When you come into the basement:
Player view:
DM's view:
DM's table, complete with room for 2 books, initiative tracker, wet erase pens and light controls (dimmers) and plastic tote bins for sourcebook references:
The battle grid is acrylic plexiglass (from Lowe's), with a grid drawn on using Sharpie permanent marker, then spray-painted white on the same side so the grid shows up through the top face. This is a WET-ERASE surface, not dry-erase (learned that the hard way).