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26 Gray Bathroom Ideas for Every Design Style

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Kristin Hohenadel

Kristin Hohenadel

Kristin Hohenadel is an interior design expert who has covered architecture, interiors, and decor trends for publications including the New York Times, Interior Design, Lonny, and the American and international editions of Elle Decor. She resides in Paris, France, and has traveled to over 30 countries, giving her a global perspective on home design.

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Updated on 07/14/22

Design by Cathie Hong Interiors / Photo by Margaret Austin Photo

Gray is an understated neutral color that is timeless and classic for a reason. Easy on the eyes, it is versatile enough to work with virtually any design style, from traditional to industrial to contemporary. Gray can be warm, cool, light, or dark. Depending on the tone and shade you choose, gray can fade into the background or set the mood.  

Using gray paint for a primary bathroom or a powder room can create an elegant, calming feel. But you can also mix and match flooring, backsplash and shower tiles, and textiles such as rugs and towels in fun and unexpected ways to create a lively gray-toned space.

Check out these stylish bathrooms in a range of styles and sizes that prove that decorating with gray is anything but boring with a little effort and imagination.

About This Term: Primary Bathroom

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This primary bathroom offers a drop-in tub and a large dual sink vanity that’s paired with a cushioned glass chair over gray marble tiled flooring. It includes a wall mount TV and a rectangular mirror mounted with classic sconces.

A brown shaggy rug complements the freestanding bathtub by the white framed window and underneath a skylight. It is accompanied by a walk-in shower and a dual sink vanity against the light gray walls.

Glass sconces reflected in the glass sliding door of the walk-in shower illuminate the wooden framed mirror and dark wood vanity that’s situated next to the toilet.

Gray primary bathroom with stripe tile flooring and a picture window dressed in a patterned roman shade. It includes a walk-in shower and a toilet along with a wooden vanity that’s topped with an undermount sink and granite countertop.

A white door opens to this primary bathroom showcasing a toilet area and a dark wood vanity that’s paired with a frameless mirror mounted with glass sconces. There’s a deep soaking tub on the side that’s clad in white subway tiles extending to the backsplash.

Gray marble walls run throughout this primary bathroom with a walk-in shower and a freestanding tub underneath a round skylight. It is complemented by a wooden towel rack and stool along with a white ottoman across the full-length mirror.

This primary bathroom boasts a walk-in shower and a floating dark wood vanity fitted with dual sink and chrome pulls. It is paired with wooden framed mirrors that are mounted on the gray wall.

Bright primary bathroom with a deep soaking tub and dark wood vanity illuminated by glass sconces. It includes a walk-in shower that’s filled with a tiled bench and chrome fixtures.

A rectangular mirror hangs above the dark wood vanity flanked by a toilet and walk-in shower. It is complemented by a white shaggy rug that lays on the gray tiled flooring.

The gray primary bathroom filled with a walk-in shower and an immense vanity along with a drop-in tub by the white framed window. It has beige tiled flooring and a tray ceiling mounted with recessed lights.

Spacious primary bathroom with a walk-in shower and a gray vanity with white trims blending in with the walls. It includes a deep soaking tub that’s complemented by a three-panel mirror and metal chair with a wooden table on the side.

A stainless steel pot rack is fixed above the toilet facing the walk-in shower that’s enclosed in frameless glass doors. There’s a granite top vanity on the side fitted with chrome fixtures and hardware.

Sleek vases complement the dark wood vanity that’s paired with a matching wall mirror. Next to it is the toilet and a walk-in shower that’s clad in gray brick tiles with linear mosaic accent.

This primary bathroom features a shower and tub combo along with a traditional toilet that’s complemented by a white shaggy rug. It includes a sink pedestal with a chrome base and an oval mirror lighted by glass sconces.

Gray primary bathroom with a shower area and a large vanity accented with frameless mirrors that are mounted with bulb lights. It has white tiled flooring and a shed ceiling fitted with skylight windows.

