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April 18, 2022

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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!

I’ll share more of my plans in an upcoming mood board, but of course we could use some paint immediately. I’m thinking a clean white will do wonders. Definitely want to update the ceiling fan, maybe give the mirrors a facelift… but boy oh boy do I have something big in mind for the floors ;). AND I MEAN BIGGGGGGG. Any guesses??

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What do you think?

  1. dina says:

    anti fatigue flooring?

  2. Aly Sharette says:

    Exciting! Get a Tonal! You’ll love it so much.

  3. Chris says:

    What size room do you think is the minimum for a gym with rower, treadmill and space for yoga mat and weights?

  4. Val says:

    Curious about your (new balance?) sneakers in the main photo please

  5. Megan says:

    We are re-doing our home gym so I’m hoping for floor tile!

  6. Rebecca says:

    I’m going to guess you have a flooring line coming out that you’re going to use? LVP?!

  7. Erin says:

    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!

  8. Janice says:

    Checkerboard?

  9. Erin says:

    I hope you’re launching a new line of wood stains 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

  10. Dianne says:

    Rubber flooring – so many choices from which to choose!

  11. Bethany says:

    Polished concrete or partial cork?

  12. Mary says:

    CLJ Tile possibly?!

  13. Rebekah Olson says:

    LVP??

  14. Courtney says:

    We used horse stall mats for our home gym floor. They work great!

  15. Julie says:

    We have an extra space I am hoping to do this to. Could you tell me the room size?

  16. kim weigand says:

    Paint!

  17. Janie Henderson says:

    Gym turf

  18. Traci says:

    My guess is a checkerboard rubber foam floor.

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