Home Gym in Sports Fan Dream Basement in Northern Virginia

Photographer: Bob Narod
Design ideas for a large transitional home gym in DC Metro with white walls, black floor and laminate floors.

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.

Cyprus House Plan

Walker Home Design

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

garden gym

in and out design

This is an example of a mid-sized modern home gym in Essex with laminate floors.

Orono Custom Home

Divine Custom Homes

Design ideas for a large contemporary indoor sport court in Minneapolis with white 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
This is an example of a large modern home weight room in Toronto with grey walls, laminate floors and white floor.

Traver Basement

D&G Construction

A place for all your workouts.
This is an example of a mid-sized transitional home gym in Denver with beige walls and laminate floors.

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.

Maison Molière à La Celle-Saint-Cloud

KAST DESIGN

Inspiration for a mid-sized contemporary multipurpose gym in Paris with brown walls, laminate floors and beige floor.

Home Addition & Sports Court

First Choice Custom Builders

Sports court fitted with virtual golf, yoga room, weight room, sauna, spa, and kitchenette.
Expansive country indoor sport court in Dallas with white walls, laminate floors and grey floor.

Transitional Two-Story Lakehouse

Bohannon Design Team

Design ideas for a small transitional multipurpose gym in Dallas with laminate floors.

Primrose Project

Dream Finders Homes

This is an example of a large arts and crafts multipurpose gym in Denver with beige walls and laminate floors.

2014 Parade of Homes

Mike Becknal & Company, Inc.

This is an example of a mid-sized transitional home gym in Austin with beige walls, laminate floors and brown floor.

Energetic Exercise Room

Tiffany Brooks, HGTV Host & Interior Designer

ADA Compliant Home in Tualatin, OR

True Life Design Co

Therapy Room and mixed use gym
Inspiration for a large country multipurpose gym in Portland with white walls, laminate floors and brown floor.

Quaint Cottage Remodel

Pillar Homes

Builder: Pillar Homes Photographer: Landmark Photography
Design ideas for a mid-sized country indoor sport court in Minneapolis with white walls, laminate floors and brown floor.

Home gym with integrated utilities room

YD - interiors

This kitchen unit contains a brass tap and brass water proof wall light and modern artwork with an inspiring quote "queen of the gym". The three steps leading up to the main house are covered with contemporary laminate flooring and the edges finished off with brass profiles.

Cayenne- JSN

Daytona Homes

Mid-sized multipurpose gym in Edmonton with white walls, laminate floors and beige floor.

Rainribbon Road Basement Remodel

FBC Remodel

Design ideas for a small midcentury multipurpose gym in Denver with beige walls, laminate floors and multi-coloured floor.

Home Gym Design Ideas with 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.