Gold is a classic metal that can elevate any space by adding a pop of color and personality. The popularity of gold within the home has ebbed and flowed over the decades. That being said, when done correctly, gold hardware can be used to create a timeless space that never goes out of fashion.

It can sometimes be a challenge to match gold bathroom fixtures with a contemporary bathroom style and they need the right material to create a wonderful balance.

In the list below, you can find my favorite gold bathroom ideas, designed to inspire your next remodel.

Dark concrete walls and Brown Accents With Dark Gold Fixtures

Gold is a bold color by nature. One way to harness it and avoid having it overpower a chic bathroom design is to pair it with dark, earthy colors.

Dark concrete bathroom walls easily contrast with the smooth, flashy appearance of gold, toning it down for a more reserved but bold look.

For more dimension, add medium to dark natural wood accents. The browns in the wood will act as a touch point between the coldness of the dark concrete and the bright warmth of the gold hardware.

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Cool Gray Walls With Light Brown Accents and Subdued Gold Fixtures

If the dark gray walls are a bit too much for you but you like the feel of the space, you may prefer large gray tiles paired with light brown and white accents and more subdued tones of gold.

This combination creates an airier, lighter feel than the darker gray but keeps the gold fixtures subtle. The aged brass coloring of the shower head and other hardware almost blends in, providing a calming and cohesive feel to the space.

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White Subway Tiles and Classic Gold Fixtures

For those looking to place the gold hardware center stage, a white and gold bathroom is a timeless choice. This pairing calls upon the feel of the Gilded Age with its white tiles, exposed plumbing, and elegant gold mirror, but adds a touch of modernity with the large gold shower head and glass partitions.

The combination is striking, blending traditional aesthetics with a touch of luxury. This is a simple way to elevate and add your personality to white bathrooms without a complete redesign of the space.

Styled by Åsa Copparstad, photographed by Fredric Boukari, via Historiska Hem

Neutrals and Floral Prints With Polished Gold Fixtures

If you’re looking to mute the gold fixtures but maintain a bright space, try pairing gold with light, neutral colors and a splash of monochromatic, earthy floral print.

This combination with the addition of natural light creates a warm, inviting space that residents will enjoy and guests will find comfort in. The mirror with the thin gold frame and the wire-framed sink also work together to give the appearance of spaciousness in a small bathroom with a half-tile wall.

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Light Gray Marble With Brushed Gold Fixtures

For a chic, modern white bathroom, a monochrome mix of a white vanity, white marble surface, and light gray marble tiling is ideal. Pair this with gold handles and plumbing fixtures that have an antique brass finish to add a bit of flare that isn’t too flashy.

This is a style that won’t go out of fashion any time soon. But if you decide to change up the look of the bathroom years down the road, the subtle touches of gold can quickly and easily be switched out for silver or other metals to better suit your evolving style.

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Bright White Mixed Materials With Brushed Gold Fixtures

Anyone wanting a simple, modern powder room can’t go wrong with a combination of bright white cabinetry and porcelain with white marble tiling. This simple design is not quite minimalist but still offers a sleek and clean look.

The marble wainscoting is an eye-catching way to break up the plain white walls while the hidden cabinet hardware completes the chic look. Adding in some pops of brushed gold and brass fixtures brings a touch of elegance to an otherwise white bathroom.

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Large, Dark Stone Titles With Minimal Gold Accents

Alternatively, you can shy away from a white bathroom with gold fixtures altogether and lean into a darker look. Making a deep, cool gray stone the dominant color can transform a plain, outdated bathroom into a statement.

This monochrome look can be completed with minimal decorations and just a couple of gold accessories. You can choose a deep gold that’s nearly brass or a brighter, more polished gold depending on your personal style. Both choices can add a slightly different impression to the overall space, maintaining the boldness in different ways.

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White Subway Tiles With Black Accents and Polished Gold Fixtures

For a contemporary bathroom with gold fixtures, a combination of black and white is the perfect choice. White subway tiles with black grout go with nearly any type of decor, allowing for endless personalization.

Adding an accent wall of white tiles in a different pattern to the rest of the room provides a bit of depth to the space while a frame-less, round mirror completes the sleek look. Polished white gold hardware and some greenery is a fun way to put everything together in a way that’s both modern and timeless.

