Building My Home Gym

For some perspective... here's a shot of that same space when the previous owners occupied it:

And now? Well, we're still dealing with a poorly lit, unfinished basement;complete with an exposed ceiling, ugly pipes, rusty beams, inexplicable holes, odd protrusions and miscellaneous dangly things. But at least it's now a freshly-painted and cleaned-up unfinished basement.

Note the low-tech approach: what we couldn't slap paint on, we covered up with shower curtains. And the gym "flooring" cost approximately the same amount per square foot as toilet paper.

In any event, it is rare for me to be so HAPPY about working out. I'm sure when the novelty of our new home exercise space wears off, I will go back to my usual whining.