Shower niches do more than hold shampoo bottles. They can introduce color, repeat a tile pattern, frame a freestanding tub, or add a polished finishing touch with marble, mosaic, or metallic accents. From compact square compartments to long letterbox niches and multi-section storage, these ideas offer options for bathrooms of every size and style.
Niches in a White Tile Shower
The double shower is in the master bathroom and is located in the modern bathroom. White subway tile covers the shower walls, while penny tile forms the floor. A matching shower niche is set into the shower.
Penny Tile Floor for a Curbless Shower
The modern wet room includes a woven basket and greenery. The curbless shower has white subway tile walls with black grout, and its penny tile niche repeats the penny tile on the shower floor.
Gray Tile and Black Hardware
A sleek bathroom centers on a walk-in shower with a gray marbled hexagonal floor. The subway-tile niche surround contrasts with the niche and coordinates with the floor. Black hardware appears in both the shower and at the sink.
Black Hardware in a White Bathroom
This white bathroom has a modern shower cubicle with a black frame and black shower hardware. Marble tile forms the shower surround around a black-edged shower niche. A freestanding bathtub stands on the marble bathroom floor.
Modern Copper Shower with Elongated Gray Marbled Hexagonal Tile
Gray marbled tile with elongated hexagonal shapes surrounds the modern shower. Modern copper hardware adds another material detail. A compact herringbone shower niche stores toiletries.
Wood Vanity for a Black and White Bath
An amber bottle sits in the shower niche, where gray hexagonal backsplash tile adds a small pattern. The modern shower tub combination includes a wood sink vanity and gray flooring. Black hardware stands apart from the white subway tile.
Modern Black and White Shower with Gold Hardware
White subway tile and gold hardware are set in a modern frameless shower cubicle. A geometric shower niche is paired with black hardware on the doors.
Black Framed Glass Shower and Freestanding Tub with White Shiplap
White octagonal floor tile surrounds the freestanding bathtub. The walls are covered in white shiplap. Nearby, the glass shower cubicle has a black frame, brass hardware, and a three-compartment niche.
Mixed Tile in a Walk-In Shower
A glass panel door with a black edge leads into the modern bathroom’s shower. White herringbone tile with black grout complements it. Under the black-framed window is a shower niche with a black hexagonal backsplash.
Modern Marble Shower with Black Hexagonal Niche and Penny Tile
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Marble tile covers the modern bathroom’s shower. The black hexagonal shower niche contrasts with the bathroom, while patterned penny floor tile covers the floor.
Farmhouse Marble Tile Bathroom
Dark gray and white marble tile surrounds the shower niche. The niche has upper and lower sections of subway tile for toiletry storage. The bathroom has modern farmhouse style.
Contrasting Bathroom Tiles
This walk-in bathroom includes a niche surrounded by subway tile on the walls. Black hexagonal tile covers the floor, while a textured black and white rug matches the black and white door.
Black and White Bath Look
A tasseled shower curtain hangs beside a woven basket. The bathroom has patterned black and white tile, while white subway tile with black grout covers the walls around a hexagonal shower niche. Above the sink vanity is a mirror with a black edge and rope material.
Shower Shaving Niche
Beside the freestanding bathtub, a wooden stool holds a potted plant. The frameless walk-in shower has three niches, including a practical letterbox-shaped niche for shaving items.
Three Bathroom Shower Niches
Gray marbled natural-stone subway tile covers the shower surround. Three contrasting herringbone niches are built into the modern shower, which has a sloped ceiling. The shower hardware is chrome.
Wavy Shower Tiles
In the cool-toned shower space, gray wavy tile covers the surround and blue tile fills the shower niche. The space has a modern bathroom style with brushed nickel hardware.
Shower Inspiration With Mosaic Tile
A walk-in shower has three niches finished in mosaic tile, along with mosaic tile flooring. The large shower wall uses gray subway tile with a mosaic effect. A frameless door serves as the shower door.
Contrasting Tub Shower Pairing
A built-in shower is combined with a built-in bathtub. The shower wall is covered in white subway tile, while a black-and-white floral penny tile finishes the niche and contrasts with the wall.
Black Shower Tile Ideas
The niche surround is white subway tile. Inside the shower cubicle, a black hexagonal tile floor coordinates with the niche, and a frameless door serves the cubicle. A freestanding soaker tub sits beside it, with a potted plant nearby.
Gray Niche for a Subway Tile Shower
The gray subway tile niche has a glossy finish and contrasts with gleaming white grout. A frosted window sits above it. It brings in natural light.
Contemporary Gray Shower
The niche surround is gray subway tile, while the niche itself uses patterned hexagonal tile. Chrome finishes both the hand-held nozzle and the showerhead.
Built-In Tub Ideas
Gray and white tile covers the shower tile design inside the walk-in shower cubicle. A frameless door serves the cubicle, and a niche is set within it.
Black shower hardware continues inside the cubicle. Nearby, a built-in bathtub uses subway tile and black bathtub hardware.
Shower Niche
In this champagne bronze bathroom, a shower niche with a white edge displays three bottles. The hardware accentuates the porcelain tile.
Shower Niche Decor
A faux plant in a pot sits beside the toiletry on a white and gray marble sill. The sill matches the marble wall.
Marble Hexagonal Shower Niche
A faux plant and a toiletry sit inside the compact shower niche. Its hexagonal marble design is surrounded by a marble tile shower wall.
Champagne Bronze Triangular Shower Niche Backsplash
The tile backsplash uses a champagne bronze palette in a triangular pattern. Marbled subway tile surrounds the shower niche compartment, where a labelled bottle stands.
Bathtub with Subway Tile
The built-in bathtub is framed by white subway tile. The shower is walk-in and has a frameless door. Two shower niche compartments use hexagonal tile, with subway tile surrounding the nearby wall space.
Shower Niche with a Pattern
A bathtub sits near a shower finished with white square tile. The white square tile surrounds both the bathtub and shower.
A unique-patterned shower niche coordinates with the specified-pattern floor tile, and a gray marble countertop tops the two-wood sink vanity. Caged sconce lighting is above the vanity.
Gray Shower Tile
The gray shower space uses gray subway tile around the niche. Inside, gray herringbone tile creates a contrast with the surrounding tile.
Double Modern Shower Niches
A compact modern shower cubicle contains two niches, marble tile, black hardware, and a screen with a black frame.
Neutral Shower Niche
Neutral tile surrounds a shower niche finished with a chrome edge. A wood soap dish sits with the toiletries, keeping both items in the shower area.
Horizontal Triangle Bench Shower Tile
A small white candle and a small wooden tray rest on the built-in triangular bench. The shower niche serves as functional decor, while gray horizontal tile, a stone floor in gray, white, and black, and silver fixtures complete the space.
White Tile Shower Niche With Wicker Lamp
Gray granite forms the countertop above the white vanity. The shower beside it has white tile, silver-trimmed glass doors, and a small square niche inside for shampoo bottles. The wood framed mirror matches the floor, and a wicker pendant lamp hangs in the space.
Black White Shower and Wood Vanity
The natural wood vanity is near the toilet. The toilet is on a floral tile floor in black and white, and the shower niche can be seen through the paneled glass door with black trim.
