Guest Room and Workout Room

I wasted no time in starting the decluttering process after college life started for the kid.  I had a good full day dedicated to cleaning out what she left for me in her room and turning it into a guest room.  I didn't think to take a before photo...but just imagine this room covered in random bits and bobs of trash, Capri Sun juice packets, cotton balls, used make up, a sock, crayons, comic books, pillow cases...I could go on.  I filled up probably 2 garbage bags.  

I've had this rug FOREVER because, not thinking, I saw it and had to have it without realizing I had nowhere to actually use it.  So it's been rolled up in a closet...only to be used when I had to have an emergency carpet when Magnus would get stuck on the tile floor and couldn't get up.  Oh the sweat that went into that ordeal...sliding the rug under him...anyways...I finally have a place for it.  Lesson learned...only buy things when you have a place for them.  Bonus for me it came in handy and two years later I have a place to use it.

So I put down the rug (which is conveniently covering A LOT of floor stains that SOMEONE left me), hung the glass shelf, moved this chair from the workout room into this room, and put new bedding on the bed.  Also, I dusted eight years worth of dust and dog hair off this white ceiling fan.  Fun times.

I put up some new wall art.  Well, new to this room.  It came from other areas of the house.

And transformed the closet into something you could actually walk into as it is meant to be.  The kid's old nightstand came in handy to just move into the closet as a shelf since she didn't want to take it with her.  I've had the ab roller thing for years and it takes up too much room but I really like it.  So the closet makes a nice storage spot for it.  I was able to move my tank tops and business jackets from my closet to this one and make my own closet less clustered.  I'm trying to go as minimalist as possible...however I've got a long ways to go yet.

The before photo of the workout room...I can barely breathe looking at it  SO clustered.  A lot of the stuff on the side was kind of shoved in there waiting for the kid to move to take with her, or to take to donate.  But ugh, I don't like clutter.  So I was happy to tackle this mess.

More before...this is the chair that was moved into the guest room.

And the current after.  I need to get the mirrors hung up yet.

I bought the floor from Amazon and it is one of those foamy puzzle type floors that you put together.  It's not perfect in person but it works and looks good.  The dog gets weirded out by it.

I bought the dumbbell rack from Amazon as well and the mini fridge from Target.  Totally don't "need" a mini fridge but I thought it was fun to have.  The three erase boards have different workouts written on them.  Two mirrors will be hung where the two white boards are currently on the wall.  So those will come down and go elsewhere.  Eventually I'll add weights to the rack but I have what I need to use for now.

The weight bench and hyperextension bench are also from Amazon.  The hyperextension is one of my favorite things to do at the gym and this one was a super good deal.  It doesn't look like much but can be great for glutes.

The treadmill I've had for years and love.  I've spent much more time in this room since fixing it up and adding the bench to it.  I love being able to not rush through a workout at the gym because I want to get home.  Also, there are some moves that are just more comfortable to do at home than the gym.  I save the gym for the things I can't do at home...mostly leg exercises.

It's nice to not mind going upstairs now!  Before I avoided it because it was always a mess.  The kid was over this weekend and said "I'm sorry I didn't appreciate how clean you were before.  I get it now after living with roommates."  Mmmhmm...welcome to my world kid.