They had spent the past couple of weeks exploring the basement which, until recently, nobody really ever went into. So far, they had found: a set of dusty, creaky, old red armchairs (which they had rehabilitated and put into great use), a huge box filled with a jumble of old photographs from Mr and Mrs Weasley's childhood lives (the two families - Weasleys and Rochas - had spent a very enjoyable afternoon sifting through these), and when Hermione arrived yesterday, she had unearthed Mrs Weasley's brother's old gobstones set and chess board, the latter with which they were currently using.