This is the shoe room and whatever else you want to put there. We have a front door and a back door into the apartment. As most of you know, you remove your shoes when you enter someone's home. We don't always do it at our house but this is the purpose of the shoe room. You come into the back door, leave your shoes and then go into the house. We also keep grocery bags and umbrellas here. When I head to market, I grab a bag, umbrella and my shoes. You always carry an umbrella during monsoon season which runs September through December.