Which black tiles can cover both the walls and the shower floor?
Two natural stones can cover a whole black shower. Nero Marquina Premium marble is listed for shower floors in its smaller pieces, honed and polished 3x6, 4x12, 6x12 and 12x12 and tumbled 3x6, 4x4 and 6x6, while its 12x24, 18x18 and 24x24 pieces go on the walls. Premium Absolute Black granite is a solid black with almost no pattern; its 24x24 in polished, honed and flamed is listed for shower floors, and its 12x12, 12x24 and 18x18 for walls. Using one stone on every surface gives a dark shower a single, unbroken look.
Pebble and patterned mosaics underfoot
For a black shower floor made of many small pieces, the Black Pearl polished pebble, Obsidian natural pebble and Charcoal natural pebble mosaics give a river stone look, and all three are listed for shower floors. Patterned options with the same listing include Ember Ash 2x2 slate, Flint Black honed herringbone, the Black Honed French Interlock, two Black Honed waterjet marble designs, the Black Pearl glossy triangle ceramic mosaic and the Noir matte crosshatch ceramic mosaic.
Black porcelain panels for the walls
Porcelain takes black shower walls to large sizes. Essence Montauk Black slate look comes in 3x12, 12x24 and 24x48, with a Mosaic D and a 3D chevron mosaic, and Seattle Black comes in 12x24 and 24x48 with its own Mosaic A. Charme Evo Calacatta Black gives a black marble look with light veining in 12x24 and 24x24, and Made.in Liberty Black is a concrete look in 12x24 and 24x24. For a softer dark tone, Mood Charcoal is a charcoal limestone look in 12x24 and 24x48. These are listed for shower walls and interior floors, so the same panel can run out onto the bathroom floor. Every size of this format is on the 24x48 tile page.
Matte, honed, flamed or polished black?
Black changes character with its finish, and the shower range covers all of them. The black porcelain panels are matte, which gives a soft, stone-like wall, and Piedra Gris adds a dark marble look in both matte and polished 12x24. Nero Marquina comes honed, polished and tumbled, so the white veining can read crisp and bright or soft and aged. Absolute Black granite comes polished for a deep, glassy black, honed for a smooth matte face, and flamed for a rough, textured surface. Weathered Black in 18x36 and Tempest in 12x24 are further matte porcelain options for a plain black wall.
Glossy ceramic and glass for a niche
Glossy and satin surfaces bring light into a dark shower, and they are listed for walls. Midnight glossy ceramic comes as a 3x6 subway, a 3x6 picket, a 2x6 chevron, a 6x6 diamante and an elongated hexagon, Noir comes as a glossy 4x12 subway, and Santorini satin glass comes as 2x6 and 3x9 subway and a 9x12 piece. Black Polished glass and Antracite honed glass come as hexagon mosaics. A niche or band in one of these against a matte black wall gives the shower a focal point, and the same pieces suit a bench face or the wall behind a rain head.
Black and white shower floors
For a classic floor with contrast, a Black and Bianco Dolomiti marble zig-zag mosaic is listed for shower floors, and the Black Polished French Quarter mosaic sets black marble in a framed pattern. These floors pair with white walls for a crisp contrast or with black walls for a darker room. Black and white for the rest of the room is on the black bathroom tile page.
