A storage room or storeroom is a room in a building for storing objects. They are not designed for permanent residence, and are often small and without windows. Such rooms often have more lenient Building code for fire protection, daylight entry and Emergency exit compared to rooms intended for permanent residence.
In Business, the storage is a place where the employees can put their goods and then take them out when the store starts to become empty or when there is a high demand.
In dwelling, storage rooms are used to store less used tools or items that are not used on a daily basis. The term shed is often used for separate small independent buildings for storing food, equipment and the like, for example storage sheds, toolsheds or woodsheds. Historically, storage rooms in homes have often been narrow, dark and inconspicuous, and places on floors other than the main floors of the building, such as in a basement or an attic.
A storage room can be lockable, and can be located in a housing unit or a common area, indoors or outdoors.
In some cases, there may be valuable Antique that have been stored and forgotten. The TV program American Pickers is a show where the hosts go through old collections in search of valuable antiques.
Storage Wars is a TV series where the contents of storage lockers are auctioned off to customers who hasn't paid their rent, without the bidders being allowed to enter and have a close look on what is inside except for a quick peek from the outside.
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