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Score Big With These Sporty Design Ideas

March 04, 2025

Not for the kitschy of heart, these sports-inspired rooms nod to favorite pastimes while maintaining a completely chic style.

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Photo: Matt Wier. From: Brown Design Group
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Embrace Your Favorite Activity

Whether your passion is tennis, basketball, rock climbing or boxing, incorporating the love into your home design is easier than you think — and won’t hurt your aesthetic either. For this serene, contemporary bedroom, vintage tennis racquets are used as eye-catching artwork above the bed.

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Photo: Tomas Espinoza. From: Tiffany Brooks
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Get Ready to Move

Work out with a little inspiration. An oversized vintage photograph of a skier is a striking display in the black-and-white home gym of HGTV Smart Home 2020. For a jolt of fresh hues and pattern, teal ottomans and a striped rug are added to the bold, contrasting color palette.

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Photo: Alexia Fodere. From: DKOR Interiors
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Calling All Fans

Create your own cheering section right in your home. A large-scale mural opens up this kid’s bedroom and infuses the space with a playful vibe that’s completely original. To balance out the wow-worthy moment, keep the rest of the room simple with a neutral palette and clean, contemporary furnishings.

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A Space to Move and Play

Not your typical court, this vibrant greenspace is made for tumbling, playing tag and shooting hoops. Natural turf keeps the backyard easy to maintain, and fencing and smart landscaping provides privacy even in the middle of a busy neighborhood.

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Photo: David Patterson, Photoshoot Stylist: MC Gatti. From: Rumor Designs
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Find a Way to Stay Active

Let your passion lead your home design. For this modern renovation, the large space is transformed into a sports lover’s paradise, allowing friends and family to hangout, practice their swing on the putting green and test out their rock climbing abilities on the multicolored indoor rock climbing wall.

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Create the Unexpected

Take your love of a sport to the next level, and surprise everyone with an actual basketball court inside your home. On the lower level of this New York mansion, which also features a temperature-controlled wine cellar and wine tasting, a half basketball court is a true destination. The New York Knicks logo is featured on the floor, of course.

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Photo: Robert Peterson, Rustic White Photography. From: Tiffany Brooks
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Take Me Out to the Ballgame

America’s favorite pastime plays a fun role in HGTV Smart Home 2020’s basement game room. A large-scale vintage photo of an old-time baseball game makes a big statement while also adding a note of humor to the room. Deep olive green walls pair with black-and-white accents for a warm, earthy design that leans into the modern.

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Try a Smart Storage Solution

Storage doesn’t have to be boring or chaotic. Use shelving to your advantage to stow and display all your sports equipment. Not only will it keep you organized, but it’s also so much easier to find what you need as you’re rushing out to practice.

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Photo: DKOR Interiors, DKOR Interiors, DKOR Interiors. From: DKOR Interiors
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Be the Lead in Your Own Design

Make your kid the star of his room by embracing his number one sport. In addition to a supersized photo of the player himself, this kid’s bedroom features a football field-inspired wall treatment, turf flooring and a locker for storage. Simple modern furnishings counter the playful atmosphere.

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Photo: Rustic White Photography. From: Brian Patrick Flynn
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Be the Biggest Fan

Show off the love of your favorite team without veering into the tacky. This tween adores Notre Dame so designer Brian Patrick Flynn infuses his bedroom with a sophisticated take on the team’s colors: blue and gold. A sleek logo in the required gold hangs over the four-poster bed in the same hue, and a pair of bleacher seats is a fun take on a traditional bench.

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Don’t Skimp on Creativity

Original photography or artwork is an easy and refined way to add a favorite sport into your home. For this living room, a stylized photo of boxing gloves makes a bold statement against the bright red grasscloth. Neutral furnishings counter the dramatic hues of the room, and patterned pillows amp up the decoration of the space.

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Photo: Kuda Photo 2016. From: Jordan Iverson
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Keep Up With the Score

Take a new look at discarded items. An older scoreboard that needs to be replaced finds a new home in this office space’s product room, along with a miniature basketball court. The repurposed board definitely delivers an impressive yet playful moment that's wholely unexpected.

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Photo: Nick Glimenakis. From: Crystal Sinclair
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Signal Your Fave Sport

Use authentic sports equipment as decor. Here, a pair of black boxing gloves makes a striking contrast against the bright white brick wall.

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Photo: Dana Jeffery Hoff, Design: Weeth Home, Kitchen Design: Jennifer Gilmer Kitchen & Bath, Architect: Bernardon Design & Sokolow Architects. From: Marnie Custom Homes
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Use Storage to Your Advantage

For those who to love to fish, this is the perfect solution for showcasing their time-honored hobby as part of their home design, while also providing a clever storage solution. The white shiplap hallway of this Delaware house has overhead compartments for holding the family’s fishing rods.