Help! How to Make the Best of this Challenging Basement Bedroom? -- Good Questions

Pin it Q: I think I have a real challenge for the Apartment Therapy community! My boyfriend just rented a new home, thinking it would be no big deal to put his bedroom in the basement (he gave the real bedroom upstairs to his 9-year-old daughter). I generally question the wisdom of subterranean sleeping arrangements, but the lease is signed and he did have something of a plan for the room...