The Reading Attic in Marietta, Ga., has expanded by adding several bookshelves and a curated selection of books to its downstairs neighbor Tiny Bubbles Tea Bar, the Marietta Daily Journal reported.
The selection within Tiny Bubbles Tea Bar offers a cross-section of what's available in the Reading Attic, with an emphasis on children's books and bestsellers. It is located at the back of the tea bar in an area that used to be focused on gifts.
Bookstore co-founders and mother-and-daughter team Caroline Tillman and Elizabeth Kunetz explained that the main reason for the expansion was accessibility. The bookstore is located on the second floor of an historic building at 21 West Park Sq., and because of its historic status, the building has no elevator and is exempt from ADA requirements. They also hope that it will help introduce the bookstore to a wider audience.
"We've always wanted to have front access onto the Square," Tillman told the Marietta Daily Journal.
"Hopefully, moms with strollers can get a taste and can leave their stroller towards the back (of the first floor) where it's not as easily transportable by others," Kunetz added. "Then they can head up to the real children's area where the wider selection will be."
Tillman and Kunetz began discussing the possibility of an expansion with Felecia Prezzano and Brielle Gaines, owners of Tiny Bubbles, about two months ago. Construction on the new bookshelves began approximately two weeks ago.
Prezzano said: "We decided that bringing them downstairs would be a good avenue for them... and it'd be a great benefit to us having our guests sit there and be able to read some of their stuff."
The Reading Attic celebrated its one-year anniversary in June.