Contemporary Bathroom Looks We Love

Constantly evolving, contemporary design style blends today's trends with a sophisticated neutral palette, natural elements and minimal patterns. It's timeless while looking to the future, making it the ideal design style for your bathroom. Discover 20 of our favorite designer bathrooms that nail contemporary style.

For contemporary style, don't overload your bathroom in patterns, trimmings and colors — leave that to the maximalists. Instead, lean into tone-on-tone texture, which delivers visual interest without overwhelming the senses. In this sleek powder room, charcoal-gray tiles, laid in a herringbone pattern, create a chic background for the floating stone basin sink and wall-mounted fixtures.

Start your design with a blank slate and a hallmark of contemporary style: clean, white walls. Built in 1900, this bathroom throws back to its Victorian history with black-and-white hex tile floors. The sleek freestanding bathtub is a modern take on the traditional clawfoot, and a floating oak vanity is bedecked in brass fixtures and hardware.

This popular take on bathroom design is created so that the whole room can get wet. With today's love of freestanding bathtubs and open showers, it's easy for water to stray from its designated spot — making a completely tiled floor and walls essential.

Though you want to avoid pattern in excess, don’t shy away from it entirely. In fact, an intentional dose of black-and-white graphic tiles takes this powder room from meh to magazine-worthy. A turquoise sink tops the floating vanity for the tiniest burst of color.

Use solid tiles, like these oversized hexagons, to create a one-of-a-kind pattern. And, of course, don't hide your design away. Choose a seamless glass door that grants a full display of the geometrics.

Instantly make your bathroom look bigger with a floating vanity. By taking the vanity off the floor, your tile extends all the way to the floor — creating a visual expansion without adding a single square inch. Further visually enlarge the space by continuing the tile behind the vanity and up to the ceiling, as designer Jesse Vickers did here.

The simplest selection is often best in contemporary design. Rather than cluttering your drawer fronts and cabinets with knobs and pulls, leave them bare. The clean-fronted silhouette allows other elements of the space to shine. Subtly patterned tiles and brushed gold fixtures in this bathroom play together in a delightful juxtaposition.

The sun is your best friend in any contemporary design, so make the most of any natural light you have. No getting ready under artificial lighting in this bathroom. A pair of mirrors float off the window frame to give you Instagram-ready illumination. For added contemporary-style cred, a streamlined double vanity with stone trough sink is matched with sculptural brushed nickel faucets.

Rein in your color scheme to produce an utterly calm environment — all the better for a nightly soak in the tub. The monochromatic blue-gray shade enveloping this space acts as a neutral and is balanced by bright white walls, bare wood floors and black trim.

For a clean, contemporary look, keep the chaos of the bathroom beautifully stowed away. A long, linear floating vanity and built-in cabinet give all your essentials a place to belong, which is the most important part of maintaining a clutter-free space.

If, on the other hand, you prefer easy access to all your daily necessities, pick an open storage vanity. Curate what you want out in the open (Remember, you still want a clean look!) and stock the shelves with handy baskets and bins for corralling towels, beauty potions and hair care.

Contemporary style's ever-evolving nature pulls some elements from the right-now (though it avoids anything that's too faddish) while mixing in some more traditional looks. This chic bathroom meshes the charm of modern farmhouse — shutter-inspired cabinets and rope-wrapped lanterns — with crisp contemporary lines and geometrics.

Though contemporary style relies heavily on a neutral color scheme, its versatility and fluidity give you plenty of space to play around with a fresh idea or a fun color. This leafy green wallpaper creates a Secret Garden-like atmosphere (complete with hidden keys) and even conceals the door. Oversized frosted windows pour in natural light while still providing privacy.

Elevate your backsplash with a bold use of natural stone. This dramatic slab leaves plain, white tile in the past and makes a statement with movement and depth. The double vanity matches the pink undertones of the backsplash and is clad in trendy brass fixtures and a chunky white countertop.

Have one element in your bathroom that simply screams, "You!" The ultimate in a spa-like retreat, this bathroom has an expansive walk-in shower, oh-so chic vessel bathtub and stunning views of the Miami harbor. But the stop-you-in-your-tracks moment is on the wall: a mosaic of glass tiles depicting a cherry blossom tree in bloom.

Uncluttered and uncomplicated is the name of the contemporary game, but that doesn't mean you have to sacrifice on luxury. This grand wet room is completely clad in marble and takes advantage of the stunning Dallas skyline views.

For a can't-miss color combo, try a completely minimalist approach with all whites and natural woods. Defined by crisp lines everywhere and an abundance of storage, this bathroom has just a touch of softness through the shaded sconces and round gold knobs. An added benefit to sticking with an uncomplicated design is it gives you breathing room to adapt with the times or a fresh style you truly love.

We all know rules are made to be broken, right? This contemporary bathroom goes a teensy bit against the simplicity grain and soaks the whole room in floor-to-ceiling marble. Its squared-off silhouettes and crisp lines, as well as use of glass and white, keep the space minimal and uncluttered. No dark caves here.

Boho and contemporary may seem like contradictory styles, but that's exactly the reason they work so well together. The delicious juxtaposition of clean lines and geometrics with eclectic patterns and bursts of color create a lived-in-yet-fresh environment. Scour a local estate sale or flea market for a vintage painting, an antique vase or an unusual light fixture to add the perfect touch of boho to your bathroom.