It came up to his expectations. In the first place it was large and dimly it- by the lumber room-saki

Although "The Lumber Room" contains repeated instances of ironic reversals of expectations, there is nothing ironic about the lumber room, which is everything Nicholas had imagined. Just as Nicholas had hoped, the lumber room contains the possessions his aunt keeps hidden for fear that the children will ruin them. Although he has access to the objects, Nicholas proceeds to treat everything with delicacy, replacing things where he found them and appreciating the objects in the way their makers intended.