I could work with the bad lighting and standard-issue furniture, but what really gave me pause were the concrete walls. Not only are concrete walls boring to look at, but they're also difficult to ...

“The room had two interior walls that were built of what appeared to be thick concrete. The walls appeared to be out of place as they were the only solid concrete walls in the basement.” ...

For industrial interior design, concrete's raw texture adds to industrial design's stripped-down, rugged, unfinished look.