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Home Gym with Medium Hardwood Flooring and Feature Lighting Ideas and Designs

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Boston Magazine Design Home 2015
Boston Magazine Design Home 2015
Landry & Arcari Rugs and CarpetingLandry & Arcari Rugs and Carpeting
In September of 2015, Boston magazine opened its eleventh Design Home project at Turner Hill, a residential, luxury golf community in Ipswich, MA. The featured unit is a three story residence with an eclectic, sophisticated style. Situated just miles from the ocean, this idyllic residence has top of the line appliances, exquisite millwork, and lush furnishings. Landry & Arcari Rugs and Carpeting consulted with lead designer Chelsi Christensen and provided over a dozen rugs for this project. For more information about the Design Home, please visit: http://www.bostonmagazine.com/designhome2015/ Designer: Chelsi Christensen, Design East Interiors, Photographer: Michael J. Lee
Contemporary Home Gym
Contemporary Home Gym
This is an example of a contemporary home gym in Cheshire with medium hardwood flooring and feature lighting.
Palestra Privata
Palestra Privata
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Gianluca Grassano Vittorio Sezzella
Inspiration for a large contemporary multi-use home gym in Other with grey walls, medium hardwood flooring, grey floors and feature lighting.
Modern Living Space and Kitchen
Modern Living Space and Kitchen
TCM Custom Designs IncTCM Custom Designs Inc
Adrien Williams
Design ideas for a large contemporary home weight room in Montreal with white walls, medium hardwood flooring, multi-coloured floors and feature lighting.
Tiburon Gym and Snack Bar
Tiburon Gym and Snack Bar
ThompsonBrooks,Inc.ThompsonBrooks,Inc.
Sheahan and Quandt Architects
This is an example of a contemporary multi-use home gym in San Francisco with grey walls, medium hardwood flooring, orange floors and feature lighting.
Traditional Homes
Traditional Homes
Candelaria Design AssociatesCandelaria Design Associates
Dino Tonn
Design ideas for a large classic home yoga studio in Phoenix with white walls, medium hardwood flooring and feature lighting.
Tree House
Tree House
ARCHITEM Wolff Shapiro Kuskowski ArchitectesARCHITEM Wolff Shapiro Kuskowski Architectes
ARCHITEM Wolff Shapiro Kuskowski architectes, photo by Drew Hadley
Design ideas for a rustic home gym in Montreal with beige walls, medium hardwood flooring, brown floors and feature lighting.
Punkatassat Farm
Punkatassat Farm
BensonwoodBensonwood
Dewing Schmid Kearns
Expansive country multi-use home gym in Boston with medium hardwood flooring, brown walls and feature lighting.
The Bent Tree Circle Remodel
The Bent Tree Circle Remodel
Carla Bast DesignCarla Bast Design
Fitness Loft
Inspiration for a medium sized traditional home gym in Minneapolis with white walls, medium hardwood flooring and feature lighting.
New barn - recreational building construction
New barn - recreational building construction
Landmark Services IncLandmark 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.
Photography & Videography
Photography & Videography
WayUp Media LLCWayUp Media LLC
Brandon Ramsay
Design ideas for a traditional indoor sports court in Detroit with white walls, medium hardwood flooring, brown floors and feature lighting.
Coral Gables, Florida Home
Coral Gables, Florida Home
Eva Quateman InteriorsEva Quateman Interiors
Steven Brooke Studios
Large classic multi-use home gym in Miami with beige walls, medium hardwood flooring, brown floors, a drop ceiling and feature lighting.
Contemporaneo Palestra
Contemporaneo Palestra
This is an example of a contemporary home weight room in Venice with white walls, medium hardwood flooring, brown floors and feature lighting.
Traditional Home Gym
Traditional Home Gym
Design ideas for a traditional home gym in Las Vegas with beige walls, medium hardwood flooring and feature lighting.
Rustic Home Gym
Rustic Home Gym
Photo of a rustic home gym in Other with white walls, medium hardwood flooring, brown floors and feature lighting.

Home Gym with Medium Hardwood Flooring and Feature Lighting Ideas and Designs

Home gyms are a wonderful luxury if fitness is a priority. The freedom and flexibility offered by building a 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 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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