Styled by Annica Clarmell, photographed by Jonas Berg for Stadshem

Dark Wood Statement Pieces With Dark Gold Hardware

If you’d like a bold look without changing every surface to a dark color, a single dark wood statement piece is the perfect option. This allows for a focal point in the room, drawing in the eye and providing a level of warmth to the traditionally cold bathroom.

The dark gold sconces, faucet, and shower head in this bathroom in particular balance out the bold, chocolate vanity while the lighter flooring, walls, countertop, and toilet ensure that the dark colors aren’t overpowering. A glass shower partition and large, frame-less mirror finish off this slightly industrial look.

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White and Black With Dark, Aged Gold Hardware

Similar to the previous idea, this bathroom features a statement piece. However, this particular room adds a twist that isn’t often seen: black cabinetry. Black is most often used as an accent color to a room, typically on items that you don’t want to stand out such as small hardware. In other cases, it may be used in flooring to add class and depth.

When used as the main color of one of the biggest parts of a room, it makes a bold object stand out even more. Paired with the ageless herringbone pattern on the walls and bronzed gold hardware, the result is a modern bathroom with a hint of mid-century modern styling.

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White and Cream Minimalist Space With Minor Gold Accents

Anyone searching for a clean, organized feel to their bathroom can’t go wrong with a minimalist design in white and cream. Placing a solid white tub in a prominent position and removing opportunities for clutter to gather leaves many with a sense of calm and peacefulness.

This is the perfect mix for those who like to use their bathroom as a place to relax and unwind away from the stressors of daily life. Include a few touches of gold to add to the elegance of the space overall without adding unnecessary distractions.

Design by Lis Design Studio

Unique Shapes Paired With Muted Gold Hardware

If you want to show a touch of personality while sticking with white as the dominant color and without introducing a dark color to the mix, muted gold fixtures and a matching statement mirror are the way to go.

This is a fresh take on the standard white and gold bathroom that keeps the simple white vanity and gold hardware while including a unique mirror with a gold frame to pull it all together. The key to this specific look is to choose a shade of gold that isn’t dramatic or overpowering. To add some warmth, decorate with some fun accessories in neutral, earthy tones.

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All-white Bathroom With Dark Floors and Gold Hardware

This new take on an all-white bathroom breaks up the monotony with a bold, black marble floor and hints of gold throughout. White square tiled walls, bright lighting, and a frame-less mirror work together to make a small white bathroom appear larger than it is.

This is ideal for anyone who wants to make the most out of their space. The brushed gold fixtures are the perfect accent pieces to bridge the gap between the intense black of the marble and the sterile white of the tile.

Sandstone Tiles and Neutral Accessories With Brassy Gold Fixtures

To incorporate a natural yet modern feeling into your bathroom, try pairing gold hardware with sandstone tiles. The neutral tan tones found in sandstone mesh well with duller, brassy gold fixtures and can take your bathroom a step further than many other predominantly white and gold bathroom combinations.

This is especially true in small spaces where you only have a limited number of surfaces to work with. For an extra layer of dimension, add touches of other earth tones such as brown and bronze. You can also add a decoration or two in a dark, dramatic black for a pop of personality.

Styled by Pella Hedeby, photographed by Ragnar Ómarsson for Bricmate

Mixed Grays and Stone Textures With Brushed Gold Hardware

In search of a little fun and creativity in your bathroom? Try playing with different materials and tones of the same color. For instance, a light gray stone combined with a dark gray marble is a pairing not often seen though they work well together.

Throwing in some dark gold fixtures and black and gold sconces provides a bit of fun in the space. You can even go a step further by including some dark brown wood accents. The golden tones of wood will play into the gold hardware and pull the bathroom together without any dramatic changes. For additional style, add a round mirror to balance the sharp, straight edges found throughout the rest of the room.

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Textured Accent Wall and Sink With Aged Gold Hardware

Modern and minimal without being spartan, this bathroom is an inspiration to anyone looking to experiment with pattern and texture by dipping their toe in. The gentle speckled pattern travels down the single wall and across the floor, including the sink so as not to create a jarring shift to a stark white surface.

The touches of aged gold found on the hardware and plumbing mesh well with the textured surfaces to create a unique look that isn’t often seen in bathrooms with gold hardware.

Designed by Frama, Photography by Erik Lefvander

Bright White Bathroom With Black and Gold Accents

A stunning take on a classic look, combining a solid black floor and accents with solid white walls and gold fixtures results in a bathroom that will never go out of style. The slightly industrial look of the hardware plays well with the pure white and deep black.

