DIY Small Space Home Gym

Transfer any tiny room in your home into a small space home gym! See how a few easy updates can make any area great for an at-home workout.

If you have an extra room, home office or maybe even just a small corner in a living room that you don’t know what to do with, consider creating a small space home gym!

There’s often a misconception that in order to get a great workout at home you need a ton of space and lots of big, expensive workout equipment. So not true!

Let me show you my best tips in taking a unused small space and creating a fantastic workout area in the comfort of your own home! This post may contain affiliate links for your convenience.

The Design Board for the Gym

Before I makeover any room in our home, I come up with a design. And this home gym was no different. I searched the internet for lots of home gym inspiration, then talked with the whole family and came up with a plan.

Everyone had different fitness goals so that would require several zones in the room.

Once I had the design down, I slowly started to gather up my supplies and exercise equipment. Then all that was left was – to begin the work!

Now like every true reveal, I need to show you the before. I’m I proud of this mess? Not all. Is it true life? You bet. I’m ok with showing you the disaster because in the end – it’s sooooo much better.

The Spare Room Before

This room had become a storage space for all those ‘extra things’ we just don’t know where to put. Hate when that happens!

There was leftover baby items, toys, home decor I didn’t really like or use anymore and so much more stuff. When my mother-in-law decided to clean her house of my husbands childhood stuff – it just ended up here too!

And this corner was even more of a mess. I had decided to remove the built-in shelving (installed by a previous owner) and I was about half done with that process when I took this picture.

Basically as you can see, there was a ton of work needed to turn this extra space into a useful workout room. So, I got busy!

First up, I emptied the entire room, finished removing those shelves and then patched the drywall.

After that I replaced the baseboards and finally got to painting. Once all that was complete, the fun part happened. I started building our home gym, one zone at a time!

The Finished Home Gym

And now, this useless room now looks like this amazing home gym!

The color I chose for the walls is Kendall Charcoal. It’s actually one of my favorite grays for interiors. And it’s like the perfect color for this gym. It makes me feel like cozy but also focused. And this color compliments the other half of the basement – soooo good!

This diy small space home gym is divided into four different work out zones. And I’m going to share each one individually so you can see all the workout potential one can fit into the tiniest of rooms!

Zone 1 – Strength Training

This was a request from my oldest son. And I wanted to do some weight training as well. So I created this corner of the room specifically for weights.

A large mirror for this room was a must! It was going to serve two purposes. One, to help see proper form while lifting weights. And two, reflect the natural light of the window and make this small room feel so much bigger!

So if one mirror is great, two is better right?! These full-length mirrors are so affordable that I just couldn’t resist filling up this whole wall. They add so much life to this corner of the room!

We don’t have a huge amount of dumbbells but that’s ok. I added several different weight combinations, along with a kettlebell and a weight bag. And those combined together creates an endless amount of exercise possibilities even with this smallest collection of weights.

So if you don’t have much space, just grab the minimum free weights you need. And maybe add to your collection as you get stronger. 🙂

The wall mounted bookshelf was a great way to add some storage while not taking up valuable room in the gym. It’s a great place to store my mini fan, water bottles, towels, workout shoes, yoga blocks and even a cool clock so I don’t loose track of time.

And you may have noticed, I even added a mini diy vase tissue holder for the gym as well!

Zone 2 – Cardio

The zone across from the weights is all about lots of sweating and huffing. Yup, this zone is the cardio zone. And for me that means time on the treadmill.

We have had this treadmill for several years now and it’s been great. I bought it because it was the most affordable with the best reviews!

I would like to maybe add a stationary bike at some point, but my favorite way to get cardio is walking. And since we are tight on space – this exercise machine is the must-have for me.

On the wall next to the treadmill, I added some motivational art prints. I actually created these myself and I have a set of four different sayings that you can print for free. Every small home gym needs all the motivation it can get!

Zone 3 – Yoga

This next zone was definitely something I wanted in our own home gym. The older I get, the more I feel the need to stretch out my body and do more low impact workouts. So zone three is the yoga zone.

For this area of the room, I added a yoga mat (or two!) and hung some resistance bands on monogram nails spelling the word S-T-R-E-T-C-H. I just love this unique detail to the room!

Next to all the yoga equipment is my absolute favorite gym wall art! These exercising dogs just crack me up. So I displayed them in a group of four right on the wall to the entrance of the gym.

I hope this small home gym makeover reveal inspires you to create one in your home as well!

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