29 Stunning Shower Tile Design Ideas for 2025
The perfect shower tile showcases your unique style. Whether you gravitate towards classic subway tile or artisanal handmade tile, our extensive selection offers thousands of possibilities to bring your dream shower to life. Not sure where to start? Browse these popular shower tile design ideas or visit your local Tile Shop showroom—we’re always here to help!
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Moroccan-Inspired Checkerboard
This classy twist on a checkerboard is a design win! The Kasbah tile in Star Bone and Cross Terracotta are paired to create an orange and white pattern using traditional Moroccan-inspired shapes. This floor design is so effortlessly chic, you'll want to extend it beyond your shower.
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Beautifully Intricate Mosaic Floor Tile
An intricate mosaic tile floor made from a mix of shapes and materials is as practical as it is beautiful. The small tile pieces create more grout lines, which will provide added traction and help prevent slipping. Consider incorporating your chosen floor tile mosaic in a coordinating shower niche and backsplash for a design that elegantly combines form and function. This stylish shower, designed by celebrity designer Nikki Chu, features the Modena tile.
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Brick-Look Subway Tile
This stylish space from star HGTV star Alison Victoria combines a soft pastel palette with a rustic brick look, with the Brick x Brick by Alison Victoria in Petal subway tile. The realistic brick texture adds an edge to this design, complemented by the bold black details on the mirrors and the dark cabinetry. Shop this tile in all three colorways and discover more city-chic styles with our exclusive Alison Victoria collection.
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Stylish and Lush All-Over Marble
Marble is the height of luxury, and because no two tiles are ever the same, you can create an authentically unique look. We offer marble tile collections in a wide range of sizes, including trim pieces and beautiful mosaics, allowing you to create a highly designed natural aesthetic that's sure to impress. Here, Renovation Husbands used Firenze marble for a shower that’s awash in elegance.
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Perfectly Imperfect Handmade Tile
Zellige tile is cut, painted and glazed by hand, creating its characteristic “perfectly imperfect” look. This individualized artisanal process ensures that each tile is unique, resulting in charming variations in color and size. Steeped in tradition, these timeless tiles (like the Zellige Alabaster Gloss tile shown here) tie in well with contemporary trends.
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Authentically Unique Customized Pattern
Hexagon and penny round tile are perfect for creating a customized layout, like this whimsical polka dot pattern made with the Firenze Carrara hex and Black Marquina hex tiles. Experiment with colors and finishes to add playfulness to your shower design and show off your creativity.
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Well-Designed Accents
Elevate your shower design by incorporating essential accessories such as corner shelves, niches, and corner seats. These small yet impactful additions can enhance your shower experience. With our wide selection of shower accessories designed to complement our most popular stone collections—like the Calacata Evora shower seat shown here—it’s easy to integrate these accents into your shower design.
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Naturally Elegant Travertine
Travertine, a type of limestone formed around mineral streams, is a timeless design material. With a color spectrum ranging from deep browns to silvery greys and rich blacks, our selection of travertine tile offers a variety of shapes and styles to create a shower design that reflects your individuality. This shower features tiles from the Macchu Picchu collection for a refined and cohesive look.
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Authentic Wood-Look Wall Tile
Want a rustic look that can withstand a damp shower environment? Wood-look ceramic and porcelain tile (like the Vintage Wood Look tile shown here) capture intricate woodgrain details, creating realistic cabin-style ambiance that’s durable and easy to maintain.
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Dramatic Black Tile
Cool and sophisticated, black tile exudes an air of sleek refinement. This captivating shower, designed by Construction2Style, features the Herringbone Gloss Black tile. If your aesthetic leans towards understated elegance rather than ornate décor, this color trend is perfect for you.
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Soothing Limestone
With soft lines, earthy tones and blended textures, this natural stone creates a unique, rejuvenating design that evokes the opulence of a spa retreat. Limestone tile, available in a spectrum of captivating colors, features natural shade variation for an organic, textured appearance that will turn your shower into a luxurious escape. Here, the soft beige tones of the Legno limestone tile create a tranquil sense of movement.
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Quiet Luxury
This trend towards an understated elegance is both contemporary and timeless. Characterized by subdued yet luxurious materials and designs—such as marble and marble-look tile with soft veining, delicate metal trim, and unadorned mosaics—quiet luxury will infuse your shower with a sophisticated allure. This primary bathroom, designed by Nikki Chu, features the Savannah Antique marble-look tile; the luxe beige and white coloring creates a calming and elegant space.
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Get the Spa Treatment With Pebble Tile
Create a true spa experience with the beautifully textured Grey Pebble Small mosaic tile. Featuring raised, stone-shaped pieces, this mosaic tile not only provides extra traction to prevent slipping but also offers a delightful foot massage.
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Add a Shower Niche
The shower niche is a practical accessory that offers a unique opportunity to unleash your creativity. A beautiful patterned or mosaic tile (like the Elia Polished by Alison Victoria tile shown here) can elevate your shower design with a moment of unexpected delight. For a cohesive, highly designed look, consider using the mosaic elsewhere in your bathroom, such as on the shower floor or backsplash.
