Sustainable Works of Art Custom Furniture Showroom By Appointment Annapolis, Maryland
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Color is a power which directly influences the soul. ~Wassily Kandinsky
“I don’t just design chairs—I give them a soul.”
Interview with Alex Cortright
Interview for documentary Sunday Best
Interview with Alex Cortright
Interview with Alex Cortright
Governor Moore stopped by my Gallery of Chairs!
Interview with Alex Cortright
Executive Producer for documentary Sunday Best
Documentary Sunday Best on Netflix
Interview for documentary Sunday Best
I take my time and really get to know each piece of fine furniture before I design. This can take a week - and sometimes as long as a month. These chairs are like my characters in a play. And similar to a costumier designing for the theatre, I feel the energy of the production and let my creativity flow.
Each piece is meticulously crafted
I take my time and really get to know each piece of fine furniture before I design. This can take a week - and sometimes as long as a month. These chairs are like my characters in a play. And similar to a costumier designing for the theatre, I feel the energy of the production and let my creativity flow.
Each piece is meticulously crafted by master upholsterers and seamstresses.
"Whatever satisfies the soul is truth."
~Walt Whitman
Like a painter, my passion is color and design, but my inspiration comes directly from my free-spirited and adventurous life.
I get to know each piece when I design. I get to know it, feel it, then I know when it's right. One of a kind, fine furniture.
No two designs are the same.
There is an abundance of attention to details.
Pieces are fin
Like a painter, my passion is color and design, but my inspiration comes directly from my free-spirited and adventurous life.
I get to know each piece when I design. I get to know it, feel it, then I know when it's right. One of a kind, fine furniture.
No two designs are the same.
There is an abundance of attention to details.
Pieces are finished with fine tassels & trims.
It's like wearing a necklace or earrings,
it just finishes the look.
Each piece is adorned with fancy embroidered cambric (the fabric underneath). It's like wearing sexy lingerie, no one knows you're wearing it but it makes you feel fine.
"When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you."
~Rumi
Some of my chairs are vintage and hand-carved, and some are new designer pieces.
My fabrics are scrumptious and often come from well known textile designers. Trims, tassels & buttons are gathered from around the globe.
Monica Cortright Designs is where statement pieces redefine fine furniture.
"Put your heart, mind & soul into even your s
Some of my chairs are vintage and hand-carved, and some are new designer pieces.
My fabrics are scrumptious and often come from well known textile designers. Trims, tassels & buttons are gathered from around the globe.
Monica Cortright Designs is where statement pieces redefine fine furniture.
"Put your heart, mind & soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success." ~Swami Sivananda
I inherited two very special chairs and that’s how it all began. Out of sorrow, I found my greatest joy, my soul’s purpose.
I studied art in San Francisco where I immersed myself in tie-dye and the hippie culture. I eventually finished my degree in theatre & costume design on the East Coast and designed off Broadway.
Music, art and design have always been my passions. I've designed many things in my career and when I adorned my first chairs, they came to life! I treat them as if they are characters in a play. The textiles are clothes and the tassels, trims and object d’art are jewelry. I always get to know them before they get a name. Each piece I create is a spiritual journey.
I’m passionate about chairs. I'm obsessed with textiles, color & style. Yes, I talk to my chairs... and sometimes they talk back.
~Monica~
Monica Cortright
