Tips For The Perfect Modern Bathroom Design: Remodel Ideas
This gallery features modern bathroom design ideas. Take a look at these luxury modern bathroom images to help decide which vanity cabinets, lighting, sinks, faucets, and accessories are right for your home. From minimalist to futuristic, there are bathroom designs we hope you’ll enjoy
Modern Bathroom Ideas
Modern bathrooms reflect both style and functionality while adapting to modern interior design elements. Common characteristics in modern bathroom designs include minimal use of color, sticking to neutrals, black and white, and then adding an accent element. Accent elements can be bright, solid colors, bringing on a Postmodern or Futuristic feel. Accent elements could also be more related to natural finishes, such as stone or wood. A metallic finish for faucets and fittings, especially in stainless steel or chrome, is also common in modern bathrooms.
Stone countertops with functional casework – Marrying both style and function, the base casework for these bathroom countertops is usually fitted with as many cabinets, shelves, and drawers. Besides allowing for more storage space, these caseworks conceal smaller water heaters, P-traps, bottle traps, and other unsightly plumbing lines.
In addition, most casework for modern bathrooms is hanging, leaving a gap beneath it. This is an ergonomic choice, allowing users to stand right over the countertop with their feet comfortably tucked underneath the build-up. This allows for easier cleaning of wet areas, especially since cabinetry is usually made of laminate on marine plywood or MDF board, which may be prone to warping upon contact with water and cleaning chemicals.
Wash basins – With the dawn of built-up countertops for modern bathrooms, wash basins are taking on more daring and smoother profiles. Usually in white porcelain, master bathrooms in particular will feature a pair of matching wash basins or a single unit with two separate basins and faucets. Vessel-type or counter-mounted wash basins are in vogue, as this means more counter space and also avoids things falling into the bathroom sink.
Toilets – Done mostly in white, some toilets feature a concealed tank design, wherein the water tank is hidden behind a built-up wall of concrete covered with tile.
Niches – The unsightly tank of the toilet is concealed, and a ledge behind the toilet is created, another functional space popular in many modern bathrooms. These built-ups can also be built all the way up to the ceiling, with smaller square niches punched into the wall for decorative shelving. Having a small downlight in each cove is also a great way to dress up the space.
Mirrors – Most mirrors are full-horizon, meaning they cover the entire width of the wall from end to end, allowing more continuity in its function and also a modern, streamlined look.
Windows – Although a definite taboo in the past, having large, floor-to-ceiling height glass windows in the bathroom is popular among modern bathrooms. Some treatments used to ensure privacy are frosted glass or the creation of a private pocket garden right beside the bathroom window. Skylights are also a great way to bring in daylight while protecting the users’ privacy.
Outdoor area – Larger bathrooms can opt to have an outdoor area, usually for the bathtub or shower area. Although going closer to more rustic designs, this feature is popular in modern bathrooms with this generation’s desire to be closer to nature and aspiration for more natural environments.
The luxury modern bathroom in the picture above brings in a lot of light with its full-length picture windows by the shower and bathtub. A neutral wood-finished porcelain tile is used for the floor and the walls and livened up by a patterned area rug before the extensive lavatory countertop featuring three vanity mirrors. A pop of color is brought to the neutral colors via the aqua-blue mosaic tile in the shower.
Bathtubs – Bathtubs can either be independent floor-mounted units or enclosed bathtubs whose profiles are more suited to a modern bathroom design. Built-up areas with sunken bathtubs are still used but with a different accent tile for the build-up. Floor-mounted units are preferred because of the unique shapes created by bathroom designers who use porcelain or resin for their tubs. Some tubs are even made of lightweight material, allowing clawed-foot bases. See here for more on how to choose a bathtub.
Bathtub faucets – Due to the popularity of the floor-mounted bathtub, faucets for tubs have also adapted, becoming floor-mounted units. Usually, these chrome-plated fixtures start with a base plate on the floor and come up to the top of the tub in a long neck. More functional models even feature a telephone shower with a holder.
Shower area – Usually, stand-up showers are enclosed by glass panels with stainless steel patch fittings to avoid water getting all over the bathroom. Besides the changing of the now defunct shower curtain, the mounted shower head has also been upgraded to the telephone shower for easier operation. A rain shower mounted to the ceiling or higher up on the wall is also a popular choice, with many people likening the experience to taking a bath in the rain or under a small waterfall.
