Designing a Showstopper Home Gym: How We Planned a Luxury Fitness & Wellness Space in Montana
Designing Charlie’s Showstopper: A Luxury Home Gym Built Around Performance, Wellness, and Real-Life Constraints Some home gyms are simple. A few pieces of equipment, a clean layout, good flooring, and enough room to move. And then there are projects like Charlie’s Showstopper. This Montana home gym was designed to be more than a workout room. […]
CDM Home Tour Recap
This past weekend, we attended the 2026 Corona del Mar Home Tour in Newport Beach, California, and walked away genuinely impressed by the homes featured this year. The official tour included seven homes across Sand Key, Sandcastle Drive, Port Cardigan Place, Goldenrod Avenue, Jasmine Avenue, Cherry Hills Lane, and Ocean Boulevard. Some were spectacular in […]
If Your 2026 Goal Is Consistency, Your Room Needs a System
You don’t need a new personality. You need a room that makes training feel automatic. Because let’s be honest: most “I’m starting Monday” plans don’t die from a lack of motivation. They die from friction. The dumbbells are buried under kid stuff. The bench has to be dragged out like it owes you money. The […]
What Equipment Is Best for my Home Gym?
How Do You Build a Home Gym That Works? If you’re hoping for a magical shopping list like “Buy this rack, this treadmill, these dumbbells and you’re set”… I’m going to lovingly disappoint you. The real answer to “What equipment is best for a home gym?” is: It depends. It depends on: Your style of […]
Luxury Design Overview
Design Considerations for Home Gyms in a Luxury Home Setting—A Missed Opportunity? Let’s talk about an often overlooked opportunity in high-end home design: the gym. We’ve walked through plenty of luxury homes that have it all – beautiful kitchens, spa-like bathrooms, stunning outdoor spaces – but when it comes to the home gym, it’s an […]
How to Build a Home Gym That Works Year-Round (No Matter Where You Live)
Build a Home Gym That Never Quits Your go-to guide for climate-smart gym design. Let’s be honest—designing a home gym isn’t just about picking out sleek equipment or installing rubber floors. If you want a space that works as hard as you do, you’ve got to think beyond aesthetics. Climate plays a huge role in […]
Top 15 Reasons Why You Need a Home Gym
I’m going to do that thing everyone hates in blogs. I’ll tell you the 15 reasons why you need your own home gym, but I’m going to make you read a bunch of stuff first before scrolling forever to find the content you actually want. Ha! In my defense, I actually outline a couple of […]
Design Considerations for Home Gyms in a Luxury Home Setting—A Missed Opportunity?
Let’s talk about an often overlooked opportunity in high-end home design: the gym. We’ve walked through plenty of luxury homes that have it all—beautiful kitchens, spa-like bathrooms, stunning outdoor spaces—but when it comes to the home gym, it’s an afterthought. A few random machines tucked in a spare room, mismatched flooring, maybe a mirror if […]