Photo of a large traditional home weight room in Grand Rapids with blue walls and black floor.

French style custom estate featured on HGTV

Arc Design Group

Inspiration for an expansive traditional home gym in Los Angeles with white walls and black floor.

Fairview French Villa

Bohannon Design Team

Photo of a large transitional multipurpose gym in Dallas with blue walls and black floor.

Mountain Chalet

HARRISON FAE DESIGN

Check out this amazing home gym. Who wouldn't want to work out in here?
Large contemporary multipurpose gym in Toronto with grey walls and black floor.

Home Gym

R|House Design Build

Custom home gym. Large space for kids to play basketball with separate workout area. Rubber floors, mirrors, shelves and hooks to store workout equipment.

Stately Colonial

Teakwood Builders, Inc.

Photo of a large traditional multipurpose gym in Boston with grey walls and black floor.

Villandry Circle

Hills & Grant

Photo: Lisa Petrole
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Full Home Design (Oklahoma City, OK)

The Glover Group, LLC

Mid-sized transitional home weight room in Oklahoma City with beige walls and black floor.

Maple Grove Finished Basement

Pinnacle Design & Remodeling

A blank slate and open minds are a perfect recipe for creative design ideas. The homeowner's brother is a custom cabinet maker who brought our ideas to life and then Landmark Remodeling installed them and facilitated the rest of our vision. We had a lot of wants and wishes, and were to successfully do them all, including a gym, fireplace, hidden kid's room, hobby closet, and designer touches.

Lancaster Residence

Steven Dailey Construction

This exercise room is perfect for your daily yoga practice! Right off the basement family room the glass doors allow to close the room off without making the space feel smaller.

Eclectic Glam

City Homes, LLC

Photo of a transitional home weight room in Minneapolis with white walls and black floor.

Custom Design | Build: Memorial Contemporary

Frankel Design Build

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Project Sunday

Riley Ridd
Photo of a mid-sized industrial home weight room in Salt Lake City with grey walls and black floor.

Garden Studio Gym & Yoga Studio

Owl Garden Studios

Inspiration for a large contemporary multipurpose gym in London with white walls, light hardwood floors and black floor.

Highland Lakes

Thomas Building Company, LLC

This is an example of a large transitional home gym in Other with beige walls, painted wood floors and black floor.

Avenel Aglow II

Anthony Wilder Design/Build, Inc.

Danielle Frye
Photo of a mid-sized contemporary multipurpose gym in DC Metro with beige walls and black floor.

Fall Parade Home 2020

Zawadski Homes Inc.

Indoor custom sport court with basketball hoop and natural light.
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Movie and Bar Basement

Harbour Towne Construction

A simple home gym accompanies the home movie theatre and bar to give this family the option to work out at home.
Design ideas for a small country multipurpose gym in Atlanta with pink walls and black floor.

Brand New Bachelor

Lori Dennis, ASID, LEED AP

This is an example of a large modern multipurpose gym in Los Angeles with grey walls and black floor.

Gyms

J. Silver Design Build LLC.

This is an example of a large contemporary home weight room in New York with yellow walls and black floor.

Home Gym Design Ideas with Black Floor and Turquoise Floor

A 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 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 yoga studio.

How do I create a double-duty exercise room?

Make the most of your 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.