Large traditional multipurpose gym in Salt Lake City with grey walls, laminate floors and grey floor.

Lighting Control, Whole Home Audio, and more

Get pumped for your workout with your favorite songs, easily played overhead from your phone. Ready to watch a guided workout? That's easy too!
Mid-sized contemporary home gym in Philadelphia with grey walls, laminate floors, grey floor and exposed beam.

Basement Extraordinaire

Just Basements

The lounge area is in the center of the space and can be seen from all corners of the basement. The stacked stone ledge with barn board cap helps to balance out the barn board clad bulkhead above. These elements work wonderfully together to tie into the accents throughout as well as provide a visual focal point and frame around the wall mounted tv. The repetition of these materials truly helps to make a large, expansive living space like this feel connected and cozy.

Home Gym

Meyer Design

This home gym has room to move while providing storage for extra equipment, towels, etc. Photo by Emilie Proscal
Mid-sized transitional multipurpose gym in Chicago with grey walls, laminate floors and brown floor.

Energetic Exercise Room

Tiffany Brooks, HGTV Host & Interior Designer

Designed to encourage a healthy lifestyle, the exercise room showcases an energetic focal wall and top-of-the-line exercise equipment. Located off the covered porch in the home's lower level, the energetic exercise room offers state-of-the-art equipment and lots of natural light.

Harmony Showhome - Calbridge Homes

Rochelle Cote Interior Design

Inspiration for a mid-sized country multipurpose gym in Calgary with grey walls and laminate floors.

Basement Finishing Cambridge MA

LUX Renovations/ Owens Corning Basements

You can have your own personal workout gym right in your home with the Owens Corning® Basement Finishing System™
Inspiration for a small modern home gym in Boston with grey walls and laminate floors.

Winnetka Coastal Colonial

Newgard Custom Homes

Design ideas for a transitional indoor sport court in Chicago with grey walls and laminate floors.

Mainline Whole House Remodel

Windle Design & Construction

Design ideas for a mid-sized traditional home weight room in Philadelphia with grey walls, laminate floors and brown floor.

Whitby Modern Basement Bar and Gym

HTR Basements

Basement Gym with 16 linear feet of mirror, accent laminate walls on the sides
Photo of a large modern home weight room in Toronto with grey walls, laminate floors and grey floor.

In-Home Gym

Fratantoni Design / Residential Architects

This in-home weight room gym has a grey accent wall and all the gym equipment that you would need!
Photo of a modern home weight room in Albuquerque with grey walls and laminate floors.

Smart Playroom in Darien, CT

Smart Playrooms

Abby Flanagan
Design ideas for a mid-sized country home gym in New York with grey walls and laminate floors.

Woodland Drive

Coastal Decor & Interior Design

Home gym, with custom designed and built work from home desk.
Mid-sized industrial home yoga studio in New York with grey walls, laminate floors and brown floor.

Modernized Classic Home

Method Architecture Studio, PLLC

Vaulted ceilings with collar ties and a modern fan make this an inviting space to move your body and clear the mind.
Design ideas for a large modern multipurpose gym in New York with grey walls, laminate floors, grey floor and vaulted.

Basement Extraordinaire

Just Basements

The lounge area is in the center of the space and can be seen from all corners of the basement. The stacked stone ledge with barn board cap helps to balance out the barn board clad bulkhead above as well as the barn board clad archway leading into the fitness room. The expansive custom glass wall between the two spaces creates a sense of delineation while also allowing natural light to carry through. It also breaks up the use of rustic materials and brings through a clean, polished aesthetic.

Riverside MCM

Loft 3 Design Company

Photo of a mid-sized transitional multipurpose gym in Calgary with grey walls, laminate floors and brown floor.

Havens Edge

Alair Homes - Salt Lake

Drone Your Homes
Design ideas for a mid-sized modern multipurpose gym in Salt Lake City with grey walls, laminate floors and black floor.

Fitnessräume

Kin Raumdesign

Photo of a mid-sized industrial home gym in Other with grey walls, laminate floors, grey floor and wallpaper.

Basement with bedroom, hobby (train) room and gym

Greely Pro Renovations Corp.

Design ideas for a large contemporary home gym in Ottawa with grey walls, laminate floors and brown floor.

Exercise Room

Eldan Homes

Design ideas for a mid-sized arts and crafts home weight room in New York with grey walls, laminate floors and brown floor.

Home Gym Design Ideas with Grey Walls and Laminate Floors

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.