One of the best ways to motivate yourself towards a healthier lifestyle is having a gym in your home as you do not need to even get out the front door in order to lift those weights or engage in that yoga session. With that said, did you know that the quality of the paint in that gym and the colors used there can have tremendous impacts on how effective your workout routines are?

It is true as the environment that you are working out in influences your mental state, at least subconsciously if not consciously. As a result, it is important to take advantage of a painting contractor that will engage in home painting at the highest level and ensure that your home gym renovation in Woodinville WA results in the aesthetics that you are looking for.

Colors to Consider That May Enhance Your Workouts

What colors should you have your painting contractor use to create the home gym of your dreams? It depends on the types of exercises that you are looking to engage in and the kinds of experiences that you are looking to have.

Calming Colors

If your workout regimen is focused more on something like yoga or meditation, you may want to be surrounded by calmer colors. You may also want to go this route if you are a weightlifter who has noticed that you have stronger sets when you are calmer and more focused.

Colors to consider that will help relax you during these moments include blue, especially lighter shades, and green, more likely its earthier shades.

Cooling Colors

Regardless of what workout routines you will tend to do in your renovated home gym, you will surely be sweating at some point, possibly excessively, depending on the workout that you are engaging in. As a result, cooling colors should also be amongst those that you consider for your home painting project.

Blue also works well for this purpose, but this time you will probably want to go with an icier shade of it. Another option is grey, which can do things such as bring images of cooling clouds into mind.

Heated Colors

Conversely, perhaps you want to have fiery images in mind while you are working out as they help motivate you through your next set, through your next routine and through the next 15 minutes of your workout. These types of colors tend to do just that: result in those in this environment to be sparked to do more.

Red is a solid fiery option. So is orange. Regardless of what you prefer, keep in mind that these types of colors will likely dominate the overall decor of your gym, which may or may not be what you are looking for.

Neutral Colors

Perhaps you do not want your colors to distract you, and you want to instead have a narrow focus on your equipment, on yourself and on the experience that you are having. In this case, you may simply want to have neutral colors surrounding you.

Examples that may work for you include brown, black and white. In some cases, black and white together can provide you with an artistic look that also meets any desires for neutral surroundings.

Other Considerations

Once you have contacted Cornerstone Painting and have your interior painting estimate and painting schedule in hand, your focus will likely turn to other aspects of your home gym renovation.

Lighting

How do you want your home gym to be lit? Take into account where any of its windows are situated as well as what directions they face so that you can consider the impact that the sun will have on the room’s overall look and how everything within it comes together.

You will probably want more neutral lighting as something too harsh can be distracting while too-soft lighting can result in lower energy levels. Conversely, the calmness that softer lighting provides could be just what you are looking for.

Mirrors

Do you want one or more mirrors in your home gym? There are a lot of factors to consider when making this decision. Mirrors can help ensure that you are using the proper form, but they can also be distracting and harm your attempts to fully focus on the activities that you are participating in.

If you do use mirrors, you also want to consider where to place them, how large or small they should be and what effects they may have on your chosen colors and lighting arrangements.

Your Woodinville WA Interior Painters

Once you have decided that you want to renovate your home gym or even if you are simply considering it, make sure to give us a call. We at Cornerstone Painting will be glad to help you decide what colors to use and to work with your schedule to ensure that this painting project is done with minimal impact on your home life. We offer years of experience with all types of painting projects and high-quality customer service.