The Day’s Design is now The Ferguson Cottage – bringing our signature romantic, classic and natural Northern Michigan style home. We’re expanding beyond weddings to offer a full line of interior design services – because beauty shouldn’t stop at the altar.

Anyone else in disbelieve that it’s October already? I think I might say that every month – or at least I have that thought swimming through my brain. I remember when I was young, adults in my life would mention how time goes by faster as you get older and I would just roll my […]

September is a transitional month here in Northern Michigan and sometimes it can be hard to predict exactly this month will bring. Warm temperatures are gracing us this Labor Day weekend, extending boating and beach seasons for a little while longer. However there’s alway a chance that we could see some frosty mornings by the […]

August is arguably the best summer month in Northern Michigan. The lake is warm, the air is warm, the flowers are in bloom, peaches are in season and we’ve really settled into the rhythm of summer. Crowds of tourists still flock to this area in the beginning of this month. although they will thin a […]

I’m starting a new series focusing on all of your needs, and let’s face it, my needs as well. As the month of May is now here, so is a renewed hope for spring. However, May can absolutely be a mixed bag. It’s currently snowing, I saw cars with as much as 3 inches of […]

There’s something new coming to The Studio Collection. While I can’t share the full details and it’s not ready to launch just yet, I did want to give you just a glimpse of things to come. But first, a recap on what The Studio Collection is. We launched this collection in 2020, as a way […]

April is here! We’re back from our spring break adventures, which if you’ve been following along, you know that those adventures did not take us to some tropical oasis, but rather to Ohio where we redid a room in less than 3 days time. It was a quick trip (if you can count a 7 […]

Last week I shared that we’re heading to my sister’s house to help her get ready for her new baby boy’s arrival. I also shared a mood board and some details about the nursery. You can see that full post here. I’ve worked on expanding beyond that mood board and digging deeper into actual design […]

Today we’re going to talk about a design challenge. Remember how the cute baby shower I threw for my sister last month? Well now that she has all the cute baby gear, we need to design her space. However, its not quite as simple as just plopping down the items from her baby registry into […]

I’ve had a lot of design ideas on my mind lately and I can’t seem to sort it all out. When this happens with my wedding design clients, I always recommend making mood board, honing in on their vision and then style specific pieces together. This is my attempt to follow my own advice. I’m […]