A chrome shelving unit topped with a glass flower vase sits in front of the freestanding tub by the framed windows dressed in leaf-patterned valances. It is accompanied by frameless mirrors illuminated by classic sconces along with a white vanity that’s fitted with glass knobs.

Red and black floral panels add a gorgeous accent in this gray bathroom with floating sink vanity and a walk-in shower that’s filled with a glass stool and chrome fixtures.

Warm primary bathroom designed with a landscape artwork and antique decors that sit on a deep soaking tub fitted with a gooseneck faucet. It is complemented with wooden vanities that are illuminated by lovely lampshades and recessed lights.

The bright primary bathroom showcases a wooden vanity paired with a black patterned chair along with a drop-in tub by the glazed window framing a picturesque view.

Linear sconces illuminate the frameless mirror and wooden vanity that’s fitted with dual sink and chrome pulls. It is adjacent to the deep soaking tub and a walk-in shower with a wood plank seat.

Dark wood vanity with marble countertop faces the walk-in shower that’s complemented by a white rack designed with intricate details. There’s a toilet on the side concealed with light gray walls.

Sleek primary bathroom with inset shelving and a freestanding tub by the glazed window facing the walk-in shower with a tiled bench. It has marble flooring and a regular white ceiling fitted with skylight.

Natural light flows in through the skylight in this gray bathroom filled with a shower and tub combo along with a toilet and a dark wood vanity with a vessel sink.

Classic primary bathroom offers a full-height cabinet and a dual sink vanity with corner shelving on the side. There’s a clawfoot tub by the louvered window sitting next to the walk-in shower over marble flooring.

Modern bathroom with a wall-hung toilet and a freestanding tub by the glazed window covered in white roller blinds. It includes a floating sink vanity that’s paired with a chrome framed mirror.

Purple towels stand out in this gray bathroom with a stainless steel wall mounted rack and a modern toilet flanked by a walk-in shower and trough vanity.

Dark wood vanity with a river rock countertop and vessel sinks is the highlight of this primary bathroom boasting a deep soaking tub and a fireplace that’s fixed against the gray wall.

A floral gallery adds a nice accent in this primary bathroom with a toilet area and a freestanding tub underneath the skylight. It includes a walk-in shower with a tiled bench and chrome fixtures enclosed in frameless glass panels.

An architectural mirror hangs above the chrome towel rack facing the freestanding tub over the marble tiled flooring. It is accompanied by a walk-in shower and a white vanity contrasted by a black granite countertop and wrought iron hardware.

Designed by: Architectural Designs

Glass pendant lights and a chrome chandelier that hung from the cathedral ceiling illuminates this primary bathroom featuring a walk-in shower and an immense vanity with marble countertop and semi-recessed vessel sinks.

Designed by: SVOYAStudio

Small bathroom with gray tiled walls and a distressed green flooring topped by a lovely woven rug. It is filled with a wall hung toilet and a wood plank vanity that’s topped with a copper vessel sink and a matching fixture.

Designed by: Hacin + Associates

A frosted glass door framed with black aluminum opens to this bathroom with gray tiled walls extending to the floor and a shed ceiling fitted with a skylight. It is filled with a traditional toilet and a white vanity complemented by a round rug.

Designed by: Luxe Homes & Design

Ambient light from the beaded chandelier and wall sconce creates a warm and cozy feel in this primary bathroom boasting a vessel sink vanity and a walk-in shower along with a clawfoot tub that’s accompanied by a bordered rug and a wooden table.

Designed by: Luxe Homes & Design

This gray bathroom is decorated with floral artwork and an arched mirror mounted above the vessel sink vanity lit by beaded sconces. It has a walk-in shower and a toilet over marble tiled flooring topped by black printed rugs.

Designed by: ARS-IDEA Interior and Architectural Design

Sleek primary bathroom with a vaulted ceiling and a white door fitted with glass insets. It features a walk-in shower and a deep soaking tub facing the floating vanity that’s paired with frameless mirrors.

