As one of our homes’ most frequently used areas, our shower space demands due attention. There is an abundance of designs to suit bathrooms large and small, and everything in between. Shower subcategories include walk-in designs, entirely open showers, freestanding fixtures, bathtub and shower enclosure combos, and more. To help you source your ideal look, we’ve put together a varied selection of shower space ideas that are fresh and fashionable. We’ve included tips on how to make your space look unique, including inspiration for stylish shower shelves, bathroom lighting, shower tiles and wet walls, and complementary bathroom decor to bring the whole look together.
Visualizer:Artem Shelipov
A brush with nature. Why build a simple shower enclosure when you can create a mini courtyard to shower in? Add a skylight to fill your space with natural daylight and fill with indoor plants that will flourish in the light and steamy environment.
Visualizer:Omar Riad
This open courtyard shower space includes the bathtub too. A small tree and ornamental rocks build a Japanese zen garden appeal.
Designer:Aidling Darling Design
Large and in charge. This wide, glass shower space commands the bathroom and dwarfs the bathtub and vanity areas around it. The shower enclosure receives light and lush views from a floor-to-ceiling window that looks out upon a private garden. Large bathrooms could copy this for great effect.
Designer:Audax
A room within a room. This bathtub and shower chamber is so large that it appears like a room all of its own. Massive windows light up the spacious enclosure. Just outside of the doors, an assortment of wall mirrors reflect the sunlight and green views into the back of the bathroom.
Visualizer:Ngurah Arya
Walk in and wade. Create a wet zone walkway to the tub by installing your shower space directly in front. Here, the bathtub is accessed via an elegant stone step.
Visualizer:NT viz
Frolic in the forest. Let climbing plants go wild across rendered walls and fashion a pathway of stepping stones across smaller pebbles to create a forest-like ensuite bathroom experience.
Visualizer:NT viz
Bathe beside the beauty of a cherry blossom tree with a planted walk-in shower design. Clad the walls darkly to let the bright blossom be the star of the show. Install a black stone bathtub to complete the dramatic ensemble.
Visualizer:Artimitro Interiors
Draw attention to a smaller shower space with an eye-catching tile design. These geometric wall tiles fashion a cool stylistic moment within a minimalist black and white bathroom decor scheme. To optimize the limited space, the small bathroom vanity has been arranged to maximize its vertical footprint.
Visualizer:VN Studio
Open up the heavens with an elongated skylight. If you’re lucky enough to be surrounded by woodland, you’ll receive a glorious view of the canopy. Clear views offer uplifting cloudscapes and twinkling stars.
Designer:David Coleman Architecture
Smaller bathrooms benefit from the openness that a wet room installation brings. By tanking the area, you can do away with cumbersome enclosures and screens.
Visualizer:SPECTRUM VIS
Saturate with color. By using tinted concrete over bathroom walls and floors you can create a rich and striking color-blocked scheme.
Designer:Philippe Starck
The center of attention. Shower spaces are typically confined to corners and flat wall expanses, but it doesn’t need to be the case. Construct a column of rainfall at the heart of a bedroom and dressing room combo to achieve a fabulous feature.
Source:Agape
Alternatively, a shower stand breaks free of the room perimeter whilst confining the plumbing to the floor.
Design a deluxe dual aspect. Join a skylight with the bathroom window to attain a seamless, wraparound shower space vista.
Designer:Designshop
Next-door neighbors. Glazed chambers formed around the shower space and an adjacent toilet create a sleek, streamlined layout.
Designer:mw|works architecture + design
Twin heads under a glass tier-fall make a view for two.
Designer:Dipen Gada And Associates
Shower inside of a light well that illuminates the rest of the bathroom too.
Visualizer:Aleksandr Menchynskyi
A traditional over-bath shower is not the most unique option. However, a ceiling-mounted rainfall shower head over a custom-built cement bathtub tells a different story.
Source:Ariostea
The sideshow. Behind the glass of this large enclosure, the shower area plays a lesser role than a pebble-lined courtyard.
