Matthew Millman
Mid-sized modern home yoga studio in San Francisco with dark hardwood floors.

Ocean Dunes

Richard Moody & Sons Construction LLC

Photo of a beach style multipurpose gym in Portland Maine with white walls and dark hardwood floors.

Lincoln Park - Fremont

Middlefork Development LLC

This unique city-home is designed with a center entry, flanked by formal living and dining rooms on either side. An expansive gourmet kitchen / great room spans the rear of the main floor, opening onto a terraced outdoor space comprised of more than 700SF. The home also boasts an open, four-story staircase flooded with natural, southern light, as well as a lower level family room, four bedrooms (including two en-suite) on the second floor, and an additional two bedrooms and study on the third floor. A spacious, 500SF roof deck is accessible from the top of the staircase, providing additional outdoor space for play and entertainment. Due to the location and shape of the site, there is a 2-car, heated garage under the house, providing direct entry from the garage into the lower level mudroom. Two additional off-street parking spots are also provided in the covered driveway leading to the garage. Designed with family living in mind, the home has also been designed for entertaining and to embrace life's creature comforts. Pre-wired with HD Video, Audio and comprehensive low-voltage services, the home is able to accommodate and distribute any low voltage services requested by the homeowner. This home was pre-sold during construction. Steve Hall, Hedrich Blessing

Geneva Court Basement

FBC Remodel

Basement workout area with glass walls and workout equipment. ©Finished Basement Company
Mid-sized transitional multipurpose gym in Denver with beige walls, dark hardwood floors and brown floor.

Exercise Barn

User

Design ideas for a large country multipurpose gym in Philadelphia with slate floors.

Waterfall

Anthony W Design

Photo of a contemporary home gym in Phoenix with black walls, dark hardwood floors and black floor.

Basement Remodel- Northville, MI

Kingdom Construction & Remodel

This is an example of a small modern multipurpose gym in Detroit with grey walls, dark hardwood floors and brown floor.

Lone Star

Schlauch Bottcher Construction (SBC)

Arts and crafts multipurpose gym in Other with grey walls and dark hardwood floors.

Seaport Village

CM Natural Designs

This condo was designed for a great client: a young professional male with modern and unfussy sensibilities. The goal was to create a space that represented this by using clean lines and blending natural and industrial tones and materials. Great care was taken to be sure that interest was created through a balance of high contrast and simplicity. And, of course, the entire design is meant to support and not distract from the incredible views. Photos by: Chipper Hatter

Twin Peaks Escape Pad

Knock Architecture and Design

Design ideas for a mid-sized modern home yoga studio in San Francisco with white walls, dark hardwood floors and brown floor.

Gunflint

Schrader & Companies

Inspiration for a transitional indoor sport court in Minneapolis with grey walls, dark hardwood floors and grey floor.

Modern Custom Home in Hollywood Hills, CA

Levi Design Build

This is an example of a mid-sized modern home yoga studio in Los Angeles with white walls and dark hardwood floors.

Annex - Three Storey Renovation

Geometra Design Ltd.

Arnal Photography
Transitional home yoga studio in Toronto with grey walls and dark hardwood floors.

124 N. Gunston

Bruno Abisror - Sothebys International Realty

Beautifully designed by Giannetti Architects and skillfully built by Morrow & Morrow Construction in 2006 in the highly coveted guard gated Brentwood Circle. The stunning estate features 5bd/5.5ba including maid quarters, library, and detached pool house. Designer finishes throughout with wide plank hardwood floors, crown molding, and interior service elevator. Sumptuous master suite and bath with large terrace overlooking pool and yard. 3 additional bedroom suites + dance studio/4th bedroom upstairs. Spacious family room with custom built-ins, eat-in cook's kitchen with top of the line appliances and butler's pantry & nook. Formal living room w/ french limestone fireplace designed by Steve Gianetti and custom made in France, dining room, and office/library with floor-to ceiling mahogany built-in bookshelves & rolling ladder. Serene backyard with swimmer's pool & spa. Private and secure yet only minutes to the Village. This is a rare offering. Listed with Steven Moritz & Bruno Abisror. Post Rain - Jeff Ong Photos

Basements

Wright Construction Company

A professional-quality gym in your own basement, complete with workout bars and mirrors! If you like music and the tv with your workout, let Don know and he will add the correct wiring to the project! Add a bathroom with a shower, and you will pop out of your basement workout ready to go!

Spanish Style Texas Mesquite

Hardwood Design Company

Random Width Texas Mesquite Hardwood Flooring. Dark Hardwood Floors Contrasted With White Walls. Spanish Style Tiled Stairs. Rustic Ceiling Beams.
Design ideas for a mediterranean multipurpose gym in Austin with dark hardwood floors, white walls and brown floor.

Just Say Omm

Houseplay Renovations LLC

This Jersey City, NJ space was the first permanent ‘home’ for the yoga studio, so it was essential for us to listen well and design a space to serve their needs for years to come. Through our design process, we helped to guide the owners through the fit-out of their new studio location that required minimal demolition and disruption to the existing space. Together, we converted a space originally used as a preschool into a welcoming, spacious yoga studio for local yogis. We created one main yoga studio by combining four small classrooms into a single larger space with new walls, while all the other program spaces (including designated areas for holistic treatments, massage, and bodywork) were accommodated into pre-existing rooms. Our team completed all demo, sheetrock, electrical, and painting aspects of the project. (The studio owners did some of the work themselves, and a different company installed the flooring and carpets.) The results speak for themselves: a peaceful, restorative space to facilitate health and healing for the studio’s community. Looking to renovate your place of business? Contact the Houseplay team; we’ll help make it happen! Photo Credit: Anne Ruthmann Photography

Middlebury Home

Silver Maple Construction LLC

Photography by Susan Teare
This is an example of a country home yoga studio in Burlington with dark hardwood floors and red floor.

#AJMBLifeInTheSuburbs: A Full House Remodel

Anthony James Master Builders, LLC

A complete home remodel, our #AJMBLifeInTheSuburbs project is the perfect Westfield, NJ story of keeping the charm in town. Our homeowners had a vision to blend their updated and current style with the original character that was within their home. Think dark wood millwork, original stained glass windows, and quirky little spaces. The end result is the perfect blend of historical Westfield charm paired with today's modern style.

Jules Leger Dr

OakWood Designers & Builders

This is an example of a large transitional home weight room in Ottawa with beige walls, dark hardwood floors and brown floor.

Home Gym Design Ideas with Dark Hardwood Floors and Slate 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.