Karli Moore Photography
Traditional home weight room in Columbus with grey walls, carpet and grey floor.

Medina remodel

User

This is an example of a small traditional home weight room in Seattle with brown walls.

Basement Gym

FBC Remodel

©Finished Basement Company Functional, yet visually pleasing workout room; fit for any trainee.
Photo of a large traditional home weight room in Denver with beige walls, carpet and beige floor.

Watson Gym

Kollin Altomare Architects

A showpiece of soft-contemporary design, this custom beach front home boasts 3-full floors of living space plus a generous sun deck with ocean views from all levels. This 7,239SF home has 6 bedrooms, 7 baths, a home theater, gym, wine room, library and multiple living rooms. The exterior is simple, yet unique with limestone blocks set against smooth ivory stucco and teak siding accent bands. The beach side of the property opens to a resort-style oasis with a full outdoor kitchen, lap pool, spa, fire pit, and luxurious landscaping and lounging opportunities. Award Winner "Best House over 7,000 SF.", Residential Design & Build Magazine 2009, and Best Contemporary House "Silver Award" Dream Home Magazine 2011

Custom Black Forest Home

KLo Home Design

Home Gym with cabinet drop zone, floor to ceiling mirrors, tvs, and sauna
Mid-sized transitional home weight room in Denver with grey walls, cork floors and grey floor.

Spectacular Basement Renovation

La Bella Casa Interior Designs

This is an example of a large transitional home weight room in Philadelphia with grey walls and black floor.

Home Gym with Sauna by KH Interiors

Finnleo Sauna

The Nordic White Spruce exterior of the sauna adds a beautiful natural component to the fitness room. To make the panel-built sauna look built-in, a soffit was added above the sauna. With windows around the perimeter of the room, the partial glass front allows the bathers inside the sauna to enjoy the natural light and view outside.

Deephaven Lower Level Delight

Boyer Building Corporation

Full exercise room with rubber floor, mirrored wall and transom window for additional light.
Design ideas for a mid-sized traditional home weight room in Minneapolis with grey walls and black floor.

Swan Lake House

Studio McGee

Inspiration for a mid-sized modern home weight room in Salt Lake City with white walls.

Weight Room Flooring

Greatmats

Rubber Floor Mats Diamond Black are 4x6 feet and 3/4 inch thick. These mats have a straight edge. These mats are made with recycled rubber and are highly durable. https://www.greatmats.com/rubber-floor-mats/4x6ft-fitness-rubber-mat-75b.php

Basement and Kitchen Remodeling

Royal Construction Group, Inc.

Design ideas for a mid-sized traditional home weight room in Atlanta with white walls and medium hardwood floors.

Yeovil Place

Etheridge Home Renovation

This fabulous family home in the heart of Burnaby needed a make over to fit the needs of a busy, active family who love to entertain. By opening up spaces and re organizing the floor plan we created a very functional and aesthetically stunning layout to meet the needs of a growing family. Layout and Interior Design: Etheridge Home Renovation/ Client Completed July 2014 Photos by Alastair Baird Photography

Contemporary Chicago Home

Impeccable by Meredith Park

This home gym features a custom designed vinyl wall treatment featuring a favorite quote of the homeowner. The green in the wall art is echoed in other touches around the room. One wall features glass windows which allows the decal to be visible from the hallway and creates an open feeling. The custom floor covering is perfect for a home gym.

Lower Level Remodel

Sikora Creations

As part of this lower level remodel project we took a basement storage space and turned it into this perfect home gym room for the family. Photograph by Paul Kohlman.

Chaisson Project

Cantoni Irvine

Designed By: Richard Bustos Photos By: Jeri Koegel Ron and Kathy Chaisson have lived in many homes throughout Orange County, including three homes on the Balboa Peninsula and one at Pelican Crest. But when the “kind of retired” couple, as they describe their current status, decided to finally build their ultimate dream house in the flower streets of Corona del Mar, they opted not to skimp on the amenities. “We wanted this house to have the features of a resort,” says Ron. “So we designed it to have a pool on the roof, five patios, a spa, a gym, water walls in the courtyard, fire-pits and steam showers.” To bring that five-star level of luxury to their newly constructed home, the couple enlisted Orange County’s top talent, including our very own rock star design consultant Richard Bustos, who worked alongside interior designer Trish Steel and Patterson Custom Homes as well as Brandon Architects. Together the team created a 4,500 square-foot, five-bedroom, seven-and-a-half-bathroom contemporary house where R&R get top billing in almost every room. Two stories tall and with lots of open spaces, it manages to feel spacious despite its narrow location. And from its third floor patio, it boasts panoramic ocean views. “Overall we wanted this to be contemporary, but we also wanted it to feel warm,” says Ron. Key to creating that look was Richard, who selected the primary pieces from our extensive portfolio of top-quality furnishings. Richard also focused on clean lines and neutral colors to achieve the couple’s modern aesthetic, while allowing both the home’s gorgeous views and Kathy’s art to take center stage. As for that mahogany-lined elevator? “It’s a requirement,” states Ron. “With three levels, and lots of entertaining, we need that elevator for keeping the bar stocked up at the cabana, and for our big barbecue parties.” He adds, “my wife wears high heels a lot of the time, so riding the elevator instead of taking the stairs makes life that much better for her.”

TV in Home Gym

Engineered Custom Systems, Inc.

Inspiration for a large traditional home weight room in Los Angeles with beige walls.

Sierra - Beverly Hills CA

Opulent Glass Inc

This Home Gym has a perfect ambience for a sweat session. Fully equipped with cardio stations, a weight station, full Steam & Sauna and Full height (1/2") Clear Mirrors. The Entry Door (on right) is an Oversized Door with Dark Bronze Hardware.

Palm Valley Residence

Carlton Construction

Neil Rashba
This is an example of a mid-sized contemporary home weight room in Jacksonville with white walls, light hardwood floors and beige floor.

Two Level Condo Renovation with Roof Deck

Landis Architects | Builders

Expanding the narrow 30 square foot balcony on the upper level to a full floor allowed us to create a 300 square foot gym. We closed off the opening to the kitchen below. The floor framing is extra strong, specifically to carry the weight of the clients’ weights and exercise apparatus. We also used sound insulation to minimize sound transmission. We built walls at the top of the stairway to prevent sound transmission, but in order not to lose natural light transmission, we installed 3 glass openings that are fitted with LED lights. This allows light from the new sliding door to flow down to the lower floor. The entry door to the gym is a frosted glass pocket door. We replaced existing door/transom and two double-hung windows with an expansive, almost 16-foot, double sliding door, allowing for almost 8-foot opening to the outside. These larger doors allow in a lot of light and provide better access to the deck for entertaining. The cedar siding on the interior gym wall echoes the cedar deck fence. HDBros

Custom Home Gym | Colorado Springs

Galiant Homes, LLC

This is an example of a mid-sized modern home weight room in Denver with white walls and black floor.

Home Weight Room Design Ideas

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.