Photography: Armelle Habib / Photography assistant: Sara Wilkosz / Styling: Julia Green / Styling assistant: Jade Lee Martin
Whether or not you’re installing a bath as part of your bathroom renovation, a shower remodel involves where to place the shower and how to maximise its size and functionality.
These are two of the most important decisions you’ll make, and ideally without compromising on style.
With a little careful planning you can use stylish solutions to space problems. By looking closely at things, you’ll overcome the obstacles and settle on a shower design to tick all your boxes.
Keep reading for 11 of our favourite shower design ideas to try in 2024.
11 shower design ideas to try in 2024
1. Install a walk-in shower
Credit: Armelle Habib
A walk-in shower can add a sense of ease to a bathroom, like in this modern Melbourne bathroom.
2. Add a shower over the bath
Having a shower over your bath increases available floor space, and with a built-in bath you can afford to be more generous in its size.
This feature does require thoughtful consideration. For example, a classic clawfoot bath takes up premium floor space and requires room around it for cleaning and plumbing.
Consider oversplash of water and placement of your drainage. Have the drain placed and the ‘fall’ of the floor directed to a corner hidden beneath your bath.
3. Go open plan
Careful planning in a larger space means maximum efficiency.
This open-plan bathroom has the shower over the generous concrete custom-made bath, while the textured walls create a seamless transition, giving the impression of even more space. The raised platform allows for a sunken bath effect.
4. Embrace the shower niche
A shower niche is a popular modern shower storage solution to maximise space and minimise clutter.
When designing their shower niche, this family bathroom opted for the same colour tiles as the rest of the shower for a clean and classic look.
5. Add a shower bench
Photographer: Dave Wheeler
This colourfully restored Mosman federation property utilises a shower bench — a feature that can offer a practical storage solution and make showers even more relaxing.
6. Try his and hers showerheads
Photographer: John Downs
There won’t be any fights over the water temperature in this Gold Coast bathroom, with the addition of his and her showerheads in an elegant brushed gold.
7. Add a mirror
Mirrors are a great way to visually increase the sense of space, even in a small bathroom design. In this Melbourne home, the vanity’s carefully selected location has the mirror directly opposite the shower.
8. Incorporate tiles
In this Brisbane property, the homeowner opted for ‘Clay’ tiles in Aqua from Beaumont Tiles to bring a touch of coastal design into the bathroom.
Covering adjacent walls in different tiles also makes for functional decorative design, with the white mosaic tiles continuing into the shower floor to create a greater surface area.
9. Go bold with your shower frame
In the chic bathroom of a renovated cottage in the Blue Mountains, a French shower frame is used to divide the wet area from the rest of the bathroom.
The addition of the wooden stool, brass tapware and marble flooring make for a romantic space.
10. Make use of the windows
In this modern bathroom, an entire wall of glass floods the space with light. An excellent solution for when privacy is not an issue.
11. Use the space you have
Photographer: Louise Roche
This Byron Bay property’s shower room may be modest in size, but its careful design with brass tapware, contrasting tiling and no shower screen offers a sense of luxury that could rival larger showers.
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