20 Modern Shower Design Ideas for Your Bathroom

Remodeling a bathroom is the perfect time to start looking at modern shower ideas to serve as a focal point in a beautifully styled bathroom. You can go from a space that was function-only to one that's luxurious, clean, and open.

From rain shower heads to sleek glass doors, stunning tile, creative lighting, and environmentally friendly water-saving features, you can turn your shower into a serene, spa-like experience that marries innovation with style.

Ready to start dreaming of your bathroom makeover? Here are inspiring modern shower ideas to get you started.

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Modern Shower Door With Panes

Sarah Solis Design / Photo by Rennie Solis

We’re relaxed just looking at this shower designed by Sarah Solis. Every design decision, from the exposed wooden beams to the transparent half-wall, took a deconstructed approach resulting in an ultra-airy feeling ideal for a modern shower.

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Budget-Friendly Feature Wall

Frances Harvey

One step into this bathroom designed by Frances Harvey and your eyes will immediately be drawn to the shower’s feature tile wall. Its tiles are dark yet whimsical, with varying depths you’ll want to reach out and touch. It’s proof you don’t need to tile your entire shower in a striking tile, and it's a more budget-friendly design choice.

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Modern Shower Niche

Allison Ruda Interior Design / Photo by Skyview Experts

Your shampoo and condition deserve a better home than the corner of your shower floor, where they pile into a mess and inevitably get knocked over. A dedicated niche, like the one in this shower by Allison Ruda Interior Design, solves that issue.

“This shower showcases beautiful modern yet classic features,” Ruda says. “The half-wall design invites abundant natural light, while a dedicated niche enhances organization.”

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Nature-Inspired Modern Shower

Blue Mountain Resort

This shower, located in one of the four-and-a-half bathrooms in the private retreat Blue Mountain Resort House, lives up to its home’s name. The entire property, which lives on 28 acres of pristine mountain, stream, and forest land, aims to blend modern convenience with natural beauty. This shower, with vertical and variegated blue tiles, does just that.

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Striking Stone Shower

Float Studio / Photo by Aaron Thompson

Balancing brightness and warmth is no easy task, especially in an interior bathroom without natural light. Float Studio got it right by incorporating natural tones and textures, including wood, limestone, and marble for an overall sense of peace. Don’t overlook the role the fixtures play, either. They add weight and interest to the space and are equally as long-lasting and timeless.

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Wood-Inspired Modern Shower Tile

Rumor Designs

For an ultra-relaxing shower experience, ask yourself: what would a Scandinavian do? Chances are they’d approve this serene space by Rumor Designs. The shower may look like it’s covered in wood planks, but don’t be fooled; it’s made of porcelain tile.

“This shower gives the appearance of a sauna with a Scandinavian aesthetic, and we loved that the tile came in extra wide plank-like lengths offering a more luxurious feel," Katie Siegel, lead designer of Rumor Designs, says.

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Luxurious Shower Tile

Sarah Solis Design / Photo by Shade Degges

For this modern shower, designer Sarah Solis highlighted two sides of the finish spectrum: extremely high gloss and couldn’t-be-more-matte. The shiny tiles are toned down with aged fixtures that harken to another century. Together, they create a luxe modern shower.

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Modern Herringbone Tile

Frances Harvey

If you have “been there, done that” feelings about horizontally stacked subway tile—a classic for a reason—there are plenty of other shapes and patterns to consider. How about herringbone? This Frances Harvey-designed shower’s herringbone shower tiles create a sense of movement and an interesting contrast with the petite hexagonal floor tiles.

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Small and Open Modern Shower

PURE Design: Interior Design, Build & Shoppe / Photo by Janis Nicolay

By nixing walls altogether, this modern shower’s customized floor tiles feature a graphic design that also accents the walls. This also helps open up a small bathroom.

“The tiles are the hero,” Ami McKay, creator of PURE Design: Interior Design, Build & Shoppe, says. “Without shower walls, we can see the tiles without obstruction. It works well if your bathroom is waterproof, so make sure you use waterproof wood substrates!"

