attics
Spaces under eaves
Attics is the plural of attic, the space directly below a roof and above the ceiling of the top floor.
Attics serve as storage for items not in regular use: boxes of old photographs in the attic, We found the Christmas decorations in the attic.
In older homes, attics were sometimes converted to bedrooms or living spaces.
Six-sided containers
- trunksStorage chests or swimwear
- clutterUntidy collection of items
- shelvesHorizontal storage platforms
- dustyCoated with fine particles
cobwebs · rafters · insulation · trapdoor · ladder · bins · stacks · organize
Small rooftop living space
- loftSpace beneath the roof
- dormerProjecting rooftop window structure
- skylightWindow in a roof
- gableTriangular wall portion
eaves · rafters · beams · roofline · peaked · mansard · converted · finished
Objects passed through family lines
- photographsLight-captured images
- keepsakesItems preserved for sentiment
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
diaries · letters · ancestry · heritage · mementos · family · treasures · reminiscence
Valuable old items
- trunkMain stem or storage
- steamerVapor-powered vessel
- gramophoneDisc-playing sound machine
- typewriterMechanical printing keyboard
Victorian · sepia · retro · collectibles · pocket-watch · old-fashioned · dusty · forgotten
Occupied by ghosts
- ghostlyResembling a specter
- creepyDisturbingly strange
- spookyUnsettlingly strange
- shadowyObscured by darkness
cobwebbed · mysterious · foreboding · ominous · dark · flickering · abandoned · footsteps
boxes
Six-sided containers
- trunksStorage chests or swimwear
- clutterUntidy collection of items
- shelvesHorizontal storage platforms
dusty · cobwebs · rafters · insulation · trapdoor · ladder · bins · stacks · organize · stowage
garret
Small rooftop living space
gable · eaves · rafters · beams · roofline · peaked · mansard · converted · finished · unfinished
heirlooms
Objects passed through family lines
- photographsLight-captured images
- keepsakesItems preserved for sentiment
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
nostalgia · diaries · letters · ancestry · heritage · mementos · family · treasures · reminiscence · genealogy
antiques
Valuable old items
- trunkMain stem or storage
- steamerVapor-powered vessel
- gramophoneDisc-playing sound machine
typewriter · Victorian · sepia · retro · collectibles · pocket-watch · old-fashioned · dusty · forgotten · classic
haunted
Occupied by ghosts
shadowy · cobwebbed · mysterious · foreboding · ominous · dark · flickering · abandoned · footsteps · whispers
- storage placeswarehouse, vault, storage unit, container, silo
- Slavery EscapeUnderground Railroad, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, runaways, fugitives
- Underground Railroadsafe houses, stations, hiding places, secret rooms, hidden passages
- contractinggeneral contractor, subcontractor, subcontracting, bid, estimate
- hauntingsghosts, apparition, apparitions, ghost sighting, phantoms
- nostalgic itemssepia tones, handwritten notes, antiques, heirlooms, lockets
- dusty attic
- attic insulationMaterial preventing heat escape overhead
- attic fanUpper-story ventilation device
- attic spaceArea under the roof
- attic ladderRetractable upper-floor access
- toys in the atticEccentric or insane