garrets
Cramped attic spaces
Garrets are attic rooms, typically small, cramped, and situated directly under a roof.
The word carries romantic associations with struggling artists and writers living cheaply in top-floor spaces: He wrote his first novel in a cold Parisian garret.
The singular garret appears more often than the plural.
Space beneath the roof
- eavesProjecting roof edges
- raftersSloped roof beams
- dormerProjecting rooftop window structure
- skylightWindow in a roof
beams · gable · trusses · crawl space · ladder · roofing · insulation · ventilation
Extreme poverty, lacking necessities
- penuryExtreme lack of money
- indigenceExtreme poverty, total want
- squalorDirty, degraded living conditions
- privationLack of necessities
hardship · struggle · meager · threadbare · cold · drafty · sparse · humble
Maker of creative works
- studioCreative professional's workspace
- canvasHeavy woven cloth
- easelUpright frame for paintings
- paletteSurface for mixing pigments
poet · writer · painter · starving artist · creativity · muse · inspiration · avant-garde
Voluntary withdrawal from society
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- hideawaySecluded place of refuge
- isolationComplete separation from others
quietude · withdrawn · hidden · undisturbed · cloistered · refuge · escape · contemplation
loft
Space beneath the roof
skylight · beams · gable · trusses · crawl space · ladder · roofing · insulation · ventilation · attic fan
destitution
Extreme poverty, lacking necessities
- penuryExtreme lack of money
- indigenceExtreme poverty, total want
- squalorDirty, degraded living conditions
privation · hardship · struggle · meager · threadbare · cold · drafty · sparse · humble · cramped
artist
Maker of creative works
palette · poet · writer · painter · starving artist · creativity · muse · inspiration · avant-garde · manuscripts
seclusion
Voluntary withdrawal from society
isolation · quietude · withdrawn · hidden · undisturbed · cloistered · refuge · escape · contemplation · writing
- Belle EpoqueMoulin Rouge, cancan, can-can, absinthe, Art Nouveau
- artist spacesstudios, ateliers, studio spaces, design studio, garden studio
- Bohemiabohemian dress, boho chic, free spirits, nonconformists, counterculture
- FranceParis, Notre-Dame, Lyon, croissant, Toulouse
- Victorian LondonLondon, Thames, Big Ben, Westminster, East End
garretsbasements
Floors below ground level
cellars · crypts · dungeons · vaults · ground floors
garretsmansions
Large, stately houses
penthouses · luxury accommodations · manor houses · luxury apartments · drawing rooms