22 Clever and Stylish Shower Niche Ideas

Boost your bathroom’s appeal with a pretty and practical shower niche.

A shower niche does more than corral your belongings—it’s a sleek, built-in way to stay organized while enhancing your shower’s style. Whether single or double, small or large, square or rectangle, there are about as many sizes of shower niches as there are ways to style them. From subdued neutrals to playful patterns, we’re serving up some of our most beautiful and clever shower niche ideas.

Spa-Like Shower

For spa-like appeal, take a neutral approach with your shower. This spacious shower design keeps things simple by using the same wall tile for its double shower niche, but adds subtle contrast by using different stones in warm neutrals for the floor and shower bench.

Patterned Accents

Four shower niches provide a space for everybody to corral their shower products in this glass shower. The vertical patterned tile accent is repeated in each shower niche for visual interest.

Related: How to Install a Shower Niche

Gorgeous in Gray

A triple shower niche with a vertical tile backsplash draws the eye in this sleek gray shower. The addition of pattern and texture in complementary hues elevates the shower’s minimalist look.

Playful Pattern

This clean white shower uses a small patterned tile to create subtle contrast. First, by framing the tile to create an immediate area of focus on the shower wall and then by repeating the pattern in a tall shower niche.

Horizontal Shower Niche

A wide shower niche takes advantage of ample wall space. Shape and scale play beautifully in this shower as horizontal lines repeat on the shower wall tiles, the rectangular shower niche, and the taupe, gray, and black shower niche backsplash.

Mix and Match Shower Niche

Rather than one tall shower niche, maximize the same amount of space by breaking it into two smaller sections. Here, a larger square niche is positioned above a smaller niche to better accommodate different sized items. For a bit of contrast in an otherwise all white shower, the hexagonal floor tile repeats on the shower niche backsplash.

Beautiful in Blue

Blue and white is a timeless color combination. Here, a pristine white shower gets a jolt of color thanks to deep blue tile used on the shower floor and the shower niche. The triple box design provides ample room for stashing products while letting its blue background shine through.

Style + Function

Who says a shower niche has to be placed up high? Build in function without sacrificing style. Case in point: this glass-walled shower, which has a square shower niche carved out of the tiled lower walls.

Double Shower Niche

This shower also takes advantage of the area on the lower shower wall to create not one, but two shower niches of differing sizes. In a bathroom with a striking blue floor in a herringbone pattern, the shower and shower niche keep things simple with white tile.

Glamorous Gray

In a neutral gray shower, twin shower niches provide a practical solution. Glossy gray subway tile amps up their glamor.

Hint of Color

In an all white shower, this petite shower niche stands out. Six mint green tiles along the back of the shower niche provide a subtle pop of color.

Marble Beauty

By using marble with the same pattern as the tile on the shower walls, this double shower niche blends seamlessly into the rest of the shower. A shower mirror on the top shower niche takes advantage of vertical space and comes in handy when shaving or exfoliating.

Related: How to Clean Marble

Symmetrical Storage

In this neutral shower, symmetrical shower niches frame the showerhead, doubling the amount of storage. A geometric pattern along the back of the dual shower niches turns the practical space into an elegant focal point.

Clean White Design

Two shower niches take advantage of vertical space in this pristine white shower. Chrome shower hardware and white subway tile create a minimalist look, which is warmed by the addition of a wooden shower bench.

Blue-and-White Background

Blue and white delights in this colorful bathroom. A playful blue-and-white geometric tile on the bathroom floor repeats along the back of the tall, skinny shower niche. A horizontal line of small blue tiles breaks up the all white shower walls as a continuation of the classic color combination.  

Consider Curves

Beige grout warms up an all white shower, where subway tiles are applied vertically. The petite shower niche draws its allure from its graceful graceful arch and solid marble shelves.

Artful Background

This shower shines in a timeless black and white combination. The all-white shower’s double shower niche gets a dose of traditional charm thanks to a black-and-white toile tile background.

Modern Shower Niche

This modern bathroom delights in a cool black-and-white palette with brass fixtures. Small black hexagonal tiles on the shower floor mimic the large hexagonal pattern just beyond. A black-and-white geometric print on the built-in bench repeats on the back of the shower niche to break up an all white wall.

Contrast and Continuity

Matte black fixtures pop against an all white shower. A generous shower niche wears the same gray hexagonal marble tile as the floor for continuity and features two shelves to maximize space.

Brilliant in Brass

Gray honeycomb tile repeats on the floor, ceiling, and walls of this gorgeous shower, setting the stage for contrast. Enter: brilliant brass. A metal edge frames the double shower niche and matches the striking brass fixtures for a totally glamorous look.

A Work of Art

A shower niche is as perfect in a walk-in shower as a tub shower. Here, a square shower niche looks like a work of art thanks to a pretty gray-and-white background framed by a gray marble surround.

Modern and Minimalist

A long, wide shower niche is purposefully carved out of this stunning white marble shower. Sleek fixtures and a gracious marble shower bench complete the perfectly elegant space.

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