Designed by: Hughes Umbanhowar Architects

Natural light streams in through the glazed window that’s fixed above a frameless mirror. This gray bathroom showcases a traditional toilet and a floating vanity with a marble countertop and a pair of vessel sinks.

Designed by: TsaoMcKown Architects

Neutral primary bathroom with a freestanding tub and a walk-in shower filled with a built-in sink and chrome fixtures. It includes a floating vanity under the mirrored medicine cabinets lighted by linear sconces.

Source: Zillow Digs ™

A cozy gray seat filled with fluffy pillows faces the walk-in shower and marble top vanity that’s paired with a wooden framed mirror. It is accompanied by a freestanding tub that’s complemented by a rattan basket and a white textured rug laying on the mosaic tile flooring.

Source: Zillow Digs ™

Spacious primary bathroom offers a deep soaking tub and a walk-in shower situated across the long vanity with a dual sink and marble countertop. It is paired with a frameless mirror that’s mounted with sleek sconces.

Source: Zillow Digs ™

A large artwork highlights the drop-in tub that’s illuminated by a warm chandelier along with recessed ceiling lights and a small skylight. Attached to it is a built-in seat following by a dual sink vanity with granite countertop and open shelving.

Source: Zillow Digs ™

Airy primary bathroom with marble tiled flooring and gray walls lined with white base molding. It is filled with a walk-in shower and a freestanding tub by the white framed window fitted with chrome fixtures.

Source: Zillow Digs ™

A round chevron ottoman along with a metal side table complements the freestanding tub over marble flooring. This primary bathroom boasts a walk-in shower and inset wall niches filled with gorgeous vases.

Source: Zillow Digs ™

Gray primary bathroom with a cathedral ceiling and beige tiled flooring extending to the bathtub surround and backsplash. It has a walk-in shower and white framed windows that bring plenty of natural light in.

Source: Zillow Digs ™

The bright primary bathroom features a freestanding tub by the louvered window along with dual sink vanity that’s topped with open shelving flanked by mirrored medicine cabinets.

Source: Zillow Digs ™

Marble top vanity paired with a frameless mirror along with a walk-in shower flanked the traditional toilet over white tiled flooring. It is surrounded by gray walls that are adorned by a gorgeous floral artwork.

Source: Zillow Digs ™

A freestanding tub under louvered windows sits beside the walk-in shower with an inset shelf and a tiled bench. Next to it is another two areas with white walls and hardwood flooring.

Source: Zillow Digs ™

Star pendant lights illuminate this primary bathroom showcasing wooden vanities and a walk-in shower facing the dual sink vanity. It has gray walls and a marble tile flooring arranged in a hexagon pattern.

Source: Zillow Digs ™

This primary bathroom is decorated with floral artworks and a patterned valance covering the glazed windows that overlook an expansive view. It is filled with dark wood vanity and a drop-in tub complemented by a gray printed rug.

Source: Zillow Digs ™

A classy flush mount light illuminates the deep soaking tub that’s topped with a geometric decor and metal candle holders. It is accompanied by a dual sink vanity and round stool along with white shaggy rugs that lay on the beige tiled flooring.

Source: Zillow Digs ™

Sophisticated primary bathroom offers a walk-in shower and facing vanities lighted by sleek sconces that are mounted on the gray paneled walls. It has marble flooring and white walls adorned by a black-framed artwork.

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Design Features

Key Features:

Shades of gray

Dark gray tones are used to emphasize the geometry of the room, delineate its boundaries and add a certain severity to the design of the bathroom. To blur the spatial framework of the room and vice versa, light gray colors allow to give the atmosphere lightness and airiness.

Platinum is often preferred as a base color as it creates a neat and tidy look. Silver color is able to increase the amount of light in the bathroom and give it a visual volume.

Pictured is a bathroom with platinum tiled walls.

An elegant shade of wet asphalt is suitable for a self-sufficient interior, and a steel or pewter color with a bluish undertone is for a restrained and aristocratic design.

Anthracite, charcoal, iron or thundercloud color, despite the cold energy, form a deep and delicate image of the bathroom.

