Stylish Ways To Tile Your Shower
Have you ever considered sprucing up your shower? To elevate it from a standard subway tile to something awe-inspiring, like stepping into a shower cloaked in Moroccan tile? If you’re looking for a cut above ordinary for your shower renovation, read on to discover some of 2025’s hottest trends!
As busy tile flooring contractors in Toronto and the GTA, we’ve seen some remarkable tile artistry and been a part of installing it. Read on to discover some interesting shower tile designs that may inspire you to have a little fun with tile in your shower!
Stylish Shower Tile Designs
You can update the look of your shower by tweaking the tile colour, pattern, or design. Here are some ideas to help turn your shower into a stylish oasis.
Colour
For homeowners who want a traditional yet elegant beige, white, grey, or black shower, pairing it with a pop of colour will add character and break up the neutrality. These are some additional ways you can integrate colour into your shower stall.
- Popular Bathroom Colours Of 2025: The trendiest colours of the year to incorporate into your bathroom colour scheme are:
- Pastels
- Jewel tones
- Green
- Blue
- Greige (beige-grey)
- Natural tones
Styling Your Bathroom With Colour: These are some popular ways to introduce coloured tile flooring in Toronto and the GTA:
- Tile the entire shower stall in a trendy colour
- Add randomly placed coloured tiles, especially in a geometric pattern
- Try a coloured accent wall
- Accent unusual architectural features in your stall
- Use coloured tiles to create a wainscoting effect
- Lay coloured tile on the floor of the stall
- Go classic with a traditional black and white tile scheme
Pattern
Another way to rejuvenate your shower stall is to introduce a pattern. Pattern can be as simple as breaking up white subway tile with a neutral-coloured chevron for an understated wow factor, or as loud as bringing in a statement Moroccan patterned tile.
Traditional Tile Pattern Designs: These are the most popular, timeless tile designs that you can never go wrong adding to your shower, such as:
- Chevron
- Herringbone
- Checkerboard
- Subway tile
- Basketweave
Interesting Patterns For Your Shower Stall: In addition to livening up your shower with traditional tile patterns, you can try one of these patterns:
- Pattern the shower stall floor in herringbone
- Elevate light neutral tiles with black grout
- Add interest to herringbone by using a matte finish
- Upend traditional subway tile design by installing it vertically
- Try a custom pattern on the wall or floor
- Introduce shaped tiles like hexagons into the wall or floor patterns
- Use a patterned tile on an accent wall
Design
The final way you can change the look of your shower stall with tile flooring in Toronto and across the GTA is through design. As with colour, design can come in simple touches, like using penny-round tiles or as practical as building a niche wall for storing shampoo bottles.
Designing A Stylish Shower: A shower isn’t just a practical space; it’s a place to relax, so it should also be visually appealing. So, take the time to explore design schemes, starting with these.
- Create an affordable oasis on a budget with stone-look tile
- No matter what colour or pattern you choose, you can add interest by using textured tile
- Marry neutrals with design by using handcrafted zellige tiles (varying textures and colours) for a quiet, yet playful look that will impress
- Keep it simple with oversized or large-format tiles that will make your stall feel larger, thanks to fewer grout lines
- Bring the spa to your shower with vertical elongated wood-look tiles
- Play with shaped tiles like penny-round, finger, or hexagon—all trendy choices for a stylish shower
- Create a focal point with tile; inside the focal point, add a patterned tile like Moroccan tile
- Mix and match different tile colours, shapes, and textures
- Play with tile finishes like matte or glossy
- Introduce whimsy and drama with rose-coloured or gold fixtures for an instant wow factor
Final Thoughts On Tiling Your Shower
You can bring joy to your bathroom shower stall using tile flooring in Toronto and the GTA: colour, pattern, or design. There is no right way to make your space stylish; instead, it’s a combination of matching your budget to your design preference. For instance, you can still have a luxurious shower on a dime by using wood or stone-look tiles or blending neutral white tiles with colour or interesting shapes, like penny-rounds; either option is trendy, yet affordable.
If all this information has got you thinking about redoing your shower stall, we suggest browsing our photos, blog, or websites like Houzz for more design inspiration. Ear-mark a few ways to elevate your shower and then give us, the Brothers Flooring, a call today for a free consultation. Let us help bring your vision into reality.
