Corey’s path to interior design was by no means conventional. A son of Metro-Detroit, Michigan, his love for interior design dates to the tender age of 7, when family members and schoolteachers first noticed his keen interest in drawing and then later sketching detailed rooms and futuristic furniture. “From the time I was a child, I’ve seen the world in color and geometry,” he stated, “I’m the oldest of three boys and, as my mother says, the only one who could always dress himself!” Although he received formal training at trade and art schools for architectural drafting, his parents encouraged him to pursue a “simplified life’ away from the arts. Following their admonition, Corey pivoted into Detroit’s automotive industry working for a Tier One manufacturer where he climbed his way up the organizational chart from a receptionist to a Buyer of prototypes and indirect materials. However, after a successful 10-year tenure in the company’s purchasing department, he was unexpectedly laid off during the Great Recession of 2007.