Designer:Khosla Associates
Tag on a low-key soaking area with a sunken bathtub design.
Visualizer:E Space
Another tandem sunken tub design, this time with a dual aspect view of tropical plants. Two steps leading up to the bath and shower platform build a sense of ceremony and grandeur.
Source:By Cocoon
A journey of discovery. Hidden behind a concrete dividing wall, this shower space unfolds along a pathway of cement stepping stones, laid upon a lake of white pebbles. Ceiling beams filter the sunlight that streams through a wide skylight, causing light play in the unique chamber.
Designer:Khosla Associates
Play around with planters. Transform an open and spacious shower space by bringing in an assortment of planters that can be moved around to reinvent the layout.
Photographer:Danang Seta| Source:Airbnb
Planted borders and an open skylight merge an outdoor shower with the local habitat. White subway tiles make crisp white contrast against a black herringbone floor.
Via:Happynest
Walking into this shower enclosure is a step outside into the fresh air and sunshine. Climbing plants spill over the concrete shower wall to create a vibrant and invigorating atmosphere.
Visualizer:4balance design
Darken down for drama. Dark wall treatments create a darkly dramatic atmosphere that quiets the mind at the end of a long busy day. Add fluted wall texture beneath recessed spotlights to highlight points of interest.
Visualizer:Begüm Çeliker
Play into challenging room shapes with custom-cut shower screens and windows.
Source:Inax
Take advantage of high ceilings by installing an elevated staging area for the shower, tub, and even the toilet. Underline the arrangement with a striking linear vanity unit.
Visualizer:Igor Sirotov
In a minimalist bathroom , it’s not what you add, but what you subtract that achieves a successful design. A standing shower removes any disruption from the wall. A tanked floor removes the requirement for a shower tray or splash screen.
Visualizer:Konstantin Kildinov
Barely there. There is strength in creating a knocked-back shower design in order to let other aspects of the bathroom take the limelight. In this example, a central vanity podium is atmospherically lit around its base to create a floating effect whilst the shower goes almost unseen.
Visualizer:Illya Kovalchuk
This simple shower design allows an arch-shaped wall recess to retain all of the attention.
Visualizer:US Visuals
Create a curved and colorful extravaganza with a cylindrical shower chamber and statement tiles.
Visualizer:Marina Vanteeva
Split a small bathroom into equal sections for the shower, bathroom sink , and toilet to build cozy compartments of convenience.
Visualizer:Belzberg Architects
A large shower space is great, but small conveniences like a toiletries shelf or a shower bench make it even better.
Designer:A.T.O studio| Visualizer:Ursa Studio
Plumbing encasement walls offer opportunities for recessed shelving units both inside and outside of a shower enclosure. Choose a contrasting tile or backing material to make the storage niche a standout feature.
Designer:Nazar Tsymbaliuk
Linear layouts. By perfectly aligning a shower space with the end of a beautiful bathtub, the bathroom takes on a streamlined appearance. In this home, a pebbled border on the floor draws attention to the precise pairing.
Visualizer:Lule Lee
Elegance under arches. Carve out a shower chamber with a series of curves and archways for a classic aesthetic.
Visualizer:THETOUCH studio
Brass-framed enclosures strongly outline the shower area with a warm metallic luster.
Visualizer:Alexander Muraveiko
Differentiate the shower area from the rest of the bathroom design with contrasting tiles.
Write a story of romance with floral plants and a sun-kissed skyscape.
Visualizer:杨先森i
Twinning is winning.
Visualizer:J Lozgar
Concise and to the point. Bearing the same tiles and accent metals this small ensuite shower area flows effortlessly without visual clutter.
Visualizer:Studio Open
Stylistically soothing, this color-matched matt gray shower and sanitary set conveys a calming aesthetic.
Designer:SAOTA
Set a large bathtub low in the floor to allow the eye to wander directly to your shower area, particularly if it has a view like this one.
