Photo of a garden room, shed custom-made in Romford, Essex, Cedar cladding, bi-fold doors, integrated blinds, cream stone, stone steps, architecture, white stone, sandstone,garden paving,man cave, home gym.

Bayshore House

April Balliette

Ryan Gamma Photography
Small contemporary home yoga studio in Tampa with green walls, medium hardwood floors and brown floor.

Polk Home

Keswick Homes

Design ideas for a mid-sized contemporary home yoga studio in DC Metro with beige walls, dark hardwood floors and brown floor.

Manhattan Beach Modern

SoCal Contractor

Large contemporary multipurpose gym in Los Angeles with white walls, medium hardwood floors and brown floor.

Laguna Beach - Temple Hills

Corbin Reeves Construction

This is an example of a contemporary home gym in Orange County with white walls, concrete floors and brown floor.

Wellness Addition

HRS BUILD

Meditation, dance room looking at hidden doors with a Red Bed healing space
Photo of a mid-sized contemporary home yoga studio in Dallas with brown walls, medium hardwood floors, brown floor and wood.

Contemporary Basement Remodel in Lake Mendota, WI

Sweeney Design Remodel

A custom home gym was also included in this complete basement renovation.
Design ideas for a mid-sized contemporary multipurpose gym in Other with beige walls, medium hardwood floors and brown floor.

Mirror-oriented view

Mirabello Interiors

The area with a plant, yoga equipment, mirrors and cupboards.
This is an example of a large contemporary home yoga studio in Other with grey walls, light hardwood floors and brown floor.

Estate Guest Villa

Dale Gardon Design

Dino Tonn
Design ideas for a large contemporary home weight room in Phoenix with beige walls and brown floor.

Chestnut Street

Accents Home Interiors & Staging

Mid-sized contemporary home yoga studio in San Francisco with beige walls, light hardwood floors and brown floor.

Natural Yoga Studio with Wooden Wall

HAUM

Photo of a mid-sized contemporary home yoga studio in London with brown walls, vinyl floors and brown floor.

California Contemporary

Sogno Design Group

Photo by Langdon Clay
Photo of a mid-sized contemporary multipurpose gym in San Francisco with brown walls, medium hardwood floors and brown floor.

Beverly Hills Modern

Lori Dennis, ASID, LEED AP

A Basement Home Gym with floor to ceiling sliding glass doors open on to a light filled outdoor patio.
This is an example of a mid-sized contemporary multipurpose gym in Los Angeles with white walls, light hardwood floors and brown floor.

Garage-to-Kid's Gym Remodel

Schultz Miller

PHOTO: Andrew Buchanan
Design ideas for a contemporary multipurpose gym in Seattle with white walls, medium hardwood floors and brown floor.

North Carolina

Multimedia Solutions Inc

We added a mounted TV for fitness classes and entertainment while getting your cardio in. Also, we added in ceiling speakers to give this gym full room audio without taking away from the look.

Serene Yoga Room

Wiles Design Group

Project by Wiles Design Group. Their Cedar Rapids-based design studio serves the entire Midwest, including Iowa City, Dubuque, Davenport, and Waterloo, as well as North Missouri and St. Louis. For more about Wiles Design Group, see here: https://wilesdesigngroup.com/

CONTEMPORARY COMPOUND

Allen Irvin - Designer

exercise room at top of hidden master stairway. doors lead to screened porch. sheet rock niches for workout gloves, drink, headphones, towels, or anything needed around exercise equipment. the garage door opens to balcony that is screened-in with a fireplace. part of the multi-room master suite.

Whole Home AV project 2

Smart Automation Solutions

Design ideas for a large contemporary multipurpose gym in DC Metro with beige walls, light hardwood floors and brown floor.

Contemporary Home Gym

Contemporary home climbing wall in Jacksonville with white walls and brown floor.

Modern Gym in Piedmont - Accessory Building

Studio Bergtraun AIA

Treve Johnson
Mid-sized contemporary multipurpose gym in San Francisco with white walls, medium hardwood floors and brown floor.

Contemporary Home Gym Design Ideas with Brown Floor

A contemporary home gym can be a worthwhile investment, helping you maintain a healthy lifestyle, and saving you money in the long-run, too. All you need is a small exercise nook or a spare room that can be stocked with gym equipment. Strapped for cash? Workouts at home needn’t cost a cent; just throw down an exercise mat at the foot of your bed and voila. Home gym equipment can be large and bulky – a cross trainer, rowing machine or bench press, for example, will dominate most rooms. There are, however, alternative options for getting fit. Before you start planning the space, decide on what you actually enjoy doing, and what equipment you will get the most use out of. Depending on your budget and interests, you could have a yoga studio, meditation room, weights room, basketball court or even a dance studio. Browse the photos on Houzz for ideas and inspiration for contemporary home gyms, and save your favourites to an ideabook. Once you're ready, you can find the architect or interior designer to help bring your vision to life.

What kind of home gym should I have?

To get the most out of your home gym, plan a space that will allow you to incorporate many different fitness regimes. A spare room can be transformed into a hub for aerobics, yoga, pilates, kickboxing, dancing and cardio – just add timber floorboards or rubber flooring, a mirrored wall, an exercise machine, some dumbbells, a TV and a killer sound system. This way, there’s something for the whole family. If you have the space and enjoy doing specific workouts, consider making a specialty room like a contemporary yoga studio.

How do I create a double-duty exercise room?

Make the most of your contemporary home gym by making it a dual-purpose room. You could combine your gym with an office space, playroom, guest bedroom or garage, for example. Consider which space is most practical. A treadmill in your bedroom won’t be ideal if you workout at the crack of dawn while your partner is still sleeping; likewise, you won’t want to lift weights in a garage that turns into a sweatbox in the summer because it isn’t insulated.

What kind of home gym equipment do I need?

Again, this depends on what you enjoy doing most. Yoga mats, dumbbells and punching bags are popular purchases, or you could splurge on big-ticket items like a treadmill or multi-functional home gym system. Additional extras to help get you in the zone include a sound system, wall-mounted TV, as well as a mini bar to store cold drinks. Don’t forget to allow for efficient ventilation and cooling.