Dallas, TX We live in a 3-flat. We're on the 2nd floor; there are two boys living downstairs and 3 boys and a dog that live upstairs. We all share the attic, as well as the washer & dryer that's up there. The space is divided into three sections, one for each apartment. We store Christmas stuff, winter clothes, extra bedding, and a box of old stuffed animals that I don't have the heart to give away or throw out (because they all have little "souls"). The other boys don't even use their space. They're all in their early twenties so I guess they haven't accumulated much junk yet. We don't have a Susan, 31
Chicago, IL
Basement: Nothing (don't have one) Attic: Nothing at all, except maybe a few spiders and cobwebs.
Nikki, 27
Kirkham ENGLAND
I am! We live in the basement apartment. As for downstairs @ my parents' house--my apt. stuff I don't need right now (like the microwave & fridge), a lot of my childhood stuff like books & toys, some of my school papers, some wooden boxes I don't have anything to put in. . .Then there's everybody else's stuff.
Karen, 20
Marshelltown/Ames, IA
No attic really. Basement has lots of stuff. Washer and Dry (for clothes). Two boilders to heat the two apartments. A bunk of woden shelving to hold the accumulated stuff of 5 tenants (all women), a workbenck with extra windows, screens and wood, a samll finished off room that belongs to the first floor apartment, lots of dirt and cobwebs.
Felicia, 34
Somerville, MA
Unfortunately I don't have either of those spaces
Tina, 31
Medford, MA
My room's in the basement. The attic? Pink fiberglass I would suppose.
Jaden, 21
Brampton, Ontario CANADA
A bunch of empty beer bottles, misc wood and metal from different things that used to be furnature, a lot of unfinished electronics projects, and all my issues of playboy and other assorted "mens" magaizines.
Socrates One
Lowell, MA
Since both storage areas are inaccessible to me, nothing essential.
Jill, 59
Saylorsburg, PA
We don't really have an attic, it was converted into two bedrooms (one of which is mine). The basement is used for storage, laundry and practice space for the band my roommates are in.
Alias Irrelevante
I have never lived in a place that has has a basement or attic.
Kate, 19
Bellingham, WA
Living in Louisiana, I don't have a basement, and living in an apartment, I don't have an attic. So I basically stuff everything under my bed and in my closet, and I don't even want to know what's in there.
Amber, 21
Hammond, LA
I have a Michigan basement where its just a rough hole underneath the house. The water heater and furnace are down there.
Kathy, 26
Garden City, MI
No basements allowed in New Orleans unless they're above ground. In the attic, there are several boxes of old books, my mother's wedding dress, Xmas decorations, and asbestos galore.
Amy, 23
New Orleans, LA
My basement is a garage with 50 cars and 2 motorcycles
Jami, 27
Lowell, MA
Lots of boxes filled with overflow from a couple of moves, all of which will get sorted some day.
Jane, 60
West Linn, OR
I don't have either so that was an easy one!
Tracy, 24
Ocean City, NJ
Los Angeles, LA My basement is sediment from the Great Mississip', my attic is an apartment that contains two guys who I think might be gay, or maybe Mormon. They ride their bikes alot. Anthony, 25
Baton Rouge, LA My attic has been converted into my brother's bedroom, so I'm not totally sure what's in it. I do know, however, that he keeps a diary up there and one day I will find it. In my cellar there's a whole load of junk. I haven't been down there since I was about 6, so again I'm not totally sure what's down there. Shanna, 15
Cardiff ENGLAND The Basement is my son's bedroom,in the attic is a lot of empty boxes that belong to dolls that I have collected,(keeping the original box increases the value). Oh, and a furnace that has a pilot light that never fails to go out on the coldest night of the year. Pamela, 39
Sugar Hill, GA i dont have an attic or a basement. Emma, 20
Perth AUSTRALIA I think a lot of stuff that I didn't know what to do with after my family and I moved to a new house. Of course, everyone else in the house has the same stuff in there. Nicole
Elk Grove, CA