Finishes and materials

Ceramic tiles are the most common wall cladding. Gray tile with imitation of stone, marble or metal, due to a monochromatic grout, creates a natural monolithic surface. Plaster with matte, glossy, silky or velvet textures has unlimited potential.

You can dilute the gray interior with mosaics or patchwork tiles. So that the room does not look too crowded, it is better to apply a fragmentary wall decoration behind the washbasin or near the bathroom. For fashionable and trendy design, modern panels with a 3D effect are used.

The photo shows gray decorative plaster on the walls in the bathroom interior.

The ceiling in the bathroom offers a practical and moisture resistant finish. For example, a beautiful and durable stretch fabric or slats, which are easy to install and presentable, would be an excellent option.

The floor in the room would be appropriate to lay with wood imitation tiles, caramogranite or use natural cork flooring.

Selection of furniture, sanitary ware and accessories

For a bathroom in gray, furniture elements with plastic or wooden facades are selected. In a spacious room, you can install countertops, wall or floor cabinets, complemented by an illuminated mirror, arrange bedside tables or pencil cases.

A bathtub with a marble bowl will give an incredible sophistication to the environment, which, thanks to the pearl shimmer, will fill the interior with a special charm. In a room in gray tones, shiny steel or gilded towel warmers, faucets and other accessories will harmoniously look.

The photo shows a bathroom in gray tones, decorated with a hanging cabinet with a glossy facade.

You can diversify a monotonous design with green plants, bright rugs or towels. Additional effect will give the room lighting in the form of spotlights or pendant lights located above the sink.

Gray color combinations

Unique combinations enliven the space and make it cozy.

White-grey bathroom

A win-win classic combination that fills the room with lightness, relaxation and serenity. White should be used in moderation as it should only accentuate the unique gray and not become the main color scheme.

The photo shows a bathroom interior with white and gray finishes.

Grey-pink bathroom interior

In a dark gray bathroom, a gentle pastel-pink gamma will look particularly advantageous. No less harmonious is the combination of an ashy shade with a powdery color scheme or fuchsia, in any proportions. The gray-pink duet at the same time endows the design with calmness, unusualness and brings bright touches to the room.

The photo shows a modern bathroom design with pink furniture fronts.

Gray-brown interior

Brown shades warm up a monochrome room and add more comfort and harmony to it. A gray bathroom interior combined with wood looks really stylish.

Pictured is a dark gray bathroom with brown wood accents.

Black and gray bathroom

The gray-black tandem evokes elegance and luxury. Such colors do not give the atmosphere gloom, but rather make it more refined and perfect.

Pictured is a black and gray color palette in a spacious bathroom.

Blue and Gray Combination

Smoky tones with blue or turquoise colors create a rather cool, but mature and elegant combination. Midnight blue and sapphire shades add some solemnity to the interior, while pale cornflower blue, sky or blue colors contribute to relaxation and peace. Due to the low contrast, light blue forms a very pleasant and harmonious duet with gray.

Pictured is a bathroom with gray tiles combined with blue painted surfaces.

Bathroom in gray with bright accents

Intense color accents not only accentuate the noble gray design, but also completely change the visual perception of the bathroom.

An unprepossessing and ordinary monochromatic interior takes on a truly stylish and colorful appearance due to red shades.

The photo shows an orange bathtub in the design of a light gray bathroom.

Gold flecks can be selected for a more sophisticated design. Against an ashy background, gold looks very expensive and elegant.

The combination of cold gray and green is topical and natural, a gray-coral combination will bring special freshness to the room, orange or yellow colors will fill the bathroom with cheerfulness and positive.

Photo of a small bathroom

With the use of a lighter palette, glossy, mirror surfaces and a minimum amount of volumetric decor, it is possible to achieve no less impressive interior masterpieces.

The photo shows the design of a small-sized bathroom in gray-pearl tones.

For a small bathroom, it is better to choose compact furniture, and replace floor cabinets with hanging shelves that save usable space. Enlarge and lighten the space can be due to the glass partitions for the bathroom or shower.

