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Necessity breeds creativity. The need for movement for the whole family created a variety of creative solutions. Our favorite, and prettiest solution of the bunch was the creation of a home gym in our home’s mudroom space. This DIY home gym included a change of flooring, paint, and a space styled with the goal of inspiring movement.

When the long-lasting reality of the pandemic began to dawn on our family we ended our monthly gym membership and decided to focus those funds elsewhere. In the beginning we were spending plenty of time outdoors and getting our exercise by working in the yard or going on hikes. We even purchased an above-ground pool that we used as much as possible in the short Spokane Summer season.

Then winter hit…and, boy, did it hit hard! We quickly realized that we really needed a more complete space to complete our daily workouts. Our under-organized and over-stuffed gym/mudroom/office/laundry space just wasn’t cutting it. So, after some hemming and hawing from the husband, we started in on our first time doing flooring along with some other DIY efforts to make this multi-purpose space into a true home gym.

Using the mudroom space for fun kid’s games and to store random items

The Before: An Actual Dumping Ground

The gym still serves as a second home office, laundry room, and mudroom. It just looks a lot better doing it all. Read on for the makeover highlights and supply list.

I only have a few photos of the before of this room, but check out my Instagram for a video of the whole transformation! (Follow me @JenniBost)

Our mudroom houses a laundry room area that is unfinished. We did not tackle that space in this makeover, but have plans for the future! The rest of the space is actually quite large at 16’X9′. We have used this space in the past as an extra guest room, a storage room, an indoor bike space, and an extra home office.

Removing Carpet in the Mudroom/ Gym Space

The Needs for Our Refresh:

In future posts I’ll go into the flooring and some of my DIY artwork in more detail, but for now, here are the basics for what our refresh required:

  • Flooring: The flooring was the biggest eye-sore in this space as it was a cheap cream carpet that got some good wear-and-tear from the traffic coming in from the backyard and garage. Eventually, we would like to redo the flooring in the entire house, so this was a good opportunity to learn a new DIY skill.
  • Paint: Much of our house was painted a version of white that had a cream base. I like a brighter, cooler white. So, paint needed to happen. As much as I love color, I chose white to help keep this space feeling relaxing.
  • Storage: The space previously had hap-hazard storage that was filled to the brim with anything that didn’t really have a home. We needed to create homes for those items and make sure we had space to store our every-day home gym equipment.
  • Decor: Gotta have something on the walls to help inspire us!
Our home gym complete with treadmill and indoor bike trainer

The After: Our Very Own Home Gym

The best part of any DIY is the before and after photos, right? I’m really proud of this little room.

The flooring isn’t perfect. I’m sure that if someone looked closely they would see our mistakes in getting things spaced just right. However, it is 1000% better than what was there before and it was our first try at flooring. I’m trying to rest in that instead of being frustrated that it isn’t pro-quality.

It has been so nice to go in and get in a good sweat session. We, unfortunately, did not have room for my indoor bike, so that resides in my office still. However, we were able to mount a TV for things like Yoga– we have a large space that is completely empty aside from a rug for us to do non-machine workouts. We were able to get in our treadmill and my husband’s indoor bike.

Scroll down to see the photos and then the list of supplies!

treadmill in home gym
Treadmill area complete with my husband’s many medals for races
indoor training bike
Indoor Bike trainer area and yoga mat basket
gym artwork
Don’t Quit Artwork along with hand weights and resistance training materials
display of running medals
Gym Artwork with Running Medals
Gym Artwork Display
Gym Artwork

Indoor gym supplies

Boy oh boy do we have a big list of supplies. I’m not going to get into all the nitty gritty about the flooring in this post, but promise to share those supplies soon.

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Gym organization
Gym Storage Space

Thank you for taking the time to check out my new DIY gym space. I hope you found some inspiration in the pictures.

What questions do you have about the space?