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29 Stunning Shower Tile Design Ideas for 2026

Nothing protects wet spaces with as much style as tile. Whether you love artisanal Zellige, sleek subway or beautifully textured designs, the right shower tile can invigorate your everyday. Read on for our top shower tile ideas to start bringing your dream space to life. Ready to start your reno? Schedule a free design consultation or visit your local Tile Shop for the tile, tools and expert advice you need to get started.

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Classic Checkerboard

This chic shower features Zellige Black and White Gloss tiles arranged in a traditional checkerboard pattern. Each artisanal tile is crafted, painted and glazed by hand using ancient techniques, giving it one-of-a-kind character—and taking the checkerboard look to a whole new level! Shop our wide selection of Zellige tile for more handmade designs, or explore our curated checkerboard pairings for more winning ideas.

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Perfectly Imperfect Handmade-Look Tile

If you love the unique character of authentic handmade tile but want a little more consistency (or a more affordable price point), perfectly imperfect handmade-look tile might be the ideal choice for you. Designed with purposeful variations in surface texture and color, this tile brings charm to any space. Here, the undulating surface of the Splendor Blanco tile creates a soothing, serene retreat. We love how designer Coco and Jack extended the wall tile overhead to enhance the sense of height in this small shower.

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Brick-Look Subway Tile

Embodying HGTV star’s signature city-chic style, the Alison Victoria Brick x Brick Petal tile combines a soft pastel palette with a rustic brick look. Designed by Alison herself, this space feels feminine with an edge. The realistic brick texture, paired with bold black mirror details and a dark cabinet, balances the pale pink tones of the tile and marble-top vanity. It’s a perfect example of how to coordinate your shower tile with the other elements in your main bathroom for an elevated, highly designed look. Shop this tile in all three colorways and explore more signature styles in our exclusive Alison Victoria designer collection.

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Make a Point with Picket Tile

A modern twist on traditional subway tile, picket tile stacks in neat rows while creating dynamic straight and diagonal lines. This contemporary shower features Lanse Matte White and Black tile on adjoining walls for a stylish, color-blocked effect. Installed with matching grout, the look is subtle—but you could highlight the elongated hex shape by choosing a contrasting grout.

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Beautiful & In Budget

You don’t need to spend a fortune to create a stylish shower. With our extensive, expertly curated collection of tile under $7/sq. ft., you’ll find options that are both on-trend and budget-friendly. Here, Villa Cool Grey subway tile and Macula Matte marble-look tile (both just $6.29/sq. ft.) are paired to create an elegant, high-end look. Shop tiles under $7 for more affordably luxurious styles—from realistic wood looks to charming patterns.

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Textured Wood-Look Tile

Invigorate your senses with a raised, textured pattern, like the Violin Decor wood-look tile featured in this stylish shower. Its realistic woodgrain detail creates a natural, organic look, while the fluted design adds a tactile dimension. Paired with the lush sea tones of the Cool Blue tile, the result is a rich, biophilic (nature-inspired) design that both soothes and energizes.

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Equip Your Shower for Aging in Place

Incorporating tiled accessories such as corner shelves, niches and seats offers more than just style—these thoughtful design details can also help prepare your home for aging in place. Here, the Calacata Evora shower seat is designed to coordinate with the Calacata Evora marble throughout the shower, showing how seamlessly these accessories can be integrated into your design.

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Expressive Patterns

Nikki Chu’s eclectic, fashion-forward aesthetic is on full display in this contemporary shower. Featuring a hand-drawn arch motif in a soothing neutral, the Nikki Chu Zulu Cement tile—also available in Graphite (black) and Pumice (beige)—is installed in a zigzag layout, adding a dynamic sense of movement to the space. The coordinating Mrembo honed marble-look tile distinguishes the main bathroom while echoing the patterned tile’s color palette. For more globally inspired, high-end designs, explore our exclusive Nikki Chu designer collection.

