Redoing a small stand-up shower? Looking for ideas to make it more convenient and stylish? You’ve come to the right place. While there are not as many options for a small shower stall – dual slider doors are out, for instance – you still have plenty of opportunities for making it fashionable and functional. Just remember that the size of a shower stall does not determine its ability to look amazing!

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#1 – Use a Clear Glass Swinging Door Rather than a Shower Curtain

With a poor design, a small shower will feel dark or claustrophobic, so the idea is to make it as bright and as open-feeling as possible. A clear glass door can be attached with wall mount hinges so that it swings open for easy access to the stall. With a transparent barrier in place instead of an opaque curtain, the bathroom and the shower become visually connected. Whether you’re using the shower stall or the main part of the room, it feels like you’re in a larger and more open space. For this type of shower door, you’ll also need a vinyl seal and wipe as well as a knob, finger pull, or handle (see examples here.) Clear glass doors match any color scheme and fit in with most bathroom themes and styles, so the door will look fantastic even if you change other aspects of your décor down the road.

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#2 – Consider a Wet Room Remodel for the Whole Space

A small shower is often found in a small bathroom, and the modern wet room idea helps you optimize all the available space. In a wet room, the entire bathroom is waterproofed and all or most walls are tiled. There is not a sharp divide between the shower area and the rest of the room – picture a shower head in a bathroom corner. With this approach, no space is taken up by shower walls, and a small room feels more spacious. If you prefer to have some sort of barrier, a shower screen is a good option for a wet room. This is a single piece of glass installed near the shower area for water containment. A fixed screen is attached to the wall with clamps – click here to see samples – and a hinged screen moves on hinges.

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#3 – Have a Corner Shower Enclosure Installed

If you’re remodeling the bathroom, consider upgrading to a small glass corner shower, which takes the idea of clear glass barriers to the next level. A corner shower makes use of the two existing walls in a bathroom corner, and glass is used for the remaining shower walls and the door panel. There are several types of corner shower:

Right Angle – The shower stall is square or rectangular in its layout with four 90-degree corners. One of the glass walls includes or consists of a swinging door panel.

Neo-Angle – Glass panels extend out from the existing walls at 90-degree angles but do not meet. The enclosure is finished off with a swinging glass door that meets the glass panels at 135-degree angles.

Custom – Glass professionals can also assist a homeowner in designing a corner shower with customized angles and number of panels...or maybe even curved glass.

The hardware needed for the small shower ideas discussed here as well as other shower enclosures can be sourced from Glass Simple. We offer various brands, styles, and finishes, with no order minimums and discounted pricing for B2B account holders. Give our team a call at 571-707-7760.