+1, a place for your gear and boots, especially if they're wet.
Also, a sheltered place to fire up the stove in the morning and not risk spilling stuff in the tent.
Same response for me.
If your tent does not have a vestibule, and the weather turns bad, then you have to setup a tarp to perform the same function. A vestibule is lighter and easier.
Wind in my hair, Sun on my face, I gazed at the wide open spaces, And I was at home.