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Add a Tile Bench

A tiled shower bench is ideal if you have mobility needs, want a place to rest while enjoying your shower or need a step to make shaving your legs easier. As this gorgeous shower demonstrates, a bench can serve as both a design feature and a practical component. The Marradi Calacatta Emerald marble-look tile’s expressive green veining pairs perfectly with the Alison Victoria Gem marble mosaic tile, creating a bench that adds both function and style.

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Choose a Bold Jewel Tone

For her kids’ bathroom, @semihandmade chose the bold Track Stack Navy Blue tile. The deep blue hue provides striking contrast to the pale pink painted walls, making the space feel both sophisticated and playful. The neatly stacked KitKat-shaped mosaic adds a sense of order without feeling too rigid. If you love this bright, jewel-toned look, shop our wide assortment of blue, green, purple and red tiles.

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Soothing Limestone

With soft lines, earthy tones and blended textures, the Legno tile featured in this tranquil shower evokes the opulence of a spa retreat. Available in a spectrum of captivating colors, the natural shade variations in limestone tile create an organic, textured appearance that can transform your shower into a luxurious escape. Shop our wide selection of limestone tile for more lush, soothing looks.

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Midcentury Modern

The classic earth tones and clean lines that define midcentury modern design keep this style feeling fresh even in the 21st century. Our new Stoneware collection from Fired Earth embodies the best of this enduring aesthetic with sleek subway tiles featuring speckled details reminiscent of midcentury pottery. This stylish shower showcases the tiles in all five colorways: Blue Mist, Indigo Spruce, Linen Brick, Powder White and Rainwashed. Whether you mix and match these iconic shades or choose a single colorway for your shower, this sophisticated style is sure to elevate your 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 help prevent slipping but also offers a delightful foot massage as you shower.

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Add a Shower Niche

Ditch clunky shower caddies and store your shampoo in style with a decorative and functional shower niche. Built into your shower wall, this tiled shelf can be as tall and wide as your space allows and is the perfect spot to showcase a decorative patterned or mosaic tile without overwhelming the room. Here, the Laura Park Cosmo Aegean Blue tile is featured in the niche, paired with the coordinating Laura Park Seaside Marble porcelain wall tile.

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Show Your Stripes

Stripes are a fundamental design element that can enhance virtually any space, and you can create them using almost any two tile styles. This chic shower, designed by Timber Trails, features an elegant look with alternating stripes of Legno travertine and San Dona honed marble tiles. The long, thin lines wrap around all three walls, making the space feel wider. To create the illusion of height, try installing vertical stripes.

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Layer With Trim

Like piping on a pillow or lace on a bedskirt, trim adds intentionality and style to your tile layout. This stunning shower features Signature Slate Blue trim details that accentuate the Signature Bianco Bevel tile design. The lines of pencil, London and skirting tiles add layers of visual interest to this simple design. Explore our exclusive Signature collection for more elevated basics in seven trending colorways, designed for mixing, matching and layering with each other or any other shower tile.

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Add Traction With Mosaic Floor Tile

When you’re dealing with wet spaces, an anti-slip floor is essential. Mosaic tile has more grout lines than larger tiles, which adds grip, while a textured or matte surface provides additional traction underfoot. Here, the Shanxi Black Flamed granite tile features small squares with plenty of grout lines and a naturally textured surface, creating not only a lovely design but also an extra-safe shower space. Explore our wide selection of mosaic tile for a variety of stylish and safe options.

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Go Green

The colors of nature, green and blue fill you with good vibes, making them perfect for energizing your morning routine. This lush shower features Look Oliva handmade-look subway tile installed in a herringbone pattern. The purposeful variation in the rich forest tones creates an undulating surface, which, combined with the zigzag pattern, adds dynamic movement throughout the shower and bathroom. We love how this vibrant tile pairs with the Laura Ashley Wexbord Fresh Green tile in the shower niches and the traditional wooden vanity.

