Creating a rec room for your home can feel like designing a mini community center. It is the zone where block towers topple, dance parties break out, and late-night board games turn into belly laughs.

When asked to build a luxury home for the Oklahoma City Street of Dreams Home Tour this year, designer Kenyon Woods chose to include a rec room — but not the rec room of his childhood. Unlike old-time ...

Ten years ago, a “media room” often meant a dark basement with a sectional and a TV. Today it’s a fully immersive, multisensory destination designed for cinema nights, Super Bowl parties, meditation, ...