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Affordable Rustic Home Gym Ideas and Designs

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Meemos Farms
Meemos Farms
Gilberts Carpets Plus Color TileGilberts Carpets Plus Color Tile
Inspiration for a medium sized rustic multi-use home gym in Other with brown walls, medium hardwood flooring and brown floors.
Home Media Center
Home Media Center
TrinSPIN, Inc.TrinSPIN, Inc.
Photo of a large rustic multi-use home gym in Other with beige walls, light hardwood flooring and beige floors.
Home Staging and Photography
Home Staging and Photography
Jaeger StagingJaeger Staging
This is one of our latest project that we consulted, staged and photographed. It was a home with 4 children and 2 dogs. We painted the interior in a bright neutral color and fixed the every day damages. The house was cleaned and we staged it in a modern rustic style. It was given a final detail before the open house and had multiple offers on the first day and sold! Copyrights: Margareth Jaeger
Rustic Glam
Rustic Glam
Ridge Creek Custom HomesRidge Creek Custom Homes
This is an example of a medium sized rustic home weight room in Minneapolis with grey walls.
The Armstrong - JRE0220
The Armstrong - JRE0220
Legacy Post & BeamLegacy Post & Beam
Post and beam two car garage with storage space and loft overhead
Photo of a large rustic home gym.
Aspinwall Backyard Retreat
Aspinwall Backyard Retreat
Warm Timber Saunas & Wine CellarsWarm Timber Saunas & Wine Cellars
Birdseye view of this backyard garden paradise showing the natural "cedar shake" roof of the outdoor sauna looking toward the pond and patio.
Design ideas for a medium sized rustic home gym in Other.
Barn Style Sliding Door
Barn Style Sliding Door
Bowman's Woodworking Inc.Bowman's Woodworking Inc.
Photo of a medium sized rustic multi-use home gym in Other with beige walls and carpet.
Workout at Altitude
Workout at Altitude
Somrak Concept and Structure, Inc.Somrak Concept and Structure, Inc.
Originally planned as garage space, this home gym provides the owners a place to exercise in the close confines of home. Trent Bona Photography
Photo of a medium sized rustic multi-use home gym in Denver with beige walls and carpet.
Benca Custom Home
Benca Custom Home
Creekside ConstructionCreekside Construction
Arne Loren
Medium sized rustic multi-use home gym in Seattle with beige walls and medium hardwood flooring.
Home Yoga Studio
Home Yoga Studio
Interiors by PopovInteriors by Popov
This once cold and dusty basement was transformed into a gorgeous, serine yoga studio. Our client was determined to reuse and recycle as much of the existing features as possible. So, coming up with a design that felt "this century" with this much wood paneling was anything but trivial. After the initial nervous rush of "…OMG, what are we going to do here…", the challenge was surmounted, as it always is. The studio looks stunning. Cove lighting exaggerates the texture of the ceiling and highlights the beams. Cork flooring brings warmth and a unique softness to the space. The newly designed and remodeled bathroom feels like a high end spa. The client was ecstatic, which is, as always, the most important thing. Namaste!
Custom Home Audio/Video
Custom Home Audio/Video
AAA InstallationAAA Installation
Yamaha Sound Bar installation under wall mounted TV
Design ideas for a medium sized rustic home weight room in Charleston with white walls and light hardwood flooring.
Serge DeNime
Serge DeNime
NATURANATURA
Inspiration for a medium sized rustic home gym in Essex.
Drayton
Drayton
Campbell Construction ServicesCampbell Construction Services
This extra bedroom was transformed into a home office for our clients. We added drywall and trim to the ceiling next to a fresh coat of paint! Not to mention the beautiful dark walnut stained butcher block and shelves that we hand refinished to top off the space. We were there every step of the way designing their space for our client to bring their vision to life!
Home Media Center
Home Media Center
TrinSPIN, Inc.TrinSPIN, Inc.
Photo of a large rustic multi-use home gym in Other with beige walls, light hardwood flooring and beige floors.
Meemos Farms
Meemos Farms
Gilberts Carpets Plus Color TileGilberts Carpets Plus Color Tile
This is an example of a medium sized rustic home weight room in Other with brown walls, medium hardwood flooring and brown floors.
Meemos Farms
Meemos Farms
Gilberts Carpets Plus Color TileGilberts Carpets Plus Color Tile
Design ideas for a medium sized rustic multi-use home gym in Other with brown walls, medium hardwood flooring and brown floors.
Benca Custom Home
Benca Custom Home
Creekside ConstructionCreekside Construction
Arne Loren
Inspiration for a medium sized rustic multi-use home gym in Seattle with beige walls and medium hardwood flooring.

Affordable Rustic Home Gym Ideas and Designs

Home gyms are a wonderful luxury if fitness is a priority. The freedom and flexibility offered by building a rustic home gym or exercise room at home is a great investment, and will soon recoup its worth in memberships. Design ideas might conjure up images of exercise bikes, treadmills and heavy weights, but if that isn’t your thing it can really be as simple as having an open, airy, mirrored studio in which to practice yoga or pilates.

How to find ideas for my home gym?

The first consideration for your rustic home gym design is finding the space, the second is working out how this space will accommodate the gym equipment that you require. You may have a spare room, loft, basement or garage that can be fitted for purpose, but there’s more to home gyms than just bringing in the right equipment – you will want to consider hygiene, ventilation, your flooring and ease of movement around the space. Try looking through the photos from design professionals to find inspiration on how to furnish and decorate your home gym, and filter by style, budget, size, type, flooring and colours to find designs that could work for you.

How to choose the right gym equipment?

The home exercise equipment you should invest in will depend on whether you are a cardio or weights lover, and there are ideas for every budget varying from the humble skipping rope, to medicine balls, dumbbells and weight benches, or go all out with a state-of-the-art multi gym and motorised treadmills or cross-trainers. If your workouts don’t involve any fitness equipment, a bright studio space will offer the perfect environment for exercise – just add your yoga mat, a ballet barre or soft stretching area and you’ll have all you need. If you really want to go all out, and dance is your typical workout of choice, you might even consider a sprung floor. The home gym is the one room where mirrors aren’t decor, so install a mirrored wall so you can keep proper form whilst exercising.

How do I convert my space into a home gym?

Your first consideration in a home gym is space – you need to keep enough space between your gym machines to allow safe and easy movement. Designating extra space for stretching can be as important as finding room for a rowing machine and weights. Good ventilation is essential – if you have insufficient windows for good air flow then you can add extractor fans and consider installing air conditioning for climate control. Access to an electrical supply through floor recessed power points is important for your workout equipment and you may want to consider allowing for a TV and sound system. Think carefully about lighting when considering home gym ideas and ideally avoid low-hanging lights or lighting that will give off a lot of heat, as keeping cool whilst exercising is critical to comfort.

What should I do for the flooring?

Before bringing any large scale home fitness equipment into the room and dreaming up grandiose home gym ideas, take into account how much weight your floors can take. Unless your gym is on the ground floor, you may need to strengthen your flooring. Suspending timber floors may need reinforcing, and outdoor buildings such as sheds will need a minimum of 150mm joists to support equipment. If in any doubt, consult a structural engineer – nothing interrupts a workout like falling through your home gym floor! When it comes to the covering, vinyl, rubber and foam tiles or interlocking floor mats are all good options as they provide spring and a soft surface if you are in contact with the floor often.
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