Adding two rooms in a basement
I was taught that: “If it looks like a hot dog stand, works like a hot dog stand, then it’s a hot dog stand.”
Working hard to trick people into thinking they’re getting 2 free bedrooms in the basement, is not commendable. You know they are not bedrooms, do you think it’s right to have family and friends sleeping in an unsafe room?
You are no better than one of those phone scammers.
Btw, the Code says the required ceiling height of “habitable rooms”is 7’, except in a basement, where it’s 80”. (See ICC R305.1) If the rooms are going to be bedrooms, then they need egress windows and smoke detectors. (Closets do not define what a bedroom is...)
Also, the floor area of each shall be a minimum of 70 square feet with the smallest dimension to be at least 7’ in any direction. (See ICC R304.3)