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Make Waves With Coastal Chic Style

Transform your house into a beach house with dazzling and delightful costal-inspired patterns and colors, like the Astron Azul tile on display in this cool, contemporary bathroom. The raised glossy blue cross pattern sits atop a matte white base, reflecting the light as it moves across the room like sunlight playing off ocean waves.

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Fluted Tile

Featuring a soft, rounded fluted design, the Kelli Fontana Tommas Classico tile (also available in Carrara) adds a sensory experience to this charming shower. The sculptural design in crisp white marble-look tile lends a classic, romantic ambience, made even more dynamic as shifting light catches the raised pattern, casting delicate shadows across the wall. If you love this classic, bold, and whimsical style, explore our exclusive Kelli Fontana designer collection.

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Pair Stone & Stone-Look Tile

Advancements in tile printing have made marble- and stone-look porcelain and ceramic tiles nearly indistinguishable from the real thing, but they can’t replicate the truly unique variations found in natural materials. If your budget doesn’t allow for stone throughout your shower or bathroom, consider pairing marble-look tile with real stone, as West Bay Homes did in this grand wet room. The Claros Silver Hex travertine floor tile provides one-of-a-kind beauty, while the Atlanta White marble-look wall tile combines luxury with easy maintenance.

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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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Retro Square Tile

Some styles should stay in the past (we’re looking at you, shag bathroom carpeting), but we’re happy to bring back the best of late-1900s design—like the neat grids of square tile. This popular 1980s style is making a comeback in the best way, as seen in this chic shower, designed by Yellow Brick Home and featuring Imperial Blush gloss mosaic tile. Recreate this retro look in your shower using any 2” to 5” square tile.

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Porcelain Panel Shower Kits

Infuse your space with the undeniable luxury of marble slabs in the form of durable, easy-to-clean porcelain with our porcelain panel shower kits. Available in four distinct stone-look styles, each kit includes two 30” x 94” panels and two 32” x 94” panels—large enough to cover a standard shower stall, with additional panels available for purchase. Shop the kits in all four styles: Calacata White (shown), Statuario Nuovo, Masterstone White, and Max Rapolano. Each style is also available in a tub surround, with coordinating field and mosaic tiles available to create a magnificent, cohesive bathroom design.

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Artistic Pairings

Designed to complement one another, our new Laura Park collection tiles are inspired by her original artwork and popular textile designs. This stunning bathroom showcases three tile styles: Bespoke, Seaside Marble and Cosmo Aegean Blue. Featuring bold brushstrokes and beautiful color palettes, these expressive designs and playful shapes make it easy to create an artful shower and bathroom full of personality. Explore our exclusive Laura Park collection for more joyful, artistic designs.

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Mix & Match Mosaics

Even in a small shower, you can showcase more than one tile. The key to keeping multiple styles intentional and elevated is choosing pieces that complement each other in color, theme or texture. This lovely shower features three tiles: Volakas Hex floor tile, and Alison Victoria Elia mosaic and Brick x Brick Pearl wall tiles. Both mosaics are crafted from Volakas marble, but using different shapes on the wall and floor adds visual interest. The soft whites of the brick-look subway wall tile complement the honed marble tonally while contributing a distinct shape and texture.

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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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Bold Marble-Look Tile

If you love the look of heavily veined marble but not the upkeep, a bold marble-look porcelain or ceramic tile offers the dramatic movement and natural coloring of real marble with the easy maintenance and durability of manmade materials. Here, the Pisa Oro tile demonstrates just how expressive and striking a stone-look design can be. Shop our extensive selection of marble-look tile to find a design—whether bold or subtle—that suits your taste. You’ll even discover some wonderful colors not found in nature.

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Create a Tile Picture Frame

A tiled picture frame is created by “framing” a decorative tile with trim. Here, the Siberian Pearl Niles with Grey Dot tile is showcased within a frame of Siberian Pearl Cornice trim. The Siberian Pearl brushed field tile completes this opulent, cohesive space, but this versatile design element can be achieved with virtually any mosaic or patterned tile. Try layering multiple trim pieces in different colors or materials for an artistic, stately look.