We used one room as our family room/TV room. Here it is--I particularly like the brick wall; I think it adds a lot of character.
We used the room right next to it as a playroom for the kids. With hardwood in the rest of the house, it was nice to have a carpeted area for them to play, especially when they were crawling (and particularly when *I* was getting down on the floor with them).
This room leads back to a small area where there is a large closet (under the staircase) and a built-in bookshelf. Beyond that area is the laundry room.
I don't have any pictures of the laundry/furnace room but, you know, you can imagine. The floor and walls are concrete. The washer and dryer are in good condition, and stay. There is a little room for storage--my husband kept tools there. The water softener is owned and lives there. And we mounted a very stylish, and very useful, stainless steel shelf on the wall to hold laundry products.
As our family expanded, we used the last room in the basement as a guest room (although it served a better purpose, I think, as a game room for the previous owners). The floor is a nice tile (I'm not sure what it's called), and it has really nice track lighting and a recessed area that we used as a little closet.
(Forgive the clutter--these pictures were taken as we were in the process of moving out).