At the same time, the blend of both a modern shower head and faucet design with the older design of the curtain rod and mirror ensures that this room won’t need to be updated any time soon.

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White Marble and Brown Accents With Coppery Gold Fixtures

A copper-toned gold in the bathroom can seem difficult to make work at first glance. However, thanks to the brown undertones of this shade of gold, any medium to light brown accessories can tie everything together.

A white modern bathtub and a white marble floor or wall (or both!) allow these colors to stand out without minimizing the overall look of the room.

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A narrow bathroom with gold fixtures and green marble flooring

The beautiful texture of the green marble flooring of the narrow bathroom is complemented by white tile walls. In addition natural wood tones, and brass fixtures add a beautiful warmth. These different warm-tone materials balance the green tones of the floor and make the small bathroom cozy and inviting.

Styled by Anna Van Keppel, photographed by Therese Jahnson for Historiska Hem

Balance out a White and Gold Bathroom with Soft Wood Tones

This beautiful white bathroom example is enhanced with antique brass fixtures with a modern design. To balance out the white and gold, a light wood vanity and beige floor tiles are added to the material mixture.

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Rather than covering your entire bathroom walls with tile, you can achieve a striking effect by only tiling the bottom half. A half-tile bathroom offers a few advantages over a fully-tiled bathroom. You need fewer tiles, which makes installation easier and reduces your material cost.

When choosing half-tiled walls for your bathroom, there is room for creativity and individuality as the options for material combinations are endless. On top of a tiled section of your walls, you can use wallpaper, a beautiful paint color, or wood cladding to achieve a striking combination of materials.

If you are looking for inspiration to create your unique half-tiled bathroom, make sure to take a look at the ideas on the list below. Even if you have a small bathroom, there are some decorative and functional approaches you can take that will create just the right ambiance to make your bathroom design unique and stylish.

Light-colored tiles paired with a dark botanical wallpaper

The gold fixtures in this gorgeous half-tiled bathroom are complemented by the beautiful warm beige wall tile that is applied to the flooring and the bottom half of the bathroom wall. To contrast this warm, metallic color scheme, a dark botanical bathroom wallpaper design is applied to the upper section.

Let your imagination run wild for the upper part of the wall, and you can install some ornate wallpaper or just any contrasting color that matches your style.

Redecorating a half-tiled bathroom with a wallpapered or painted upper section is super easy, as you can keep the tiles and update only the upper area to provide your bathroom design with a whole new look.

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A half-tiled bathroom with subway tile and a greige paint color

By painting the upper half of your bathroom wall in a slightly darker color, you’ll make the light-colored tiles on the lower half the focal point of the room. The white subway tiles in the bathroom below have a glazed edge on top that makes the separation between the wall tiles and the wall paint more apparent.

The white wall tiles with grey grout form the perfect backsplash for the classic green vanity and you can easily imagine this bathroom idea with another wallcolor. There is no right or wrong answer when pairing upper and lower halves together, just make sure your color palette in general works in the space.

Skirting boards make the transition between the beautiful floor tiles and the wall tiling more organic.

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Light-colored lower tiles paired with dark grey wood panels

This beautiful half-tiled bathroom pairs crisp white tiling with dark grey shiplap cladding on the top for a contemporary design with a farmhouse touch. The black fixtures stand out against the white tiles and the tiled portion sticks out from the wall just slightly, creating a ledge to place bathroom items on top.

It doesn’t matter whether you install real wood panels or faux wood, although faux wood is probably better equipped to handle the moisture of the bathroom. Either choice can look great set against a light-colored lower wall of bathroom tiles.

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Shower wall tiles paired with half-wall tiling in the rest of the bathroom

It’s probably a good idea to fully tile the inside of shower enclosures, just for the sake of avoiding any kind of water damage. But that still leaves you free to do half tiling in the rest of the bathroom. Just make sure that the lower half tiling scheme matches well with your shower enclosure tiling so you don’t have conflicting areas.

In the example below, vertical brown tiling with a glossy finish is used to cover the entire shower and the half-tiled bathroom walls with a decorative trim on top. The upper portion of the wall is painted in a subtle pink wall color, creating a contemporary look in combination with the black metal shower door.

