Surprise! We’re addressing the biggest eye sore in our house… the home gym. It’s a lot of burnt orange from the floor to ceiling, and we’re going to give it a little love over the next couple weeks. The gym entrance is through the archway to the right, and across from the guest house entrance (on the left side). It’s a little cave of a space at the base of the stairs leading up to the future rec room!
Chris and I have been going to a gym for YEARS. Getting out of the house really motivates me to move, but I like to workout at home after work and on the weekends. We’ve never had the space for a home gym and now that we have the space, it’s nice to have it as an option! We have a rower and treadmill and squat machine, but we’re anxious to add a few more pieces and give it a face lift so it doesn’t feel like we’re going into this dark, dingy space to exercise.
Took this photo around move-in day, and I’m sharing the timelapse we took giving it a quick tidy-up!
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anti fatigue flooring?
Cork
Exciting! Get a Tonal! You’ll love it so much.
What size room do you think is the minimum for a gym with rower, treadmill and space for yoga mat and weights?
Curious about your (new balance?) sneakers in the main photo please
Cork?
We are re-doing our home gym so I’m hoping for floor tile!
I’m going to guess you have a flooring line coming out that you’re going to use? LVP?!
XXL foam floor tiles??? Thanks for linking back to the previous post where you mention not using the formerly planned office space as offices, I was scratching my head for a sec trying to figure out how big your house is without having to search for the floor plan-lol! Would love to see how your new office space is shaping up in the new location too. A Shop request: can you please add fashion, beauty and pantry page links to the list? I was looking for your self-tanning face drops but realized I would have to use the search bar and go through all the posts…..And if you’re gonna go for it, maybe add also a home gym shop page, family games, home-improvement tools and Chris Cooks ingredients quick shop link as well. Love shopping with you guys!
On it, Erin!! Thanks for the suggestion!
Checkerboard?
I hope you’re launching a new line of wood stains 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
Rubber flooring – so many choices from which to choose!
Polished concrete or partial cork?
CLJ Tile possibly?!
LVP??
We used horse stall mats for our home gym floor. They work great!
We have an extra space I am hoping to do this to. Could you tell me the room size?
Paint!
Gym turf
My guess is a checkerboard rubber foam floor.