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Double Modern Showers

Marc-Michaels Interior Design / Photo by Emily Minton Redfield

There’s no denying the star of this stunning bathroom: the Santorini polished copper tub by Native Trails. It’s flanked by a pair of generously-sized bronze and glass walk-in shower enclosures atop Bianco Carrara herringbone tile, while a Fenwater pendant from Hudson Valley Lighting shimmers above.

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Modern Shower Platform

PURE Design: Interior Design, Build & Shoppe / Photo by Janis Nicolay

For this green-tiled beauty, McKay of PURE Design: Interior Design, Build & Shoppe, wanted to delineate the shower and tub area from the rest of the bathroom. That's why she designed a step-up bathing platform with a glass-walled shower and recycled tub.

“The green shower tiles wrap the vaulted ceiling for a dramatic color-blocking effect, and we used the same tiles for the platform trim," she says. She chose to place them vertically, which adds visual interest with a contemporary twist.

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Sleek Black Tile Shower

Jennifer Ramsey Interiors

What’s more modern than a black-tiled shower? Jennifer Ramsey Interiors leaned into a sleek, sophisticated shower design for this bathroom, choosing thin black tile placed vertically floor-to-ceiling.

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Graphic Modern Shower Tile

The Lafayette Hotel and Club

The Lafayette Hotel and Club in San Diego wasn't shy with their graphic use of tile in this shower. Here’s your nudge to be bold. too. Small black and white tile—whether formed in stripes, checkers, or both—packs a serious punch, especially in a small shower. Brass fixtures make the tile patterns pop all the more, creating a timeless look that’ll continue to look fresh.

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Bright and Modern Shower

Cohesively Curated Interiors / Photo by Carina Skrobecki

If light and bright is more your style, take notes from this Cohesively Curated Interiors-designed bathroom. The shower’s glass doors create a seamless look that makes the bathroom feel bigger. Plenty of sunlight bouncing off the luminous tile and a pair of mirrors help, too.

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Colorful Modern Shower

Swoon Inside

If you’re craving color in your home, a small space like a shower is the ideal place to experiment. Swoon Inside did just that in this modern shower. Placing the rectangular tiles vertically adds a contemporary touch, too.

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Arched Shower Entrance

Think Chic Interiors / Siobhan Stanton Photography

Forget feeling boxed in, even in a small shower. Soften the lines of your shower with the curves of an arched entrance. This bath by Think Chic Interiors makes a statement without being showy and ties in other curved elements, like the mirror.

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French-Inspired Modern Shower

Curated Nest / Jacob Snavely Photography

Want to define your shower space without chopping the bathroom into too many small sections? Here’s a solution courtesy of this modern bathroom design by Curated Nest: delineate the shower from the rest of the bathroom with French window-like glass panes. It keeps an open flow and lets natural light stream into the shower.

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Modern Shower Bench

Kristen Elizabeth Design / Ellen Vanessa Photography

Go ahead, take a seat. Adding a bench to your shower, like Kristen Elizabeth Design did in this modern bathroom, makes for an extra relaxing place to let your hair mask set in, shave your legs, or simply let the warm water wash over you. It’s especially a must if you install a steam shower.

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Luxurious Mosaic Tiles

Zoe Feldman Design

Zoe Feldman Design didn’t shy away from using this mosaic tile throughout this modern shower—walls, floor, and ceiling. The variegated gray tones give it depth, and the brass fixtures and niche detailing add to its extra regal feel.

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Splash Guard Door

The Home Consultant

If you’re working with limited square footage in your bathroom or need a budget-friendly alternative to a fully glassed-in shower, consider installing a glass shower panel instead of an entire door like this bathroom by The Home Consultant. It’ll act as a splash guard while maximizing the limited layout. It’s a modern move that’ll give your everyday shower a spa-like quality.

FAQ

What makes a shower modern?

A modern shower blends the latest innovation and technology with style. You'll have sleek glass doors, lighting, luxurious tile, and modern fixtures.
How can I make my small shower more luxurious?

Make a small shower feel more luxurious with updated fixtures, like a rain shower head, or switch to brass or chrome. Retile the space with a striking design if it's in your budget. Turn a bath-shower combo into a walk-in shower for a bright, open space if you're ready for a remodel.
What is the best way to modernize an outdated shower?

Modernize an outdated shower by retiling it and adding glass doors. You can also do smaller updates like swapping out fixtures and adding lighting.