Home Gym Design Ideas with Medium Hardwood Floors

Dewing Schmid Kearns
Inspiration for an expansive country indoor sport court in Boston with medium hardwood floors and brown walls.

A Young Family's Dream Home

Donna Mancini Interiors & Flooring

This is an example of a transitional multipurpose gym in Jacksonville with blue walls and medium hardwood floors.

A Spa in the Mountains

Fox Construction, Inc.

Tim Murphy Photography
Photo of a mid-sized country home yoga studio in Denver with medium hardwood floors.

Bethesda Photoshoot

Designing Solutions

Mid-sized transitional home climbing wall in DC Metro with green walls and medium hardwood floors.

Posh Home Remodel

Everything Home

Our Carmel design-build studio was tasked with organizing our client’s basement and main floor to improve functionality and create spaces for entertaining. In the basement, the goal was to include a simple dry bar, theater area, mingling or lounge area, playroom, and gym space with the vibe of a swanky lounge with a moody color scheme. In the large theater area, a U-shaped sectional with a sofa table and bar stools with a deep blue, gold, white, and wood theme create a sophisticated appeal. The addition of a perpendicular wall for the new bar created a nook for a long banquette. With a couple of elegant cocktail tables and chairs, it demarcates the lounge area. Sliding metal doors, chunky picture ledges, architectural accent walls, and artsy wall sconces add a pop of fun. On the main floor, a unique feature fireplace creates architectural interest. The traditional painted surround was removed, and dark large format tile was added to the entire chase, as well as rustic iron brackets and wood mantel. The moldings behind the TV console create a dramatic dimensional feature, and a built-in bench along the back window adds extra seating and offers storage space to tuck away the toys. In the office, a beautiful feature wall was installed to balance the built-ins on the other side. The powder room also received a fun facelift, giving it character and glitz. --- Project completed by Wendy Langston's Everything Home interior design firm, which serves Carmel, Zionsville, Fishers, Westfield, Noblesville, and Indianapolis. For more about Everything Home, see here: https://everythinghomedesigns.com/ To learn more about this project, see here: https://everythinghomedesigns.com/portfolio/carmel-indiana-posh-home-remodel

Historic Home in Phoenix, Arizona

Vallone Design

Dino Tonn
This is an example of a traditional home yoga studio in Phoenix with white walls and medium hardwood floors.

Traditional Homes

Candelaria Design Associates

Dino Tonn
Design ideas for a large transitional home yoga studio in Phoenix with white walls and medium hardwood floors.

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.

Yoga Studio

SHKS Architects

Carefully placed openings allow light to fill the interior while preserving a sense of privacy Photo Credit: Ben Benschneider
Inspiration for a large contemporary home yoga studio in Seattle with medium hardwood floors.

Bank Barn, Garage, Gymnasium - New Holland, PA

King Construction Company LLC

Inspiration for an expansive country indoor sport court in Other with brown walls, medium hardwood floors and brown floor.

Tiburon Gym and Snack Bar

ThompsonBrooks,Inc.

Sheahan and Quandt Architects
This is an example of a contemporary multipurpose gym in San Francisco with grey walls, medium hardwood floors and orange floor.

Tree House

ARCHITEM Wolff Shapiro Kuskowski Architectes

ARCHITEM Wolff Shapiro Kuskowski architectes, photo by Drew Hadley
Design ideas for a country home gym in Montreal with beige walls, medium hardwood floors and brown floor.

Contemporaneo Palestra

This is an example of a contemporary home weight room in Venice with white walls, medium hardwood floors and brown floor.

Home Gym with Peleton

Orren Pickell Building Group

Small traditional multipurpose gym in Milwaukee with blue walls and medium hardwood floors.

New barn - recreational building construction

Landmark Services Inc

We built a new barn in suburban Boston that contains a half-court basketball court, and a great room or family room with a fieldstone fireplace, Nanawalls, and exposed timber frame. This project was a collaboration with Bensonwood timberframers.

Drag Lake

Rodco Enterprise

This is an example of a mid-sized country multipurpose gym in Toronto with medium hardwood floors, beige walls and brown floor.

personal gym Piedmont

Treve Johnson Photography

Treve Johnson, Photography Studio Bergtraun, Architect Shaddle Construction
Photo of a mid-sized contemporary multipurpose gym in San Francisco with white walls and medium hardwood floors.

Straw Bale Sanctuary

Cristee-Meade Building Company

This is an example of a large country home yoga studio in Denver with purple walls, medium hardwood floors and brown floor.

A Spa in the Mountains

Fox Construction, Inc.

Tim Murphy Photography
Design ideas for a mid-sized country home yoga studio in Denver with medium hardwood floors.

High-End Basement Renovation

Owen Homes LLC

Inspiration for a large transitional home gym in Kansas City with brown walls, medium hardwood floors, brown floor and timber.

Home Gym Design Ideas with Medium Hardwood 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.