  Posted by Amy Beth Cupp Dragoo / Travel and Uncategorized

Yesterday was a ball – New England Home Magazine sent over interiors photographer Michael Partenio and their photo stylist Karin Lidbeck-Brent for some pretty making at The Country House. (Both had assistants in tow too – big thanks Dave and Shelley!) I know, I know – I said I was going to keep the magazine under [...]

  Posted by Amy Beth Cupp Dragoo / In The News and Uncategorized

How fantastic would it be to entertain a group of friends on the pea stone patio this Summer at this iron conservatory table? Of course, the dining table would be surrounded by a handful of these adorable black and white solid stripe all weather wicker chairs - can’t you just imagine it??

  Posted by Amy Beth Cupp Dragoo / Dream Decorating and Entertaining and Shopping and The Country House and Uncategorized

Guess who is working to put the finishing touches on the upstairs before a magazine shoots The Country House next week? Yep, you heard me right! I know I have been a complete tease by only showing you detail shots and little snippets of each room for the last two and a half years – [...]

  Posted by Amy Beth Cupp Dragoo / Personal and The Country House and Uncategorized

First things first: I want to start by saying that Floral foam is totally toxic and bad for the environment because it is petroleum based. It is carcinogenic and I do not suggest you arrange flowers in it on a regular basis. That being said, (once in a very rare blue moon) you may want to have [...]

  Posted by Amy Beth Cupp Dragoo / concept and Design and How it W O R K S and Nesting and Uncategorized