Visualizer:Ekaterina Kiraidt
Perimeter lighting makes a huge difference in a shower area, especially when paired with textural wet walls.
Visualizer:Kamran Karimov
As an atmospheric alternative to perimeter lighting in a shower, consider a floor-to-ceiling column of backlit shelves.
Visualizer:Andrey Vladimirov
Risk a red accent shower room design. It’s not conventional but it certainly stands out from the crowd. Set a red shower shelf against a black wet wall, and don’t shy away from a color-matched toilet.
Visualizer:ArtPartner Architects
A yellow accent shower room brings the joy of summer sunshine all year round. Use the accent boldly on shower fixtures, matching yellow faucets, a yellow-framed shower screen, and a statement vanity unit.
Designer:Three Boys And A Pink Bath
Pink shower walls make sweet contrast with living greenery, whether inside or out. Add black fixtures and fittings, plus matching black window frames to bring visual weight to the light and sugary decor scheme.
Visualizer:Nikolay Shevchenko
Create a cool industrial meets boho aesthetic with concrete wet walls and wicker bathroom lighting. Here, the shower area dips low into a platform floor to form a stepped entryway into a small courtyard.
Designer:CplusC Architectural Workshop
Make your shower space the doorway into your pamper room, like this unconventional yet welcoming layout.
Personalize your drinks cart, bar, or dining table with this luxury snake bottle opener , which features over 14,000 individual scales on its curved brass body.
Dark isn’t the first theme that comes to mind when designing a kitchen. Stereotypical assumptions are of white and bright kitchens matched by light wood—something like the color of breakfast pancakes. Have you ever thought otherwise? Perhaps something like a modern dark kitchen?
We’ve got a collection of stunning spaces sure to switch up your vision. This black kitchen design inspiration is the sexiest interior design can muster. All divulging in shades of black, navy, or dark brown, they add what white kitchens cannot—a seductive allure that says sleekness and sophistication at the same time. Take a peek at some brilliant interiors on the darker side to see if a modern luxury black kitchen could be for you.
Modern Dark Kitchen Design Ideas to Inspire Your Next Renovation
1. Make it an All Black Kitchen
Visualizer:Design At Sketch
Almost completely covered in black, a few minor elements shine in chrome and wood in this kitchen interior. We love how the textures do the talking, especially through the matte table under black wood-panelled walls. But having an open approach like this means that every one of your accessories on display—including knives, wine glasses, mugs, cutting boards, teapots, cookie jars, etc.—need to be on point.
2. Add Wooden Elements
Visualizer:Bogdan Tovstyy
This black beauty edges towards wooden elements. We see a speckled floor, a white wall, and a central bench. Rounded black lamps hover over the island, providing functionality and style. If you’re wondering how visual intrigue is added to this modern black kitchen… a huge credit goes to the abstract art!
3. Complement the Black Kitchen with Orange
Source:Vancouver House
A bit of curve rounds out the hard edges—adding some much-needed warmth. This wave-design bench leads up to an orange-hued enclave in this black-and-silver interior. The burnt orange sure makes a design statement (apart from the unique central island).
4. Keep Your Dark Modern Kitchen Simple
Visualizer:Panda Fox Studios
A simplistic look makes this black kitchen a winner. We see the basics: a light floor, a black minimalist island, and sleek cabinetry. But the contrast between light and dark keeps the ambiance interesting, while the large window welcomes plenty of natural light.
5. Make it Dark… Or Not?
Visualizer:Who Cares Design
If you’re eyeing a dark kitchen aesthetic but are hesitant to make the change, this is it. Introducing more light, this black kitchen is hardly dark at all. Black benches, cabinetry, fixtures and stools are intersected by large-panel windows, a white shelving stand and light flooring.
6. Make Use of Asymmetry in the Black Modern Kitchen
Visualizer:Visual Method
This modern black kitchen takes another angle on this kaleidoscopic space, breaking all spatial boundaries. Black and glass alternate in this chic kitchen as the interesting ceiling design keeps the space unconventional. We’ve also got to appreciate the cherry blossoms, doubling as decor even within the interior.
