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The author reflects on the home life of essayist, naturalist, poet and philosopher, Henry David Thoreau with a focus on the days he spent in the third-floor garret in his cabin at Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. Topics covered include spareness of his garret compared with the elegance of the main floors of the house, how the garret served as Thoreau's empire where his refuge, library and laboratory can be found, and the thoughts and observations of Thoreau on nature while on his attic.

Focuses on the significance of an attic in a house in Massachusetts. Inquiry on the humanistic nature of preserving things; Consideration of the attic as the most complicated room in a house; Identification of the attic as an embodiment of ancestral emotions and treasures of value.

The article focuses on the role of Barron and Jacobs in converting attics in Northampton, Massachusetts. The utilization of existing features within an attic to create a room is an emerging trend that responds to the scarcity of building lots in the state. Sarah Moore, a customer of the firm, describes her satisfaction of the conversion of her attic.