Everyone dreams of a spacious, contemporary bathroom, and a doorless shower certainly gives your space that sought-after open feel. It’s also smart for making even a smaller area seem more expansive and much simpler to clean. These 25 helpful tips will show you how to achieve that functional, easy-care haven.
Black Grid Shower Door Adds an Industrial Touch
Install a black grid shower door to bring an industrial element to the bathroom. Its metal framing creates a graphic pattern against white subway tile and a pebble floor.
Woven Basket for Open Vanity Storage
In the open vanity shelving, a large woven basket holds extra towels or linens. Its natural texture offers a counterpoint to the vanity's clean lines and crisp white tiles.
Dramatic Black Geometric Tile Accent Wall
Choose a bold black tile with a raised geometric pattern and gold dot accents for one shower wall. It's designed to contrast with surrounding marble-look tiles.
Corner Shelves Keep Shower Essentials Accessible
Corner shelves are built in and tiled to match the shower walls. These angled spots hold shampoo, conditioner, and body wash.
Glass Enclosure for a Spa-Like Wet Room
Define your wet room, which combines a shower and a freestanding tub, with a frameless glass enclosure. This lets warm-toned mosaic tile and large-format floor tiles flow uninterrupted.
Built-In Shower Bench for Added Comfort
A built-in bench within your shower enclosure offers a convenient and comfortable spot to sit. Tiled in white to match the shower's back wall, this bench helps you rest without occupying additional floor space.
Exposed Wooden Beams Add Rustic Ceiling Charm
Add exposed wooden beams across your bathroom ceiling. The rough wood brings texture and warmth, contrasting with modern tile and fixtures.
Dark Tile Creates a Sleek, Modern Shower
Dark, slate-like tiles cover the shower's walls and floor, integrating a built-in bench and recessed niche.
Brass Trim Adds Warm Metallics to Glass Shower
Polished brass hardware on a sleek glass shower enclosure includes the frame and hinges. This metal finish complements the rich, dark tile inside the shower.
Recessed Niche With Warm Lighting Creates a Spa-Like Display
If you want to display toiletries, a recessed niche in your shower's back wall features a long, backlit shelf. It provides a warm glow and highlights items against textured tile.
Textured Linen Shower Curtain Adds Softness
In the shower, a textured linen shower curtain offers an alternative to glass, which softens the modern look of dark subway tiles. This natural fabric comes in a neutral tone.
Arched Entry to Walk-In Shower with Bench
An arched entryway leads into this walk-in shower, which holds a built-in bench for sitting and a frosted window for privacy, all against marble-like tile on the walls and floor with dark accents.
Wood-Look Tile Walls for a Coastal Vibe
On the shower walls, use elongated wood-look tile with a distressed finish, featuring varied tones and textures that sit nicely with a pebble-like floor.
Dark Blue Subway Tile Walls Add Shower Depth
Dark blue subway tiles cover the walls of this walk-in shower. Their glossy finish reflects light around the space.
Hexagon Floor Tiles Mimic Natural Stone
Cover your shower floor with large hexagon tiles. Their varied tones and subtle texture create a natural stone look.
Live-Edge Wood Bench Adds Natural Texture
Bring the outdoors inside a spacious bathing compartment with a live-edge wood seat. This raw timber slab, featuring its inherent form, provides a distinct resting place.
Frosted Glass Panel with Tropical Artistry
A frosted glass panel etched with a botanical design forms part of the walk-in shower.
Pebble Floor Tiles Add Natural Texture and Grip
Pebble tiles offer a natural texture underfoot in a walk-in shower. These small, smooth stones, with their varied colors and shapes, provide good grip to reduce slips.
Recessed Shelves Blend into Wood-Look Walls
Integrated storage comes from cubbies set into slatted wood-look paneling. These hidden compartments provide a neat spot for toiletries without interrupting the textured surface's visual rhythm. The distinction between the pale wood slats and the crisp niches presents a modern, earthy material combination.
Black Framed Glass Shower with Recessed Niche
If you're looking for clean storage, a recessed niche is built into the shower wall for toiletries and decor. This sits behind a black-framed glass enclosure.
Stone Pebble Floor Adds Natural Texture
Smooth, rounded stone pebbles can form the base of your bathing area. This material provides a distinct sensation to the touch and forms an engaging surface. The differing hues of the pebbles complement the wood-look tile panels, contributing depth and inherent patterning.
Built-In Tiered Bench Offers Convenient Seating
A tiered, tiled bench is built into the walk-in shower, matching the surrounding walls and floor.
Glass Shower Door Doubles as a Towel Bar
Hang your bath towels on the glass shower door itself. It's fitted with a simple metal bar attached to the door frame.
Natural Stone and River Rocks for Organic Shower Floor
Combine different natural textures on your shower floor. You can use small, square stone tiles for the main area, transitioning to smooth river rocks in a corner.
