Whether you’re on the coast or landlocked, these beach bathroom ideas can inspire you. Coastal bathroom design incorporates various elements that are worth considering for your home.
12 Beach Bathroom Ideas For Your Inspiration
Often, beach-style bathrooms use a marine blue and white color scheme.
Oceanside elements like driftwood, seashells, or nautical memorabilia are sometimes incorporated into coastal design. However, coastal design can also be more subtle, focusing on highlighting a beautiful view.
When looking through these pictures, note which elements would complement your home. If you have a large natural light source in your bathroom, you might be able to accommodate some of the bolder color palettes demonstrated.
However, a softer color palette is a safe bet if you rely on artificial lighting. Consider your space. Do you have room for dual sinks, or are you more concerned with storage space?
Focus on what you need first and then when you’d enjoy it.
For example, maybe you need to re-grout your tile.
So do that first, and then move on to the exciting stuff, like adding new coastal decors and light fixtures.
Whether your favorite beach bathroom design is more Gilligan’s Island or a luxury island resort, there are plenty of design options.
After you’ve scrolled through these designs, let us know which inspired you the most. We’d love to help you design the beach bathroom of your dreams.
1. Marine Life in the Bathroom
Beach Bathroom Design Incorporating Marine Life
There’s a fine line between kitschy and clever regarding on-the-nose design elements. This beach bathroom tips towards clever with this large, framed octopus painting.
You might look to these if you’re considering a dual sink setup in your bathroom. Each sink has two large drawers underneath, so you and your partner aren’t fighting for storage space. A clever x-shaped storage unit sits between the two sinks, which this bathroom owner uses to store extra towels.
2. Fronds with Benefits
Tropical Plants in the Bathroom
Have you ever wanted your own personal cabana boy to fan you with a palm frond? Well, that may cost extra. But adding tropical plants to your bathroom is a simple way to tip your hat to the island lifestyle.
This bathroom also features a super unique cork wood cube ottoman. Unique pieces like this are rare and worth proudly displaying against a more subtle, neutral backdrop.
3. Bathroom Wallpaper
Lemon-Patterned Bathroom Wallpaper
You’ve heard of bathroom tiles (which this bathroom also has), but have you considered using fun, patterned wallpaper in your beach bathroom?
This super cute lemon-patterned wallpaper wraps around the walls and vibrantly pops against blue shower walls. Some white subway tiles and a simple white sink allow this beach bathroom to highlight its natural light source.
4. Playa del Carmen Bathroom Inspiration
Playa del Carmen Inspired Bathroom Design
This Playa del Carmen bathroom uniquely uses bathroom tile. Instead of the standard right angles of a shower partition wall, this beach bathroom opts for an oval-shaped shower. The outside of the shower wall uses the bathroom’s neutral cream palette, while the inside is lined with small mosaic blue and yellow tiles.
If you want to go bold, you could do something similar with shower tiles and bring the color into your wall paint, floor tiles, or mirror.
5. Nautical Navy Blue
Darker Navy Blue Accent for a Modern Bathroom Design
Blue and white beach bathroom color palettes can often feel retro or cutesy. This bathroom proves that blue and white can be elegant and modern.
This bathroom uses a darker navy blue to accent the sink and the wall behind it. That color is also used as an accent on a decorative vase but is not seen elsewhere within this coastal bathroom design.
Instead, several warm wood elements are highlighted. Floating shelves allow for a bit of storage and some wood storage crates resting below the sink vanity.
Marble Accents for a Luxurious Bathroom Look
Okay, so we can’t all afford huge glass paneled windows that lead directly to the ocean. But you might be able to highlight your natural light source better by using materials like those used in this bathroom. This bathroom design maximizes the natural light by choosing a light wood finish for bathroom floors and cabinets.
Additionally, a vast mirror helps bounce natural light into other room areas. Marble accents give this room even more luxury, as if the oceanfront property weren’t enough.
7. Modern Wood Paneling
Modern White Wood Bathroom Panels
You heard it here first: wood paneling isn’t just for your uncle’s 1970s van anymore. That’s right. Wood paneling can look chic and modern with a nice coat of white paint and some vibrant accents.
Blue floor tiles and a bright-colored cushion help this room look vibrant and fun. This dual sink drawer and cabinet setup creates plenty of storage.
8. Tropical Plant Garden Bath
Tropical Plants in the Bathroom
Bring the jungle to your condo with a variety of tropical plants. And here’s the real tip: plenty of high-quality fake plants are out there if you’re not gifted with a green thumb.
This bathroom is truly tropical, and not just due to the plants. These eccentric patterned floor tiles could be used in a beach resort. This bathroom lights the room with candles and a large vertical mirror.
But if that’s not your style, you could swap one of these plants for a lamp.
9. Tropical Tub
Tropical Tub for a Tropical Style Bathroom Design
Maybe you can’t bathe in the rainforest, but we have the next best thing. That’s right: tropical wallpaper.
Plenty of tropical wallpaper options exist, from flamingos to citrus fruits to the palm frond pattern pictured here. Every other element of this beach bathroom is muted, allowing the wallpaper to be the real star and the bathtub to stand out against it.
10. Blue Tile Beach Bathroom
Blue Tile for a Beach Bathroom Design
Bathrooms aren’t always the standard square or rectangle shape that allows for minimalism. Sometimes, you need to work with odd ceiling angles. This beach bathroom proves you can make any space work.
Blue tiles in a few different textures give this bathroom energy and excitement. Dual sinks and large white cabinets decrease stress and clutter. If you were looking for another sign that you need two bathroom sinks…maybe this is it.
11. Simple White Coastal Decor
Not all that is nautical has to be blue and white. A simple white palette can be just as effective. This mostly white beach bathroom features a few hand-picked decor times, like this rope chandelier and a couple of striped towels.
You could easily change out the towels with the seasons without compromising the integrity of the design scheme. That’s the beauty of a monochromatic color scheme – it’s hard to mess up!
12. Blue Tiles, Two Ways
Mix and Match Blue Tiles in the Beach Bathroom Design
Do you love tile? Good news: There are a ton of textures and patterns for bathroom tiles and even more ways to use them. You can use the same tiles or mix and match them on your bathroom walls, floors, and shower.
If you wanted to add more contrast to your beach bathroom, you could choose tiles other than the standard blue and white coastal color scheme.
