Locations
The Cottage Co. of Harbor Spring
Key Contacts
Owners, Principals & Senior Executives
Kelly Konoske's Bio
Kelly is an award-winning interior designer with a passion for helping families create the coastal home of their dreams. When designing for others, she often reflects on her own experiences of traveling, family vacations, and of summers in Harbor Springs. She remembers the excitement leading up to arriving, the first glimpse of the lake, settling in, relaxing, and enjoying the moments–in the present, and later, as they linger long after. That experience is what inspires her designs, that–plus the fresh, carefree coastal style of Southern California, where she was born and educated.
As Creative Director, Kelly is the design visionary for each and every project. She works closely with each client to create the vision for their project, manages the thousands of details and people that go into achieving it, and keeps everyone informed along the way. Clients love Kelly’s personal approach to design, and her ability to exceed their expectations time and time again.
Kelly is the winner of the prestigious Brian Killian Rising Star Award, given to the year’s top interior design talent, as judged by a panel of nationally recognized design experts. She has been featured in Traverse, Northern Home & Cottage, Michigan Blue, Seaside Style, Great Lakes By Design, Cottage Living, Detroit Design, Cottage White, Michigan Home & Lifestyle, Detroit Home and Home Life magazines.
Rob Mossburg's Bio
As a young boy, Rob spent his time sketching homes at the kitchen table and cleaning job sites for his father’s residential constructionbusiness. Today he is a third-generation homebuilder and a self-proclaimed perfectionist with a refined eye for architectural detail, quality construction and exceptional customer service. Having been around the construction industry for over 35 years, he has overseen the building of residential, office, lodging, retail and mixed use residential structures.
Vee Mossburg's Bio
Vee founded Cottage Company Interiors in 2009 to help clients achieve a seamless and enjoyable experience building, designing and furnishing their perfect Up North home. Her chic coastal style is influenced by having lived in Santa Barbara and Laguna Beach, California where carefree, barefoot casual is a way of life. She brings these sensibilities to the Midwest by creating friendly, inviting homes and cottages that never fail to evoke a smile of joy and a sigh of pleasure when families and friends arrive.
Estimating, Purchasing & Preconstruction
Doug Konoske's Bio
Doug collaborates with Jill to deliver amazing customer service to our building clients. He loves seeing the joy on clients faces when they walk into their new home. “They come to us with a vision, and we love helping to make that vision a reality. As a family business, we enjoy each other’s company both in and out of the office and understand what family truly means. This allows us to extend that level of comfort and respect to our clients.”
Emily McGeath's Bio
Emily runs the construction office and supports the construction team in all project administration and project management functions. She’s the person collecting lien waivers, confirming subcontractor insurances and protecting the company’s well-earned reputation for a “buttoned down” back office. She also oversees our Cottage Concierge program with an amazing combination of client service and efficiency. Emily is the office go-to for operational best practices and product and system improvements. Her “I’m on it” attitude inspires us every day.
Gideon Looy's Bio
With an intense work ethic honed from growing up on a working farm, Gideon already has more hands-on construction experience than much older tradespeople and he is just as comfortable pouring concrete and framing as he is estimating, managing sub contractors, and communicating with clients. His pleasant demeanor and family values fit well with The Cottage Company culture and his willingness to volunteer his time for those less fortunate is a personal trademark.
Jill Nuding's Bio
As a third generation home builder, this carpenter’s daughter will get your home built on-time and on-budget. And best of all, you will have fun doing it! Her sense of fiscal responsibility to her clients is paramount and her ability to meticulously manage each project has earned praise from global marketing powerhouse JD Power and Associates as “one of the top customer service providers we have seen in any industry”. It follows that Jill is beloved by her clients. As one client put it, “I love the home Jill built for us, but what I really love is that Jill treated us like family.”
Kafui Okai-Adjei's Bio
KK brings his warm smile, can-do attitude and amazing work ethic to our construction team. You might recognize KK from local farmer’s markets. He has been a figure at the Harbor Springs, Petoskey, Charlevoix and Boyne City farmers’ markets for years. Although his day job has always been “farmer extraordinaire,” KK so enjoys working with the Cottage Company Team, that he chooses to work with us on his days off and evenings. We and our clients are blessed that he does!
Operations
Bob Mossburg 's Bio
Bob has literally practiced every building trade over the course ofhis career including building his own young family’s home entirely by himself at age 20. Now with over 55 years as a custom home builder, he is respected by the trades and adored by clients. His experienced and logical approach to construction solutions is a unique and valuable asset in today’s building climate.
Jordan Irish's Bio
Jordan has a background in both commercial and high-end residential construction. He started early–digging ditches, sweeping floors, performing demolition and assisting carpenters–working for his family’s commercial construction company. Later, he’d held positions ranging from Field Superintendent, Lead Estimator, Vice-President of Business Development, and most recently as Project Manager for several homes in Bay Harbor and Charlevoix. A family man, Jordan lives in Boyne Falls with his wife, Melissa, and their five adorable children.
Other
Caitlyn McSorley's Bio
Caitlyn is a true people person with a strong ability to foster great partnerships with clients, vendors, subcontractors and team members. With a natural eye for design she sees the big picture and gracefully manages the multitude of details that go into creating and implementing designs that inspire others to live their best lives. Our second graduate of Kendall College of Interior Design, she began her career in San Francisco and Los Angeles, absorbing the carefree coastal lifestyle that is so beloved by clients.
Diana Dutchesen's Bio
Diana is all about style and sophistication and brings a Martha Stewart-like elegance to all she does. And like Martha, she is the complete package–gracious, knowledgeable, organized, detail-oriented, and a style maven. Clients share that working with Diana is “like working with a friend: pleasant, supportive, caring–and still willing to tell you her opinion, in the kindest way possible, of course!”
Marci Kruskie's Bio
Marci collaborates with Kelly to create and deliver our award-winning interiors. The two compliment each other so well that a client coined them the “dynamic duo” and the nickname has stuck! With a background in project management, cabinetry design, and interior architectural details, Marci brings the technical, management and communication skills that ensure each project runs smoothly, the end result exceeds the clients’ expectations, and that the experience of working with us is memorable.
Tiffanie Skiba's Bio
Tiffanie is the consummate multitasker. She assists the team with all things design and finds time to manage the office as well. Tiffanie makes sure that your furnishings are delivered on-time and as-specified. She manages ordering, tracking, scheduling, and installing, and delivers amazing customer service–so much so, a client described Tiffanie as “one of the most professional people I’ve worked with, EVER!”