How full slab shower walls can transform your bathroom’s aesthetic
Bathroom design trends are leaning into full slab shower walls, offering a dramatic change from standard subway tiles and mosaics. In this blog, we will look at how full slab shower walls can completely transform your bathroom’s aesthetic.
What are full slab shower walls?
Full slab shower walls consist of a single “slab” design, as opposed to a series of tiles. As a result, they offer a seamless, grout-free finish that not only reduces installation costs, but also creates a lower maintenance shower sans the grout lines.
Full shower panel walls are available in a wide variety of natural stone, such as granite and marble, or engineered materials, such as quartz.
What are the benefits of full slab shower walls?
There are many benefits to full slab shower walls, including the following:
- Full slab shower walls work both as tub surrounds and shower enclosure installations.
- Full slab shower walls are highly versatile with options suited to any design scheme or budget.
- Full slabs reduce the risk of leaks when properly installed.
- Full slab shower panel walls can save money in the installation process as they do not require meticulous layouts and grout work.
Full Slab Shower Walls Offer a Modern Aesthetic
Full slab shower walls can take an outdated bathroom and bring it into the modern age. Modern designs are known for their sleek aesthetic, free of unnecessary detailing.
This explains why the meticulous look of mosaics and traditional subway tiles are making way for the full slab shower wall and its perfectly simplistic, non-fussy appeal.
Adding to the modern aesthetic is the wide variety of stone and quartz slabs available. You can choose from natural stone in sleek, rich colours such as black, charcoal grey, or chocolate brown, or something light and airy in quartz including pure whites, creamy tones, and the ever-popular selection of “greige” full slab shower panel walls.
Full Slab Shower Panel Walls Highlight Nature’s Patterns
Tiles disrupt the natural beauty of stone. It took thousands of years for nature to create the unique striations, veining, swirls, and speckles of natural stone. Full slabs allow these natural characteristics to shine as a focal point for your bathroom design.
When Mother Nature takes the driver’s seat in bathroom design, you showcase the unmatched beauty of granite and marble, which then provides inspiration for the rest of your decorative elements.
Full slab shower walls in natural stone are perfectly paired with seamless glass enclosures, open walk-in showers, and curbless showers where the stone is always in full view. Using stone as the focal point works in any design scheme, from modern to rustic and classic to retro, instantly transforming the space into something truly unique.
Seamless Full Slab Shower Walls Create a Sense of Calm
Grout lines can make bathrooms feel overly busy. When you replace traditional tiles, whether they’re subway tiles, stacked vertical tiles, mosaics, or penny tiles, you eliminate that chaotic feeling.
With full slab shower walls, you create a sense of calm with large, uninterrupted panels free of grout lines. Calming natural or engineered slabs with neutral, less stark striations are serene and soothing, creating a spa-like bathroom that not only transforms the aesthetic, but also your mood and sense of well-being.
Full Slabs Can Be Applied Beyond the Shower
You can apply full slabs of marble, granite, or engineered quartz materials beyond the shower walls for a consistent look that transforms the space with seamless beauty.
Whether you want to wrap yourself in warmth with earthy tones, love the airy look of creams and whites, or want something edgy like deep, dark blacks or browns, you can install full slabs to every exposed wall in the bathroom.
You can also apply full slabs to shower benches and countertops, touching every available surface to calm the eye with a pleasing monotone colour scheme.
Full Slab Shower Walls Transform Bathrooms With Textures and Patterns
The best materials for shower walls are porcelain or sintered stone. These slabs transform humdrum bathrooms by introducing interesting textures and patterns into the space.
Whether you love something bold with veining on a dramatically large scale, the subtleness of tone-on-tone patterns, high contrast, or endless waves in natural veining, full slab shower walls introduce movement and texture with distinctive patterns.
Grout-Free Full Slab Shower Enclosures Installation Feel Clean
If you often find that your bathroom always looks like it’s in need of a good scrubbing, a full slab shower enclosure installation can make your bathroom feel cleaner.
The drastic difference between a shower with high-maintenance grout lines and uninterrupted, grout-free full slab shower walls is immediate because your eye is no longer drawn to the discoloured grout.
Instead, the seamless walls make your bathroom feel clean and hygienic. As an added advantage, you’ll also spend less time cleaning and more time enjoying your new shower thanks to the lower maintenance required for groutless installations.
Natural Stone Full Slab Shower Walls Are One-of-a-Kind
Your bathroom is instantly transformed with natural stone full slab shower walls with one-of-a-kind shower wall panels. Cut from a unique mass of stone, natural stone provides a distinct look all your own.
You can also take advantage of natural veining patterns to create an even more bespoke look. For example, you can install veining horizontally or vertically, cut the panels so the veining appears on the diagonal, or install diagonal veining to create an opposing mirror image.
You Can Optimize Your Investment With Full Slab Shower Panels
The more affordable process involved in full slab shower enclosure installation allows you to optimize your investment with other higher-end design elements.
Whether it’s stunning shower faucets complete with a rain shower head, a customized vanity, elegant flooring, smart mirrors, or tailor-made options, your full slab shower panels save money, allowing you to indulge your upscale taste with the unique fixtures and features you desire.
Contact the Professionals at Quartz Co
The trend towards full slab shower panels provides an affordable option that allows you to transform your bathroom with minimum investment.
For more information about full slab shower walls, reach out to the experts at Quartz Co. Click here to view our inspiration gallery. You can also contact us here to book an appointment at one of our showrooms.
