25 Herringbone Tile Bathroom Ideas Full of Personality

A herringbone pattern can be the quiet foundation of a bathroom or its most dramatic feature. Use it on the floor beneath a freestanding tub, inside a shower, or across a full accent wall in shades ranging from soft white to deep black. The following spaces pair the pattern with shiplap, subway tile, marble, brass, and natural wood for a range of inviting styles.

Gray Faux Brick Tile Floor

Faux Brick Herringbone Tile Bathroom Floor

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A white countertop tops the stained wood washstand, which stands against the bathroom’s white shiplap wall. The washstand sits next to a white toilet. Gray faux brick tile in a herringbone pattern covers the bathroom floor, while a white and black striped shower curtain with a tassel is used in the bathroom.

White Herringbone Shower Wall

White Herringbone Tile Shower Feature Wall

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The shower floor has tan hexagon tile, and the walls use white staggered tile. A white herringbone tile feature wall is built into the shower. The shower is enclosed by framed glass with a black frame, and a black shower kit complements the enclosure.

White Farmhouse Herringbone Shower

Bathroom with White Herringbone Farmhouse Shower

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Black penny tile covers the shower pan, and a frameless glass enclosure surrounds the shower area. The pan is part of the bathroom. Nearby, a stained wood dual sink vanity rests on mosaic floor tile in white and black, with a white countertop on top.

Herringbone Bathroom Floor in Dark Gray

Dark Gray Herringbone Tile Bathroom Floor

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A gray marble accent wall uses vertical tile. The round vanity mirror has a brass frame and is mounted to the wall above the washstand. The washstand combines dark blue and beige and rests on the bathroom floor.

Gray Herringbone Tile Shower

Gray Herringbone Tiles Bathroom Shower

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Light gray tile in a herringbone pattern covers the bathroom shower. White and light gray elongated hexagon tiles line a rectangular gray-tile shower niche finished with gold trim.

White and Gray Marble Herringbone Floor

Marble Herringbone Tile Bathroom Floor

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A gray shiplap half wall sits behind a gray cabinet vanity with brass knobs. The vanity stands on a countertop made of marble in white and gray.

Black Herringbone Tile Floor

Black Herringbone Bathroom Floor Tile

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Black-and-white grout marks the herringbone tile floor. A light wood bathroom vanity with a light gray countertop and black knobs stands on it, paired with a round mirror in a black frame.

Gray Marble Countertop and Herringbone Wall

Bathroom Marble Countertop With Herringbone Tiles

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The gray marble countertop tops the black washstand. The washstand is set against a white tile bathroom accent wall in a herringbone pattern, with the vessel sink fitted to it and colored white. Above the sink, a round vanity mirror has a gold frame.

Black Herringbone Wall Tile

Herringbone Black Tile Bathroom

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Huong Vu describes the black herringbone wall tile as a modern reinterpretation of the herringbone pattern, with a bold, comforting character. The pattern runs parallel to the wall’s right angles and forms the background for a tub and shower combo. A gray hexagonal niche sits within the fixture area.

White Gray Tile Herringbone Shower Floor

White and Gray Herringbone Tile Shower Floor

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A white toilet stands on the light gray herringbone bathroom floor beside the shower. The shower has a seamless glass enclosure and white subway tile on the walls, while its floor uses white and gray herringbone tile.

Herringbone Floor in Black Tile

Black Herringbone Tile Bathroom Flooring

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A vintage rug in black, red, and tan sits in front of the white farmhouse-style subway tile shower. It lies on the black herringbone tile shower floor. The shower also has a white hexagon-tile floor area with a wood bench standing on it, plus a white herringbone accent wall.

Gray Herringbone Shower Wall

Gray Herringbone Tile Shower Accent Wall

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Across the shower, gray subway tile lines a seamless glass enclosure. Herringbone tile covers the shower floor, and a gray accent wall carries the same pattern. Two polished nickel shower heads, designated his and her, are placed on opposing sides of the shower.

Herringbone Tile Bathroom Floor

Bathroom Floor Tile Herringbone Pattern

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The bathroom vanity is white with black hardware. Next to it, a light wood stool sits beside the white freestanding tub and faces the vanity. A brass pendant light hangs over the tub, which stands on the gray herringbone tile floor.

Black Tile Floor in Herringbone

Black Herringbone Tile Bathroom Floor

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A rustic stool sits beside the striped shower curtain and on the black tile bathroom floor. The curtain uses white and black stripes and covers a white drop-in tub. That tub is fitted to a shower finished with white subway tile.

Black Herringbone Bathroom Tile

Black Herringbone Tiles Bathroom

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The wall is white shiplap. Two round mirrors with brass frames hang above the stained-wood bathroom vanity and sit against the wall. The vanity has a double sink and a white-and-gray marble countertop.

White Subway Tile Shower Stall

Shower Stall with Herringbone Border Tiles

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In one corner, a shower stall lined with white subway tile contains a white penny-tile pan and a built-in bench. Above the pan, a wall niche fitted into the stall has black trim, while white herringbone border tile is set on the stall.

Gray Ornate Rustic Bathtub Tray

Ornate Rustic Gray Bathtub Tray

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The bathroom has a white rectangular pedestal bathtub sitting on herringbone tile in white and light gray. It is in front of the white shiplap wall, with a chrome faucet across the tub.

White Oval Freestanding Bathtub

Bathtub on Stained Wood Herringbone Floors

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Across the room, the main fixture stands on its base and faces frosted picture windows. A nickel faucet kit finishes the fixture.

Farmhouse Penny Tile Shower Niche

White Penny Tile Farmhouse Shower Niches

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A white penny-tile shower niche is built into a white herringbone shower accent wall. White tile trim completes the farmhouse-style niche, and the niches are stacked vertically.

White Penny Tile Shower Niche

Herringbone Tile Shower with Pebble Pan

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A white shower niche lined with penny tile is fitted into the white herringbone shower wall and sits above the white and gray pebble shower pan. The black metal shower kit is mounted on a staggered white tile wall, with the glass shower enclosure in front of that tile.

Freestanding Tub on Gray Herringbone Tile

Gray Herringbone Tiles Bathroom Floor

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Gray herringbone tile covers the bathroom floor. A white oval freestanding bathtub sits on the tile, in front of an eggshell linen cabinet with a glass front. The cabinet is next to an eggshell vanity fitted with brass hardware.

Farmhouse Bathroom With Freestanding Tub

Bathroom Floor with Light Grey Herringbone Tile

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Light gray herringbone tile covers the bathroom floor. A white freestanding bathtub sits above it, with a white chandelier hanging over the tub. The shower has a glass partition, a white subway-tile wall, and a white built-in bench.

White Herringbone Bathroom Floor Tile

White Herringbone Tiles Bathroom Floor

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The half wall is white shiplap, with white and pale pink floral wallpaper adding an accent. Against it sits a black L-shaped vanity with a beige and black countertop.

White Herringbone Bathroom Tile

White Herringbone Tile with Black Grout

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The tub is white and drop-in, with mosaic tile in black and white around it. Over the bathtub, the black-framed window is built into a wall finished in white shiplap.

Ivory Board and Batten Tub Surround

White Roll Top Claw Foot Bathtub

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A brass and crystal chandelier lights the bathroom over a wood-look tile floor laid in a herringbone pattern. Nearby, the gray subway shower has a glass half wall, and the white roll-top claw-foot bathtub sits beside it with a polished nickel faucet. Ivory board and batten wainscoting surrounds the room.

Summer Clarke
Summer is a mother of two: Jackson and Molly. The overarching goal of Birthing for Life is to share practical and actionable Momming advice at all stages of child development.