So remodeling the gym wasn’t in our plans for a long time, but as these things go sometimes, we found ourselves with armfuls of flooring and before you know it we were doing a home gym makeover!

The room before was OK, white walls that were non-offensive, flooring that was neutral but so busy it made your eyes hurt! And the ceiling spotlights made the ceiling feel lower than it already was. The room felt cold and uninviting, and quite honestly I didn’t like spending any time down there – and no, not just because it’s a gym!

Home Gym Before and After

Now the room is much warmer and more inviting, and has a bit of personality to it.

Home Gym Paint Colors

We used a warm tone of neutral paint to really add some warmth to the room, as before the white made it feel cold and stark. I used Spanish Sand by Behr. For the accent walls we used Oarsman Blue by Behr. A slightly different blue than the storage unit, as I didn’t want the design to look 2 dimensional with just 2 colors.

Home Gym Flooring

We used Alpine Elm Luxury vinyl plank flooring by TrafficMASTER from the Home Depot. Vinyl plank is a good choice for a home gym due to the fact that it is hard-wearing and will sustain heavy weights that may drop on it. It’s also easy to lay and very affordable, this one was just $1.99 per square foot.

Gym Equipment Storage

The gym needed some storage so we bought this Kallax storage unit from IKEA in turquoise-grey. The color of this unit actually inspired the whole design for this room. Unfortunately this particular color isn’t available any longer at IKEA, but they do offer Kallax in Black Brown, White, High Gloss White and Walnut Effect Light Grey, I particularly love the Walnut color.

Yoga Mat

Instead of just a yoga mat, I bought this Stillebak rug from IKEA at $39.99, which gave the gym a cozy feel and a perfect designated space to do yoga. The colors also tied together the turquoise-grey of the storage unit and the blue of the accent walls.

Inspirational Gym Quotes and Wall Art

The wall decal is designed to give us that bit of inspiration as we’re flagging during a hard workout. I bought this one off Etsy, there are a lot of options, so take a look and find the quote that most inspires you.

To tie the design together that bit more, I painted a custom canvas using the same blue as the accent walls, and a turquoise-grey which I color-matched with the storage unit. The lighter blue I made by mixing a bit of the Oarsman Blue with white paint. I used a similar design to the IKEA rug, again to tie it all together. It’s super easy to make your own custom canvas, just use some painters tape to create a pattern and the colors from your room and you can’t go wrong. But it it does go wrong, just paint over it and start again!

I’m really pleased with how it turned out, in fact it looked exactly as I had intended. Maybe all this planning is paying off after all? To read about how I planned it before ever lifting a paint brush check out my blog ‘How I Planned Our Home Gym Makeover‘. This will help you to plan your own home gym, to make sure it turns out the way you wanted it to.

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Until next time,

Jo @britflipper