Mid Century Modern Bathroom Tile

Whether you’re adding a small accent or covering the entire wall in decadent color, tile is a great way to update the bathroom. If you’re looking for modern bathroom tile ideas, you’ve come to the right place! We’ve rounded up all types of Mid Century Modern bathroom tile and inspiration to get you going on your next renovation!

In the above image, the geometric, neutral pattern of the backsplash tile creates a contemporary and modern focal point while the green penny round floor tile adds dimension and softens the look with some color. For more of this home and the many stunning uses of tile, read here.

Heath Ceramics dimensional tile in green bathroom with ocean view — Photo by Mike Schwartz, courtesy of Heath Ceramics.

While an ocean view is of course incredible, you don’t need oceanside property to enjoy the serenity and color of this bathroom. The dimensional Modern Blue tile from Heath Ceramics mimics the shifting waves.

A walk-in shower and bathroom wall are covered in small square tiles in different shades of green, blue and whiteCourtesy of modwalls.com — Courtesy of modwalls.com

Vibrant colors and unique shapes abound in the vast selection of Modern and contemporary styles of tile at Modwalls. The small squares of the Brio line, seen here, are a distinctly mid century tile choice for a truly retro look in your bathroom. Deliberating on how much tile to use? This bathroom also gives you an idea of what a fully tiled shower and accent wall can look like.

An array of Mid Century Modern Bathroom Tiles in different shapes and shades of green cover the shower and bathroom vanity backsplash — Courtesy of fireclaytile.com.

In a dazzling array of green, Fireclay’s subway tile mixes with 6” triangle tile and small square sheeted tile to create a mid century-style feel, inspired by the vintage sconces.

modern fish accent tile in built in shower shelf — Courtesy of Make It Mid Century

Make It Midcentury offers lots of whimsical accent tiles to add the perfect mid century touch to your bathroom walls.

modern mosaics emerald green fish scales tile in bathroom — Courtesy of mercurymosaics.com.

A calming emerald green fish scale tile from Mercury Mosaics steals the show in this decadent powder room.

Clay Squared peach MCM wall tile — Courtesy of Clay Squared.

Soothing and unique, this square peach tile is from Clay Squared Mid Century series for a fun and retro effect.

master bathroom with freestanding tub and walk-in shower — Photo by Chase Daniels; styling by Whitney Smelser and Christine Turknett.

The soaking tub and shower portion of this modern primary bathroom is spacious, with wall-to-ceiling gray kit-kat tile from Ann Sacks that contrasts the retro, pale-jade penny tile flooring, available at Mid America Tile. The minimalist look is soothing, but it still has textural interest.“It’s the most relaxing space in the whole house,” says Christine. “We wanted to make it like a spa.”

Thin linear glass mid century modern bathroom tile in varying shades of cream and tan are laid in a somewhat-organic pattern in this bathroom wall — Courtesy of daltile.com.

Get your Zen moments anywhere you can! Mid century modern bathroom tile can easily lend itself to an organic zen vibe. This relaxing blend of muted tones in linear glass tile by Dal Tile creates a calming and modern bathroom backsplash.

An outdoor shower has a wall created with dimensional hexagon tiles in different bright colors — Photo by Bret Gum

This outdoor shower uses dimensional hexagon tile from Clayhaus Tile mixed with flat in an energizing mix of colors.

Project House Austin bathroom with bold geometric tile and wallpaper — Photo by Chase Daniels; styling by Whitney Smelser and Christine Turknett.

Zia Tile´s Bauhaus Design features warm earth tones on handmade cement tile. Installing them in different directions gives you different patterns, as in the photo above where Project House Austin interior designer Christine Turknett covered the bathroom walls and flooring with beige and yellow tile. The tile has the same shape, but it was installed to look like two different patterns. “I like tile with a clean pattern.” Read more about this contemporary bathroom here.

This outdoor shower uses dimensional hexagon tile from Clayhaus Tile mixed with flat in an energizing mix of colors. — Courtesy of modcraft.com

Mod Craft is known for three dimensional tile. Undulating with texture and blue hues, this tranquil bathroom wall is made of Hudson dimensional tile in a Midnight Blue glaze.

Project House Austin bathroom blue tile — To create a twist on a retro look in this Austin powder room, designer Christine Turknett used vintage-inspired blue-and-white tiles from B&W Tile. Photo by Chase Daniels, styling by Whitney Smelser.

Specializing in vintage and retro colors, B&W Tile is perfect for a period look. Powder blue tile pairs with white and metallic accents for a truly period-authentic look.

Looking for more mid century modern bathroom tile inspo? Check out this post on tips from Modwalls on choosing tile colors. Or, take a look at Make it Midcentury’s patterned tile options.

Don’t miss our latest Renovation Guide issue for more renovation nuts and bolts and inspiration! Our annual Renovation Guide is meant to be your handbook for updating your home properly. There are a lot of decisions that go into maintaining these homes: flooring, lighting, windows…Should this wall move or go away altogether? Can the tile be salvaged, or is it better to start from scratch? In this issue, we have homes that span the range of these choices. They illustrate projects large and small, from homes that contained a trove of original features to homes that didn’t but were rife for enhancements that infused them back in. Along with our experts sharing their insights about renovating every room and our editors’ picks for some products that should help you along the way, we hope you find the muse you need to keep reviving your mod home visions. Get the issue here!