Unconventional tiles – Although tiles still make up the main finish of most bathrooms due to their waterproof and inexpensive nature, more and more daring shapes and finishes have been created. Mosaic tiles, chevron-cut tiles, strip tiles, and subway tiles are popular profiles, while more modern surfaces include imitation marble, granite, wood, and glass.
Accent lighting – Besides having wall sconces as task lighting directly above lavatory countertops, some larger bathrooms even opt to add one large accent lamp over the bathtub, creating a conversation piece and a niche. This new design trend is shaping the bathroom into becoming more than just a space for hygiene but a space to relax, think, and maybe even socialize.
Pictures of Modern Bathrooms
With its luxurious, minimalist design, this modern bathroom offers a sculptural freestanding tub, a charcoal-tinted glass walk-in shower, and warm wood-look tile flooring. An impressive luxury feature is the built-in two-way fireplace that adds cozy elegance while soaking in the tub. The black-framed glass doors and floor-to-ceiling windows bring in natural light and look stunning when paired against the white backdrop. Thoughtful touches like recessed wall niches, wall-mounted fixtures, and a clean color palette creates a spa-like atmosphere that looks sophisticated and inviting.
A small floor window and skylight bring the outdoors into this all-white bathroom, featuring beige stone tile flooring and polished white tiled walls. A sensuously curved bathtub is positioned by the corner while the glass-enclosed luxury shower area with a sitting bench and stainless steel fittings feature a long space complete with a telephone shower fixture and rainfall shower head.
A relaxing white blanketed lounge chair sits by the awning windows and glass swing doors of this modern bathroom. More light is brought into the bathroom via its slanted glass skylights, which reflect off the light wood strip flooring. A recessed alcove flanked by wall lamps is specially set for a curved white bathtub with a large mirror above it.
This modern bathroom’s raised deck features a zen-style free-standing bathtub and is fitted with a large glass skylight by the side of its shower area. The entire shower area features river rock walls and clean white linear tile floors. The bathroom’s back wall features a blueish linear mosaic tile, reflected in the full-length mirror of the vanity that features a pedestal-type rounded wash basin and faucet on a white quartz countertop and white painted cabinets.
This modern rustic bathroom features a free-standing bathtub framed by a gold tile accent wall and a pair of orb-enclosed Edison lamps hanging over it. The floors are laid out with diamond-shaped travertine tiles and grey stone tile outlines. The far side of the bathroom features a semi-circular space where a pair of vessel-type wash basins are mounted on a warm wood countertop. In front of each basin is a long, linear black-framed mirror, and in between are large wood-framed mullion windows.
This all-white modern bathroom is made even lighter via the cool white strip light embedded into the wainscoting that runs all around this bathroom’s perimeter. The tile used is Carrara marble stone and is also used as the backsplash and vanity countertop material. A pair of vessel-type circular wash basins sit on top of this vanity countertop, while a toilet with a concealed tank and bidet stand right opposite. Sheer white curtains bring in the bright light from the outdoors whilst maintaining privacy.
This modern bathroom is characterized by the black and white mosaic tile used as the built-up shower area’s backdrop and behind the vanity’s large backlit mirror. The walls, built-up tub, and countertop of this bathroom are in a light travertine stone tile. The wash basin is semi-sunken into the countertop with a slight overflow of its profile from the counter’s edge. Chrome-finished wall-mounted lavatory fixtures are mounted onto the black and white mosaic tile wall.
This attic-ceiling bathroom’s sloped white ceiling and chrome-finished towel heater contrast well with the dark brown-grey stone tiles used for the walls and floors of this modern bathroom. Behind the wall-mounted lavatory and bidet is a small recessed niche for bathroom necessities, and right across it is a glass-enclosed shower area with telephone shower and round rainshower head.
This Contemporary Rustic bathroom centers on the red exposed brick wall by the large double-hung window, which is contrasted by the dark brown stone tile used for the floors and walls. A quirky studded white-painted iron tub sits in front of a large, wood-frame mounted irregularly shaped mirror. The quirky geometric pattern on the towels add to the contemporary rustic charm of this modern master bathroom.
This modern bathroom centers on the back wall and features beautifully patterned Spanish tiles in geometric shapes and patterns. The rest of the bathroom uses brown stone tile for the walls and bathtub built-up and a lighter shade of the same tile for the floors. The vessel-type wash basin sits in front of a backlit mirror and is supported by a walnut wood casework with rose gold handles. A rose gold statuette to the side also complements the tones of the vanity hardware.
