Should a Lectern Be Part of a Living Room Suite?
Really, I'd like your honest opinion.
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I created one out of a bar
I created one out of a bar stool and put it in my living room when I was a kid, but I don't think I'd want one there now.
Geeky Mom
Of course
They are indispensable if one wants to have a home-lecture series.
Oh, absolutely
Sometimes I just want to rant, and I sound so much better and more reasonable behind a lectern.
wolfangel
Not mine
I can't stand them, because I can't ... well ... stand. When I'm lecturing, I like to move around. And when I'm really ranting, I pace. The lectern just gets in my way.
Having said that, I think it would look very nice otherwise.
Two Cultures
Not that one
It's kind of plain and brown. Get a nice ivory and gold lectern with your monogram on the front.
How about this one?
Lectern
2 Board Alley
Hmmmm. It will only work if you find a clever, non-lectern use for it, like ummmm. . . .holding cookbooks or a dictionary or a plant...or put it on its side and call it a coffee table. But go with the plexiglass.
Plexiglass
My concern about getting a plexiglass one is that, if I ever used it as a lectern, everyone could see through it. It would thus fail in what I see as the only real purpose of a lectern: covering me up if I forget to zip up my fly.
Not that I ever have, of course. But it's always best to be safe.
Two Cultures
Nope.
Actually, I've long been an advocate of the living room (or bedroom) microphone on a microphone stand. No hiding behind the wood, people. Plus, a lectern doesn't lend itself well to stand-up, which my friends tend to be more apt to perform on a spontaneous basis.