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Three-quarter tiled shower wall for a contrasting effect

Even though most of the half-tiled bathroom ideas you see on this list will have tile applied halfway, dividing the bathroom walls into two more or less equal sections, you can also opt for a three-quarter tiled wall just like in the below example, with the vertical direction of the tile elongating the space.

This is also an option in case you don’t want a fully tiled shower. Shower water won’t usually reach past the three-quarter point going up your wall, so that can safely be finished with some other material.

Styled by Åsa Copparstad, photographed by Frederic Boucari, for Historiska Hem

Half marble bathroom walls paired with grey paint color on the upper half

If you’re someone who just doesn’t like bright or dark colors, you may want to avoid those possibilities altogether by simply installing neutral colors on both halves of your bathroom walls. In the bathroom below, the neutral color scheme accentuates the beautiful marble tiling on both walls and flooring.

Even when working with a more expensive material like marble, covering only half the wall will still be the more budget-friendly option.

The oversized round mirror behind the bathroom sink adds a modern aesthetic and reflects the separating line of the tile and wall paint, adding a striking visual effect to the elegant bathroom renovation.

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A half-tiled wall bathroom paired with a subtle cream wall color.

Depending on your personal preference, you can pair your tiled walls with a contrasting paint color, however, a more calm and tranquil effect can be achieved by picking out a lighter color. In the half-tiled bathroom below, the white subway tile with black grout is paired with a soft cream wall color that brightens up the color palette of the space.

styled by Livin Deco, photographed by Jonas Berg, for sale via Stadshem

A striking bathroom interior design with a bold color combination

This is the boldest of the half-tiled bathroom examples on the list, where the straight section of the walls in this attic bathroom space is fully tiled with a gorgeous vertical green tile. The bathtub has a pink limestone treatment, which makes it stand out against the bold color of the tile.

To make the color palette even more striking, the wall area underneath the sloped ceiling is painted in a bright blue color, resulting in a unique and playful design aesthetic.

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White marble tiles on the lower half, cupboards on top

Many homeowners like to use at least part of the bathroom for storage, including things like towels, linens, toilet paper, tissues, and cleaning equipment. This makes great sense since this is the room where all those items will eventually be used.

In the example below, the half-tile bathroom walls feature a beautiful white marble tile, with the upper section painted white and the area above the toilet filled with closed storage cabinets that blend in with the white wall color.

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A half-tiled wall behind the toilet in a neutral color scheme bathroom

Generally speaking, half-tiled bathrooms have an aesthetic reason, or they are applied while they are a bit cheaper than a fully-tiled bathroom. The wet areas in this neutral bathroom design are covered with a beige limestone tile, complemented by a beige wall color on the top half.

The area behind the toilet comes forward to allow for the flushing mechanism to be built in. This creates a ledge for towels and bathroom accessories and the height of this wall component also defines the division line between the tile and wall paint.

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A classic bathroom aesthetic with a contrasting effect

The white tile on the bottom half of this bathroom wall stands out against the contrasting pattern in the black-and-white floor tiling. To make the contrast even stronger, a dark green wall color is applied to the top half of the wall.

Rather than hanging the round wall mirror fully on the painted section, it connects both halves of the wall.

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Change Things up and Use Tiles on the Top Half

Usually, half-tiled bathrooms use tile on the bottom half. This beautiful and modern bathroom however has a fully tiled top half, paired with a smooth waterproof treatment on the bottom. The bathtub is treated with the same material as the lower half of the wall for a cohesive effect.

Styled by Lindholm Design, photographed by Frederic Boukari for Historiska Hem

A deep Mustard Paint Color meets the Tile Halfway

This classic bathroom, with a Victorian tile floor and a classic sink, is finished with white subway tiles and black trim. The warm addition of the paint makes the bathroom way more unique than fully tiling it, and the Art Deco-style mirror perfectly completes the look.

Styled by Lindholm Design, photographed by Frederic Boukari for Historiska Hem

Achieve a Powerful Contrast with Half Tiled Black Marble

This modern bathroom design features black marble tiles on the bottom, paired with an off-white wall color on the top half for a strong contrast in the space. The white sink stands out against the dark tiling and the bottom tile creates a ledge for accessories and cosmetics.

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Create the Illusion of More Space with a Half-Tiled Bathroom Wall

This gorgeous half-tile bathroom has majestic high ceilings, which are made to look even higher because of the half-tile wall. It’s a trick you can use to create the illusion of space in smaller bathrooms with lower ceilings as well.

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