A retro-modern checkerboard pattern tile is used for the shower area’s and vanity counter’s back wall. The shower area is glass-enclosed and features a window to the outside and a telephone shower. The vanity counter on the other hand, features large boxy wash basins sunken into a white quartz countertop with white painted wood cabinets. The floor tiles are simple off-white ceramic tiles.
This Marie Antoinette style bathroom features a large beveled mirror over the white quartz stone countertop with recessed wash basins. The under-counter vanity cabinets are also in this beveled mirror finish and are mounted against the wall with beige wallpaper and white motifs. A dainty bench stands in front of a large white mullioned window with heavy beige drapes and continues the old classic luxe vibe. Simple high-polish porcelain floor tiles complete the whole classical luxe theme.
This modern bathroom’s two large picture windows bring in large amounts of light and are made even brighter by the lighted cove ceiling, where a delicate gold chandelier hangs over the center of the bathroom. The floors and walls feature linear travertine stone finish variations, while the back wall is in a gold wallpaper with a white and pink flower motif.
The circular bathtub is built up with a dark brown stone tile, also used for countertops, and complements well with the even darker wood used for the raised panel cabinets and casework. A modernesque toilet with a concealed tank is mounted to the side, and a circular padded table sits in the center of the bathroom.
Set on a rounded pedestal with strip lights, the whole effect gives the podium with the rounded bathtub mounted on it, a sense of weightlessness. This weightlessness is furthered by the large windows with sheer white curtains. Elements of modern luxe are apparent in the curved architrave over the bathtub with brown stone tile borders, the gold mosaic tile backwall, and the chrome-finished standing towel rack beside it.
Bathrooms with Mosaic Tile
A luxurious black and gold mosaic tile lines the entire backwall of the raised platform for the bathtub and shower areas and terminates in a large clerestory window bringing in the light and the view from the outside. The shower area features chrome-finished shower fixtures on its subway tile walls and a rainshower mounted on the ceiling.
The shower area also features a brown tile bench build-up, while the irregularly shaped white resin tub sits right beside it. The wash basin in black quartz countertop carries a pair of boxy vessel-type wash basins with a trio of hanging bell jar pendants over it. The beige tiled floor is accented with fuzzy beige rugs.
The black and gold mosaic tile is used all along the walls of this modern master bathroom, with the tile border and floors in a more neutralized off-white color. Wall-mounted chrome-finished fittings line the walls of this bathroom, while a curvilinear vessel-type sink sits atop the black quartz stone countertop.
A modern bathroom design that shows off a colorful palette. A blue and gold mosaic tile accent wall sets the vibrant color mood in this modern master bathroom and is a great contrast with the comfortable, fluffy fuchsia lounge chair to the side. The Calacatta marble floor tiles add an earthy texture to the modern bathroom, while the curvy white resin bathtub, large rain shower head and skylight add to its chic modern vibe.
A black, silver, and white mosaic tile runs all around the back walls of this modern bathroom’s shower area and lavatory countertop. The built-up countertop, in a polished white marble, runs from the semi-recessed wash basin to the concealed-tank toilet, to the chrome-finished fixtures mounted onto the wall in the shower area. The floors are in black tile, adding to the monochrome theme of the room, while a discreet light wooden panel across the vanity provides a more natural finish.
The all-white finishes of the concealed-tank toilet, bidet, and double-basin vanity counter, along with the white walls and built-up shelf and bathtub, are given a quirky pop of color. The magenta-colored crystal and glass chandelier hanging at the center of this modern bathroom is both modern and quirky. The bathroom chandelier matches very well with the purple and white mosaic tile enclosing the built-up bathtub area and lining the bottom of the full-horizon mirror on the vanity counter.
Bathroom with Outdoor Bathtub
This modern bathroom design features dark Emperador stone walls matched with a light grey stone tile for the floors and vanity countertop. The bathroom vanity countertop is fitted with full-length mirror and contains a cove for smaller down-lights. A small round coffee table with wooden and porcelain décor gives a more earthy tone, matching the outdoor circular wooden bathtub.
The focal point of the space is definitely the amazing Japanese style luxury bathtub outside. The outdoor section features the same stone floor tile but has a darker grey wall tile and is landscaped with pebbles and small ornamental plants.
