An attic is a space found directly below the pitched roof of a house or other building. It is also known as a sky parlor or a garret. Because they fill the space between the ceiling of a building's to
Attic bedroom in Skógar, Iceland
The Poor Poet, by Carl Spitzweg, 1839 (Neue Pinakothek)
Lockable storage compartments with fence-like wooden walls in the attic of a German apartment house from the 1950s; there is one such space for each of the ten apartments
A basement is any floor level of a building that is largely or completely beneath the ground. Especially in residential buildings, it often is used as a utility space for a building, where items such
Attic
…Attic ladder Basement – Floor of a building which is below grade Cockloft – Inaccessible space above a ceiling…
An unfinished basement used for storage and exercise
Chillon Castle (Château de Chillon) basement
A former Stasi basement hallway
Old Town medieval basements in Warsaw