Co & Company
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Christopher Olexy
About Christopher Olexy
Co&Company is the fledgling design atelier of Christopher Olexy. An award winning 9-year veteran of commercial and hospitality design, Christopher Olexy established Co&Company as a venue for exploring a more personal level of design and craft. Co&Company goal is to help select clients with a wide range of services from full interior renovation and custom furniture selections down to designing wallpaper for a powder room.
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Q&A with Christopher Olexy
I am a classicist at heart. I look to architects like the late John F. Staub who designed beautifully proportioned homes. His spaces never feel too large or too small. I follow the work of Gil Shaffer, Steven Gambrel, and many others who all have a strong sense of place in their work. I also try to hunt down architectural magazines and books from the 20’s and 30’s. They are great resources for well thought out details.
I have an appreciation for almost ever design aesthetic there is so I feel II listen, listen, and then listen to the client. It doesn’t matter how much I want to do something for a space if in the end it is not what the client wants. It’s all about getting to know the people who inhabit a home or office. The design has to be an extension of the client’s personality. You have to get to really know your client.
I think it’s my attention to the small details that people overlook. I believe a lot of people accept the "look" of something that inevitably leaves you with a feeling of falling short.
Honesty, guidance, and support of their opinions and decisions. I don’t always agree with my client’s choices at first. But I always respect their opinions.