Whether It’s Time to Work or Workout This Is the Room In Which to Do Either

Our clients for this project both work long hours and many of these hours are spent working from home, so the atmosphere in their home office has a direct effect on their quality of life. For them to maintain the balance between mind and body daily exercise is vitally important. Our task was to create a space that would function as a home office as well as a workout room.

When they came to us (as the before photos will attest) they did have a space that served these two purposes. The problem was that the space represented the chaos of modern life and not the ordered tranquil atmosphere in which we would all prefer to work and exercise.

The space had started its life many years ago as a two car garage, and was converted about 16 years ago into a playroom. Accessing utilities proved difficult and is separated from the home’s basement by another room that is also on slab. Upgrading electric, phone, cable and even something as simple as a thermostat wire called for creative thinking. To solve these problems we ran wiring behind trim in adjacent rooms and also ran a conduit hidden in the exterior roof soffits.

By putting the work and storage areas on the perimeter of the room we were left with a large open area in the center for aerobics, weight training and yoga. A TV and VHS/DVD player are mounted on the wall above a 72” x 72” mirror.