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Marvelous Waterjet Mosaic Tile
Harnessing the precision of water jets to create thin or curved lines in stone, waterjet mosaics often feature metal or mother-of-pearl inlays. An intricately designed waterjet mosaic tile—like the Geo mosaic marble with Black Nacre tile shown here—will transform your space with captivating beauty and is perfect for creating a striking focal point or shower niche.
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Add Texture With Sculptural Tile
Take your shower to new dimensions with sculptural or 3-D tile. Soft waves, geometric shapes and intricate floral designs add captivating depth and texture to your shower wall. The Blanco Waves tile shown here creates a pattern of light and shadow that looks just as stunning dry as it will under a cascade of water.
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Biophilic Design
Boost your serotonin and enhance your connection to nature with “biophilic design.” This trend brings the outdoors inside by embracing the materials, shapes and colors of the natural world. The Nidus Decor Mix wood-look tile evokes an outdoor spa, while the raised pattern adds a tactile element that stimulates the senses.
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Mix and Match Shapes
Showers provide a wonderful opportunity to experiment with shapes. Consider incorporating small tiles like penny rounds or small hexagons alongside larger hexagons, subway tile or large-format tile. The dynamic interplay is evident in this stylish shower, which features the Laura Ashley Louise Star Cloud Blue and Penny Round Matte White tiles.
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Bold and Bright Marble-Look Tile
Porcelain and ceramic marble-look tile offers the unique advantage of featuring striking, multi-colored veins not found in natural stone, all while providing the luxurious look of marble. Radiant shades of green, pink, blue and rich ochre, like in the Macchia Vecchia tile shown here, create a vibrant and ultra-luxe aesthetic that's durable and easy to maintain.
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Elegant and Luxurious White Marble
Crisp white marble tile with subtle veining offers a classic yet modern look that infuses your shower with a soothing spa-like ambiance. This beautiful white marble shower, designed by HGTV star Alison Victoria, features the Volakas honed marble tile in a brick-lay pattern—a simple design that creates a luxurious space.
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Neutral Patterns
Create a calming and interesting space with a soft neutral patterned tile, like the Annie Selke Floral Coconut Milk tile shown here. The fern frond pattern adds visual texture, while the muted color palette ensures a soothing sensory experience. Shop our full assortment of beige tile for more inviting patterns.
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Tile Focal Point
Create a focal point in your shower with a tiled "picture frame" or tile stripe, like the one showcased in this shower using the Toris Bandes black-and-white patterned tile. We love how this geometric pattern contrasts with the Amazona Amendoa Wood Look tile. This effect can be achieved by pairing any patterned or mosaic tile with a trim border.
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Grid Stack Subway Tile
Subway tile is a stylish and versatile design staple with endless layout capabilities. The grid stack, shown here using the Look Avio tile, is an often-underrepresented classic. The variation in horizontal and vertical layout adds interest and movement to this shower wall. For more ideas, make sure to check out our article on 6 classic subway tile layouts.
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Stylish Shelving
Forget about clunky shower caddies; built-in shower shelving is a practical and stylish way to store your soap and shampoo. The long built-in shelf in this Volakas marble shower works well for this larger space, but a niche or corner shelf are perfect for any size shower.
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Handmade-Look Tile
If you love the “perfectly imperfect” look of authentic handmade tile but want a more uniform (or budget friendly) option, consider handmade-look tile. The Cool Blue tile features the coloration and surface texture variations characteristic of handmade tiles, but at a fraction of the cost. This 12" x 24" tile also includes pre-scored grout joints for easy installation.
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Curved Tile
Soften your tile design with a rounded edge. The curves found in penny rounds or unique shapes will provide gentle lines that calm the eye. Here, the scalloped edge of the Gem by Alison Victoria marble mosaic tile creates pleasing movement, while the deep green is complemented by the bold veining in the Marradi Calacatta Emerald marble-look tile in the shower niche.
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Metallic-Look Tile
Sleek and chic, durable and rust-proof, metallic-look porcelain tile adds contemporary sophistication to your space. The Enredo Steel Dark Brown tile features a raised design with both glossy and matte finishes, creating a realistic steel look.
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Jewel Tones
Sapphire blues, ruby reds and emerald greens continue to dazzle us with their bright, rich hues. If you love saturated color and shiny finishes, this gem of a trend is for you. Here, the Sawyer Emerald picket tile adds sparkle to this shower with alternating raised surfaces and a reflective glossy finish.
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Pair Natural Stone With Marble-Look Tile
If your budget doesn't allow for all-over natural stone, consider mixing marble-look tile with the real thing. This stylish wet room, designed by West Bay Homes, features authentic Claros Silver travertine alongside Atlanta White marble-look wall tile, creating rich visual texture. For more ideas, make sure to check out our guide on how to achieve luxury tile design on a budget.