Most of my storage shelving is Lyon 8000 Series steel shelving, 48" wide x 24" deep. It works nicely, but I'd go with 18" deep if I had it to do over again--24" is too deep, and you end up with stuff stacked two-deep that gets lost in the back. 16-3/4" is the length of a standard "Book and Record" box, so it fits perfectly on an 18" shelf.

I've recently discovered the "Metro" welded-wire type shelving. I really love those! I have them for all my pantry shelving. Again, I have 4 foot wide sections. I went 18" deep on these, which is again too deep for the purpose. For pantry shelving, you'd want to use the next size shallower, which is around 14" or 15".

Exercise equipment. It depends on whether you want to go cheap, or go for the good stuff.

The best equipment I've found, by a large (and I mean large) margin is the Vectra gyms. (Link attached below.) The VX-18 or VX-28 is appropriate for a home gym. Their stuff is SO much better engineered and nice to use than anything else I've seen!

For cheap (That's me!), here is all you really need:

* Dumbbells. Take your pick from a zillion vendors.

* A bench. The LS514 banch from Lamar Fitness is really nice, but there are a million benches around.

* A plate-loaded pull-down and low pulley (rowing) machine. There's no easy way to exercise these muscle groups with just dumbbells--you need a machine to convert the force so that you can pull down and horizontally. Mine's from ParaBody, but practically everybody makes machines that are pretty much the same. (These are around $300-$400)

* Plates for the above. I find that plates with handles are a lot easier to get on and off the machine. The rubberized olympic plates from Iron Grip's "IGX" line are the best I've found.

* I also suggest a plate-loaded leg curl/leg extension machine. I've got a seated leg curl/extension machine from TuffStuff. Lamar has a similar unit that is nicer, which is probably what I'd get if I were doing it again. (These run around $400 +/-)

Get whatever aerobic equipment works for you. For me, I have an old excercise bike that I've had a custom seatpost machined for so that I can use a standard road bike saddle.

And you need a television and DVD player for extertainment while you are doing your aerobics! (For me, that's the only operating TV in the house!)

Here is a link that might be useful: Vectra Fitness

Not sure on the shelving, but have made some progress on the flooring front.

I was going to use a cork floor with some mats for my exercise room. Then it occured to me that I could just skip the cork and save some money!

This is the one in the lead just now:
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The company has a lot of other options though, worth seeing here:

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