7. Factor in Some Warmth
Source:Modulnova
This warmer-looking kitchen makes a move to brown. It strategically achieves the purpose with the use of wood. This not only introduces natural textures but also makes the ambiance inviting. Talk about a modern style that’s equal parts welcoming!
8. Place a White Island in a Black Modern Kitchen
Visualizer:Jean Regauer
An instant way to brighten up a dark kitchen (we mean, get the best of both worlds)? This kitchen space shows us how by using a white island on a black floor. The backsplash further enhances this dark-and-light effect, while the cowhide rug adds just the right amount of coziness.
9. Make Marble Your Best Friend
Architect:Chamberlain Javens Architects
If you’re looking to create a modern luxury black kitchen, you know what you’ve got to do: Go big on marble! This natural stone adds the luxe factor to any space, especially as a large, central island, as seen in the kitchen above. You can also add it through the backsplash.
10. Make it Mysterious
Visualizer:Tomek Michalski
You can double the visual intrigue in your all black kitchen by adding some mystery. In this kitchen, mood-lighting sets the scene in black and grey, while a marbled bench acts as the hero. The back inlet and flooring create contrast and depth. Taken together, these elements make the space an interesting one.
11. Layer Gray and Gold
Visualizer:Mitaka Dimov
Black kitchens are cool, but what if we layer in gray and add accents of gold? This stunning kitchen space uses gray flooring to add diversity to the otherwise black palette. The thick gold panel is one way that makes the space look incredibly high-end.
12. Add French Style to Black Kitchen Design
Visualizer:Aeroslon
Make your kitchen both modern and French with traditional black cabinetry. In this space, standing armoires act as sinks, and all other displayed items remain black. The stark white clock can surely act as the focal point of the space!
13. Consider Soft Elements
Visualizer:Julia Sultanova
Rough, light wood and low-hanging white lights set this kitchen interior a world apart. You can also notice a layer of light gray cabinetry, adding variation to the otherwise dark color palette. These elements factor in softness to the black kitchen design.
14. Let the Accessories Do the Talking
Photographer:Mikko Ryhänen
In this black-and-wood creation, the accessories take center stage in adorning the interior. We love the houseplant, but the crockery deserves a special mention for doubling as decor. The light oakwood backdrop further warms the space up.
15. Consider a Matte All Black Kitchen
Visualizer:HDR Designer
Neat square panels perfectly line up to emphasize the stark black minimalism that is at play here. We love how the cabinetry is matte black with no hardware, adding a sense of simplicity. The herb planters are a healthy green addition to bring the otherwise simple space.
16. Add Some Stencilling to Black Kitchens
Visualizer:Julia Sultanova
Fine lines and stencilling set this monochromatic space apart. Lined by black magnetic lights, black stencils and glossy white facades, it makes its mark on a light wooden floor.
17. Build a Shape Out of Black
Visualizer:Huso
18. Create a Modern Dark Kitchen with Gradients
Visualizer:Mario Nogueira
If you’re wondering how the intrigue in this space is working… It’s the gradients from black, to charcoal, to light grey. White surrounds in the walls and a monochromatic hanging light. This clever design technique makes sure the space is anything but boring, even if it’s using mere neutrals (minus the stunning orange dining chairs, of course).
19. Leverage Black Textures
Visualizer:Nefeli Kallianou
One instant way to add interest to a black kitchen is with textures, as seen in this metallic matte kitchen. This accounts for decorative presence in the light and bright space, providing character to an otherwise simple room.
20. Work on the Functionality of the Modern Dark Kitchen
Visualizer:İbrahim Ethem KISACIK
This dark modern kitchen makes sure it’s as functional as is stylish. The central island is paired with a black dining table, while all necessary appliances are fixed into the cabinetry. We also see pendant lights and lighting under the hood providing just the right illumination.
