Update

Still no furniture (the bar stools in the kitchenette are from upstairs), but here's the finished build-out of the basement I've been working on.
Here are photos when we were "in the thick of it," a while back.

The bookshelves in the hall have already been put to good use.We took a break for the summer (and because I
decided to go back to school)
but we'll be back in full swing in a few weeks. More photos here.