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“My goal is to ensure that my clients’ projects are always classic, livable, and without an expiration date,” Corey states.

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION Corey is an inducted member of Elle Decor’s A-List and Architectural Design’s AD100 List. He’s served as a guest expert on the Rachael Ray show and Open House TV and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair, House and Garden , the New York Times , and the Detroit News . Traditional Home magazine also awarded him the New Trad Rising Star of Design. Invited to teach a MasterClass, he produced a program teaching viewers how to craft their visions with lighting, color, patterns, and furniture. “Corey’s magic is in making any space feel polished, inventive, and timeless while still making design accessible to everyone,” said David Rogier, founder and CEO of MasterClass. Corey was invited to design the formal “Lady's Library” in 2019 and Dining Room in 2021 for the renowned Kips Bay Decorator Show House. His goal in 2021 was to showcase the “point where antiquity and modernity meet in a post-pandemic world.” Starting with the tented room style made famous by Napoleon, Corey surrounded two modern tables with Louis XVI chairs, brass lamps, and a Versailles parquet floor. He considered that the tables could be used for modern purposes that took off during the pandemic, including supervising children as they study or running a home office. Also, in keeping with his repurposed vintage sensibility, he was chosen to design the speakeasy

for Flower magazine’s first-ever showhouse.

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