Have you been pouring over lists of the Top Bathroom Tile Trends for 2021, and looking for the perfect shower design to cap it off? Your shower design can have an enormous impact on your bathroom as a whole, whether you gravitate towards zen or classic or luxurious styles! When it comes to picking the perfect shower tile, you have a few more components to consider than the rest of the bathroom, making it essential you make the right choices for your shower walls, floor tiles, and accent niche! Ceramic is one of the natural choices for a gorgeous and low maintenance shower and we’ve put some of our favorite ceramic tile shower ideas together to help spark your creativity!
This glazed ceramic Zellige tile using our Mallorca Green Ceramic Tile is enough to make anyone feel sophisticated, even when showering.
Why Choose Ceramic Shower Tiles?
Color, texture, and style - they’re so easy to add to your shower with ceramic tiles like the rich cobalt glaze of our La Riviera Blue Reef tiles!
Let’s kick things off with a primer on why ceramic tile is a great choice for your shower!
Ceramic tile is made from fired clay and often finished with a glaze, creating a non-porous surface that is great for shower walls! Depending on the finish of the ceramic, you can also install these tiles as a shower floor as long as it is approved in the Area of Use.
This tile was specifically designed as an hygienic and easy to clean material, making it a natural choice for shower stalls or walk-in showers.
There’s a wide variety of styles, finishes, and grout options that open up this stunning style to allow you to complement the style of your bathroom and personality! There are the always-popular subway tiles, as well as squares, mosaics, and even a subcategory of ceramic - porcelain tile!
Add Contrasting Grout to Dress up a Ceramic Subway Tile Shower
The matte white ceramic subway tile is a classic for shower design! Homeowners and landlords alike adore that this tile is easy to clean, low maintenance, and has extreme visual appeal! While you can go for the traditional white tile and white grout, you really make the most of your subway tile layout with contrasting grout! Show the world (or at least your house guests) your bubbly side with a bold ceramic subway tile or fun and unique grout color.
If bright or bold aren’t really your thing but you’re sick of the same ol’ tile and grout, consider a black, brown, gold or gray grout with a classic white ceramic subway tile!
We’re loving the fresh look of a horizontal stacked pink picket tiles mixed with white and pink tiles with wood accents for a truly unique looking shower space.
If you love the jewel tones of colorfully glazed ceramic, there are so many beautiful options to add drama and dynamic style to your shower tiles! A crisp white grout will add contrast to these colorful styles, emphasizing the layout of the tiles and making the pattern pop!
Capture the look of this gorgeous high-impact peacock blue ceramic wall tile with our La Riviera Quetzal ceramic tile. The angled herringbone layout adds to the fresh feel of this twist on classic subway tiles.
Bold Patterns
If muted colors and neutral shades are more your style but you still want a shower that really wows your guests, take a fun pattern for a spin! Subway tiles arranged in a vertical stack, herringbone, pinwheel or crosshatch pattern are all great ways to liven up your shower walls.
This is a great way to liven up a classic white subway tile as well! Playing with the layout of your tiles is a stunning focal point, even in a minimalist bathroom. Herringbone tiles are having a total moment thanks to the movement and energy they add to your space.
This modern walk-in shower creates a beautiful design rendered in clean neutrals like white and gray to pick up the tones in the Carrara marble bathroom floor!
Other Shapes of Ceramic Shower Tile
Looking to shake things up with a different shape or texture? We love the look of ceramic mosaic tiles to add an intricate detail to your shower! They’re not only a beautiful pattern, but they can add a stunning texture with a crackled finish or a pearlescent glaze!
Some of our favorite ways to dress up your shower are a contrasting trim or a tiled niche with an accent design!
The beautiful texture of our Chateau White Sprig ceramic mosaic tile is elevated by the subtle crackle texture and shine of the glaze. This feather design is stunning all on its own or as a detailed accent to plainer field tiles! You can find matching ceramic tile trims to finish off a shower niche or round out sharp edges in the shower.
You can also play around with your own geometric patterns by introducing square tiles! Mix and match tiles in our zellige collection with square and rectangular shapes like Mallorca White in both the 4” x 4” size and the 2.5” x 8” dimension!
The 411 on Porcelain Shower Tile
Let’s chat about a specific type of ceramic tile! Porcelain is similarly made, but is made of a denser clay. It is usually twice fired, making it extremely durable, scratch-resistant, and suitable for installation just about anywhere! Unlike the smooth glazed surface or matte finish of ceramic tiles, porcelain can be pressed into a variety of textures, like the grain of wood, stone, metal, and brick.
We love the versatility of porcelain shower tile, both in terms of the wide range of styles and designs that you can achieve, as well as the strong and slip-resistant factor that makes it a great choice for shower floor tile!
This long lasting and highly recommended shower tile floor option comes in many of the same styles and designs as typical ceramic, and even more creative designs to make mixing and matching simple. This next section is dedicated to our great selection of porcelain shower tiles for your next bathroom renovation!
Add a patterned shower tile
We’re mixing and matching textures, shapes and colors here with the Melange Blue shower wall tile and a simpler white hexagon shower floor tile - the minimalist floor lets the geometric walls and bathroom floor tiles really make an impact!
Love the look of white oak herringbone floors? What if you could bring that gorgeous look to your shower? This hardwood alternative porcelain tile is also a fabulous shower choice for a natural look in this open and minimalist shower stall!
Dimensional Tile Designs
What better way to add dimension to your shower than with 3D porcelain tile? Tile Club has a great selection of 3D tile for shower walls, and an equally impressive selection of porcelain tile shower floor options to go with them, like the Rovere Natural or Retro Cendra Hex.
It’s all about texture for this modern graphic Neutral Blanco Soho porcelain tile. This is a great porcelain ceramic tile shower wall idea, but you’ll want to skip putting this one on the floor.
Whether you go glossy and gorgeous, like this blush ceramic subway tile styled by KW Designs with white marble and terrazzo details, love the simplicity of a matte finish, or want to get creative with an artistic mosaic detail, there are so many beautiful ways to design with ceramic shower tile!
No matter where your imagination takes you, Tile Club has the best bright, bold, patterned, textured, neutral, and white ceramic and porcelain tile shower ideas and selections anywhere! Shop our entire line of porcelain and ceramic tiles today and discover the difference a great looking tile can make in your next bathroom and shower renovation.
