When we were looking for houses we were looking for 3 bedrooms. We were lucky enough to find the house that we are in now which has a bonus room in addition to the 3 bedrooms. You could call it a potential 4th bedroom but there is no door to close it off that would make it a bedroom. When we moved in, the room was a blank slate:
Overall, I don't plan on doing much "decorating" in this room. I like the wall color because it is a nice subtle neutral and nicer than just plain white walls. The window treatments were left by the previous owner and I like them for now because they are kind of funky. The curtain rods are old golf clubs! When we moved in, this room housed all the boxes that we didn't want to deal with unpacking yet but my husband and I had some big plans for the room.
We are both runners and we knew that someday we would like to own a treadmill. I have a YMCA membership and John has a work-out facility at his work but training for marathons and half marathons requires hours on the treadmill in the winter and work-out facilities are often crowded in January and February. Neither of us are brave enough to run outside in the North Dakota winter. I don't mind the cold (partly because I love my cute cold weather running gear:) but the ice and snow makes me nervous about falling and injuring myself. It is funny because the treadmill was one of our down-the-line big purchases. But when we got to thinking about it, it is something that we really wanted and so we took the plunge.
And it was definitely a plunge because runners need a good treadmill and the cost runs high for a quality one. We do not regret the purchase at all because since we got it in December we have already put at least 100 miles on it.
We also have a very nice exercise bike that John purchased when he lived in his last apartment. I bought John a bluray player for Christmas and then we used part of John's Christmas bonus to buy a nice HD TV which we wall-mounted. The bluray player is nice for working out because it has built in wi-fi so we can watch Netflix, listen to Pandora, or stream work-out videos from YouTube. I can also watch my Pilates and Jillian Michaels videos for my strength and cross training days.
My futon also found a home down here so that we can watch movies and enjoy TV. It is the only TV in the house that gets PBS so I watch Downton Abbey down here (we don't have cable, only antenna). It can also double as an extra guest room with the futon. My futon has a nice mattress with springs in it so it is actually pretty comfortable.
I plan on making some inspirational word art for the walls down here since the room's main function is as an exercise room. Today we added some medal hangers to the walls so that we can display the medals that we get from races. We got these medal hangers at the Fargo Marathon expo last year from a local vendor. They are pretty cute and I can't wait to fill it full of medals. I will have 3 more by the July as I am running the Get Lucky 7K in Minneapolis next month, the Mickelson Trail Half Marathon in Deadwood South Dakota in the beginning of June, and the Run or Dye 5K in Fargo at the end of June. No Fargo Marathon events for me this year though because I am bridesmaid in my friend's wedding which is on marathon weekend.
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