It has come to my attention that a very important aspect of Lemuria life is receiving a limited amount of attention. People rave about our first edition copies, our signed books and our classic hardcovers and paperbacks. People love the signed photos of authors, the cozy nooks and the kooky reading glasses. But one thing no one talks about is our chairs.
The time has come to break the silence. The chairs at Lemuria are one of the most important parts of the store. Without the chairs, patrons and employees alike would have no place to sit and discreetly read an entire travel book (on a place they may or may not ever visit). Without the chairs, our story lady would be left standing in Oz every Saturday morning. Our chairs serve as an intristic part of our bookstore culture, providing those cozy nooks we know and love with a sublte personality and a slightly worn feel as if to say, “Give me your tired, your poor worn out back. I offer you a moment of peace. Now, take unto you that book with 102938109283 pictures of Porches. Dare, just for a moment, to dream.”
Maybe you think I am crazy. How much can a few chairs really offer? To reinforce my point, I would like to share a few pictures.
Exhibit A: The Garden Chair. This delightful number has a soft, velveteen cover and arms to prop your elbows on as you peruse the gardening section. Kelly today noted that once you sit down in this chair, it is difficult to convince yourself to move.
Exhibit B: the Oz chair. Although its most common tenant is rejected books that our younger patrons leave behind for us to reshelve, every Satruday morning you can find Miss JoAnn here sharing stories at 10:00 AM. My favorite part about the Oz chair is the welcoming wicker back, giving it a home-y look and feel.
Below you will notice Exhibit C.
This chair usually holds a few books from our car and pet section (a nook back near Oz and across from Travel and cookbooks). However, if you want to sit in a similar chair look no further than the Fiction room, home to this chair’s doppleganger (pictured below as Exhibit D).
This fantastic chair has more than once doubled as a stepladder for reaching the elusive copies up above us.
If you have come to browse with a friend, there is nothing finer than a chair for two (also known as a loveseat). One of the prettiest seats in the store lurks for you in southern fiction/culture. 
Exhibit E: The Loveseat.
Below, Exhibit F: Not a chair.
Below, Exhibit G: A chair Yvonne refuses to sit in.
And don’t forget Exhibit H: The awkward chair situated dangeroulsy close to the Oz/Main store zone.
And finally, my favorite chair in the entire store: Exhibit I (get it?!), the chair located behind the registers that everyone should try the next time they are in the store!
-Nell
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