Our bathrooms are often used as a place for peaceful recuperation. In order to fully relax in a hot bubble bath or under a steaming waterfall shower, it’s helpful if our surroundings are conducive to a quiet mind. A grey and white bathroom scheme ranks high on the style metre but also provides a calming neutral backdrop in which the stresses of the day can fall away, and will give a smooth start to a new day without an overly jarring wake up call. See how these 36 white and grey bathroom ideas use simple grey and white bathroom decor combined with a little wood tone, greenery and lighting to evoke many different looks and atmospheres.
Gold bathroom faucets add a look of luxury and expense to the otherwise minimalist pair of bathroom sinks. Two marble side tables match the half height wall surround.
This grey and white master bathroom uses a darker floor tile to visually anchor light walls. The slate tiles are highlighted with floor level LED lighting that acts as a safety marker along the edge of a step. A plain white vanity unit has a chunky marble top that gives it a high-end finish.
Stark contrast is key in this black white and grey bathroom. A black cistern wall backs a modern white toilet, and a black shelving unit holds a selection of grey towels and natural woven baskets.
A modern bathroom vanity spans the entire width of this room. Open bathroom shelving holds a menagerie of black, grey and white bathroom accessories. A colour coordinated trash basket sits beneath it.
Deep rustic wood tone adds a completely unique feel to this bathroom that also incorporates a utility area within the bathroom vanity itself.
A wooden bathroom vanity unit adds a flash of character to completely grey walls. An expanse of patterned tiles inside the walk in shower unit, like a patchwork quilt, complement the cosy character of the wood.
A simple modern wall sconce lights a small vanity unit nestled in a nook. In contrast to the rest of the white and grey bathroom decor, the utility area is lined with wood grain panels and shelf.
Elegance abounds in this small grey and white bathroom. A marble pedestal sink pushes through a slimline glass vanity shelf. A textured feature wall is lit from around the perimeter of a frameless mirror.
Crisp white and grey bathroom ideas translate perfectly into a minimalist bathroom. This one adds just a couple of wooden accents for good measure, complemented by a simple gold pendant light.
Two bathroom pendant lights adorn the vanity area of this grey white and blue bathroom. However, just about everything inside this bathroom is upstaged by the stunning geometric tile pattern that covers much of the walls and floor.
Grey and white bathroom rugs are a great way to introduce texture to a sleek bathroom scheme.
A picture window onto a private garden affords a beautiful connection with nature and the outdoors. A streamline shelf by the shower unit provides a handy spot for soap dispensers without obscuring the view.
White and grey bathroom designs provide opportunity for high contrast areas, like this white shower area that glows like a lightbox at the end of a fully grey room.
Bold green fronds feather the edges of modern tiling. Coupling greenery with wooden accents has a feel of the tropics.
White and grey bathroom tiles have a smart look that appears crisp and clean for when visitors swing by.
Black white and grey bathroom ideas benefit greatly from the introduction of woodtone, and don’t be restricted to bathroom furniture only. This cluster of wooden pendant lights make an unexpected addition.
A single shade of grey geo tiles provide subtle pattern on this bathroom feature wall. The white bathroom vanity with grey top melds softly with the hue.
By using grey grout with these white bathroom tiles, the pattern becomes stronger.
Heavily patterned tiles make a wonderful feature of even the very smallest shower wall.
This bathroom is chock-full of pretty grey and white bathroom ideas. Patterned white and grey bathroom tile covers a vanity feature wall from edge to edge. Traditional bathroom lights with black shades are suspended over leather strap mounted mirrors, near an elegant wrought iron towel holder. The double sink bathroom vanity has chunky white basins of a Belfast style, set into a wooden top. Bathroom organisation comes in the form of wooden boxes beneath the basins, painted with blackboard labels.
Atmospheric lighting washes over this concrete grey and white tile bathroom.
Dark and light areas visually play with the proportions of a narrow family bathroom design.
Framed grey and white bathroom pictures elegantly decorate a tiled cistern box.
An orchid in a decorative vase delicately adorns one side of a wooden vanity shelf. A matching wood panel cuts around the room to divide the upper white half of the walls from grey decor around the base.
A living wall and a courtyard garden of indoor plants brings a breath of fresh air to rustic natural stone and wood decor.
This white and grey marble bathroom gains added visual warmth from a single wooden side table.
A grey white and yellow bathroom is lively and bold.
The sputnik chandelier adds a quirky accent to this large bathroom.
Mosaic tiles create a sparkling effect, while water-themed bathroom wall decor brings a touch of calming color to the grey and white theme.
Mosaic tiles can also serve as an unusual alternative to large grey and white bathroom floor tiles, like the ones surrounding these truly unique sinks.
This grey and white subway tile bathroom is brought upmarket with gold fixtures and fittings.
A huge gold modern chandelier is suspended over a white freestanding bathtub, set on a grey marble floor inlay.
Gold bathroom basins add more grandeur inside this grey black and white bathroom decor.
Tipping the balance over to a darker decor scheme makes for a much moodier atmosphere, where pale grey and white bathroom vanities can be used to add a stripe of light relief.
Two globe pendant lights brighten either end of this grey vanity wall. They are the IC Lights S Style Pendant, the original is available here.
Don’t be afraid to apply a dark palette to small bathrooms too.
