Talk:The Melody Lingers On/@comment-25132765-20150308212311/@comment-25326711-20150309024159

That looks like an attic. For storage, and when space is limited, people will hang chairs on walls (or in this case, ceilings) to save floor space. The top of the chair is hanging on a nail or hook on the board along the ceiling.

After my freshman year of college, I worked at a restaurant that did that with some extra chairs. The chairs were hanging on the wall above a walkway in the kitchen, and one of the hooks gave way so the chair landed on the bartender's face. It was bad.