"Color is a power which directly influences the soul." ~Wassily Kandinski
Fine Furniture
Statement Pieces for Home & Office
designed with soul
Showroom By Appointment
We also work with clients to custom design their chair-ished pieces.
Monica Cortright
About
I found my bliss. I love creating my chairs!
I studied theatre & costume design. Music, art and design have always been my passions. I've designed many things in my career but 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 and trims are jewelry. I always get to know them before they get a name.
I'm crazy passionate about chairs! I'm obsessed with color & style. Yes, I talk to my chairs... and sometimes they talk back.
~Monica~
Monica lives in Annapolis with her groovy family and her loquacious labradoodle, Shakespeare.
Inventory
Shattered & Satisfaction
Celebration
Manuel Canovas
Ziggy & Stardust
Garden of Earthly Delights
Coco & Chanel
Sugar & Magnolia
(3 piece set) sold separately
Chairs, ottomans, pillows & more...
featured Inventory
By Appointment / Annapolis Showroom / Contact us for more photos and details
Inventory
Come Fly with Me
Designer fabrics & trims.
(Pierre Frey, Schumacher)
A sensational masterpiece!
Aphrodite
Make a statement with this dazzling work of art!
Custom Design
*Starting $2,200. Pricing for custom design depends on the labor involved and cost of supplies and textiles.
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Voila
Handcrafted Furniture
Handcrafted Furniture
Handcrafted Furniture
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
Innovative Designs
Handcrafted Furniture
Handcrafted Furniture
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."
No two designs are the same.
There is an abundance of attention to details.
Pieces are finished with fine tassels & tri
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."
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
Committed to Quality
Handcrafted Furniture
Committed to Quality
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
Benefit Musicians
Help Our Musicians
This organization benefits musicians who are out of work
and resources due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
AM-FM.org Annapolis Musicians Fund For Musicians, Inc.