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Pinned it! Pretty shower niches

Pia Seidel
31.8.2023
Translation: Jessica Johnson-Ferguson

My feed’s showing more and more pictures of cleverly concealed plumbing and toiletries. They’re not hidden by a shower curtain, but with the help of decorative built-in niches.

Shower niches provide extra storage space, keep your floor clear and look great. Unlike a conventional shelf, they’re one with the wall. Add a nice selection of soaps, and the area also becomes a decorative element in the room. They seem to be particularly popular with interior designers at the moment to create highlights in a bathroom. The hashtag «Shower Niche» delivers numerous photos of various designs on Instagram and Pinterest alone.

Maybe you’re a home owner or currently redoing your bathroom? If you haven’t yet heard of shower niches, the following examples as well as pros might make you consider getting this gem.

What’s nice about nooks

  • Shower niches create storage space for shampoos, shower gels, etc.
  • They don’t jut out so you have more room to move.
  • Their frame-like appearance makes them nice and decorative.
  • They’re easier to clean than baskets, etc.
  • There’s no need to drill through your tiles or joints.
  • While shower shelves are often damaged by moisture over time, niches last forever.
This type blends in with the terrazzo wall.
This type blends in with the terrazzo wall.
Source: Hübsch
The grey and white colour scheme of the tiles is rounded off by the white finish.
The grey and white colour scheme of the tiles is rounded off by the white finish.
Source: Hübsch
Both functional and beautiful: next to the soap dispensers, there’s even room for candles.
Both functional and beautiful: next to the soap dispensers, there’s even room for candles.
Source: Hübsch

Of course, if you’re renting, you can also try to convince your landlord or landlady to install a shower niche. The odds may be against you, but you already have some good arguments in favour of making the change.

To pick up the colour of the tiles, vases from the same colour family were added in this example.
To pick up the colour of the tiles, vases from the same colour family were added in this example.
Source: Hübsch
Tone on tone: if the niche were empty, it would be almost invisible.
Tone on tone: if the niche were empty, it would be almost invisible.
Source: Ferm Living
Header image: Hübsch

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Pia Seidel
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Like a cheerleader, I love celebrating good design and bringing you closer to everything furniture- and interior design- related. I regularly curate simple yet sophisticated interior ideas, report on trends and interview creative minds about their work.

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