Examples in various styles

Ash tones are ideal for many modern stylistic solutions. For example, a light gray finish combined with crisp white plumbing will be a worthy design for a minimalist interior.

Iron gray and graphite colors will give the bathroom a bold look in the urban loft direction. Nickel-plated and chrome-plated surfaces against the background of concrete walls will look very original.

Photo of gray concrete walls in a minimalist bathroom.

Expensive marble cladding in shades of gray, combined with beautiful semi-columns and a large bathtub with gilded legs, will perfectly complement the luxurious baroque style.

For classic and neoclassical design, white-aluminium, agate or pebble colors will suit the elegant environment.

Gray toilet design

In the interior of a small toilet in a smoky palette, it is appropriate to use patterned decorative tiles, mosaics or accent color on the wall behind the toilet. Thus, the atmosphere will look more lively and interesting.

The photo shows a design of a gray toilet with an accent wall tiled with drawings.

In a very small washroom, you can apply graphite or anthracite finishes to only one of the planes. This solution will allow you to properly distribute light and shadows in the room and make the interior more organic.

Photo gallery

The gray bathroom with cleverly placed accents is a cozy space with a pleasant environment that inspires relaxation and relaxation.

Gray bathroom - 68 photos of ideal combinations of halftones and shades

Starting a renovation in the bathroom, you really want to get a fashionable, cozy and at the same time unobtrusive modern interior.

For this reason, we pay great attention to the choice of shade of ceramic tiles. Let's talk in more detail about how a gray bathroom will look like.

An indisputable advantage of the gray color scheme is the ability to combine it with a variety of shades.

However, today we will consider not the successful options for combining gray with other colors, but the advantages of the interior in this shade.

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Bathroom design in gray

Many people think that a gray bathroom is a design with even shapes, impeccably right angles.

However, in reality, the gray color scheme is multifaceted.

To create a cozy spa corner in your home, we recommend taking a closer look at the rich gray ceramic tiles combined with milky veins.

At the same time, it is desirable to lay ceramic tiles on the floor not of one shade, but with special inclusions. This floor is easy to clean.

The gray interior of the bathroom seems to be designed for high-tech style, as white-gray ceramic tiles will look great here in combination with clear-cut ashy sanitary fittings.

Baroque style requires a fairly spacious room where expensive marble tiles, luxurious semi-columns, a bathtub with original legs, and exclusive gilding fittings will look chic.

Furniture

There is one common technique among designers that can visually save room space – furnishing to match the surface of the walls.

This way it will look like they are the same, but in this version the shade should actually be similar.

If you do not want to create a single whole in the room, then you can purchase pieces of furniture in different shades of gray.

By the way, gray bathroom furniture looks advantageous against the background of matching walls, for example, dark gray and snow-white.

Plumbing equipment in a room similar in color should preferably be purchased in a snow-white shade to give the impression of impeccable order, as well as perfect neatness.

Shades

The gray palette is versatile. Therefore, the choice of gray bathroom tiles is truly limitless.

However, in order for it to harmonize with the overall interior, it is preferable to buy designer collections in which the pattern and shade were selected as carefully as possible.

If you want to collect your collection of different tiles to create, for example, a light gray bathroom, then it is possible that, in the end, the impression of the interior design may be spoiled.

Therefore, it is best to trust the experience and knowledge of designers.

Decoration

Bathroom design in gray tones is truly a great field for realizing your fantasies, because this shade is perfectly combined with other tones.

In a space like this one can create the right atmosphere from one season to the next using only accessories.

At the same time, there is no need to spend huge amounts of money, since you can immediately purchase decor items of various shades, for example, light green for summer, burgundy for winter, pink and green for spring, carrots for autumn.

These can be both rugs and curtains, as well as similar interior items.

If you do not need to periodically change the design of the bathroom in gray tones, then you can lay a gray rug on the floor surface, buy gray and snow-white towels, a combined decorative decoration for the shower, pick up a soap dish, a set of toothbrushes, etc.

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