21. Create a Modern Classic All Black Kitchen
Visualizer:A&L Interior Design
Folks seeking an inviting all black kitchen can look towards this modern classic space. It merges contemporary elements (through sleek black cabinetry) with traditional ones (as seen in the wooden backsplash) to bring together the best of both worlds.
22. Put Essentials on Display in Your Modern Black Kitchen Interior
Visualizer:Polygon
Yet another kitchen that uses black and wooden elements to create a dark-themed interior. What sets this one apart is the hanging pans. They do offer easy access as the residents cook, but they also double as decor! (Note how the pans also use black and wooden elements to stay coherent with the theme).
23. Add the Industrial Style to the All Black Kitchen
Via:Emotion School
Industrial style lovers, rejoice! This is THE inspiration to set up your favorite interior design style, the dark way. This kitchen uses rustic wood and exposed elements for the ceiling to create an industrial black kitchen interior.
24. Make a Statement with Black Chunky Lamps
Via:HomePicture.in
All eyes on the two chunky lamps hanging in this monochromatic setting. They do add focus but also allow the contrasting white inset to shine. Not to forget the central island, providing plenty of storage space.
25. Make Room for Keepsakes
Visualizer:Maxim Goryachev
There’s nothing like personalizing your space to who YOU are. This kitchen serves the purpose by adding keepsakes and heirlooms. Also, black leaves room for details, so it’s one of the best colors to use if you’re hoping to display knick-knacks.
26. Use Black to Add Intimacy
Visualizer:Helen Bank
Who says dark colors make small spaces feel smaller? We only see black adding luxury to this compact space (with some credit to the white flooring adding brightness). This kitchen—with black marble backsplash—speaks opulence, and for all the right reasons!
27. Enhance Black Kitchen Design with Patterns
Visualizer:Ksenia Lenski
This black kitchen interior makes a design statement with the patterned marble island. Its sleek metallic legs lift it off the floor, creating an illusion of space. Simultaneously, the textured inset makes sure visual interest is added.
28. Don’t Forget a Black and White Rug
Visualizer:Nada Aboelrous
If you’re not in for a complete kitchen renovation, simply painting your cabinets black and adding a black-and-white patterned rug will achieve the purpose! We love how this kitchen keeps sets the base with white and tops it with black.
29. Let the Lighting Make a Statement in the All Black Kitchen
Architect:Artpartner Architects
When everything else is understated, letting the lighting create a statement is a good idea. This matte black kitchen interior uses rod lighting to do the talking. It sticks to the all black kitchen color scheme, though!
30. Tone it Down
Visualizer:Valeria Mosolova
This open floor plan uses dark gray throughout, showing us that black can work in more spaces than the kitchen 😉 It sure makes a design statement for those cooking and dining—or lounging!
31. Consider a Black and Wooden Bar
Visualizer:Amir Emami
This is the ultimate modern luxury black kitchen! After all, what’s better than displaying your favorite collection of beer right behind the black kitchen island? The low-hanging pendant lights also add to the black kitchen design.
32. Add the Gothic Vibe
Visualizer:Sebastian Lorio
This dark-gray kitchen is super simple with its sleek, hardware-less cabinetry. Well, except the far left end. Here, we see a statement piece of art and intriguing layered lighting created a focal point.
33. Stick to the Minimalist Style for Black Kitchens
Visualizer:Miguel A. Ramos
This compact kitchen space follows the simple rule: white walls paired with black cabinetry and an island. Even in this nook, the space is able to make a style statement while providing optimal functionality. The window here gives a contrasting element of light to the otherwise dark modern kitchen.
34. Layer Lighting in the All Black Kitchen
Visualizer:Tatiana Durnescu
We see shades of gray and black coming together to bring this modern dark kitchen to life. What we especially love is the multiple types of lighting, all layered together to bring visual interest to the space.
35. Set the Backdrop For Your Living Space
Visualizer:Sasha Zolotukhin
