13 Amazing Tiny House Bathrooms (and How to Copy Them)

Spa in a Skoolie

When Savannah King and Drew Richter designed their 23-foot bus build, they knew they wanted a bright and inviting bathroom space with a spa feel. They achieved it by combining a clear glass shower door and teal subway tiles. A teak shower floor adds warmth and sits flush in their custom shower pan. The shower build took only a few days to complete and cost around $1,000 to $1,500.

Grotto-Inspired Spa Bath

Michael and Tawny McVay’s wet bathroom is a wine-lover's dream built inside of a 250-square-foot skoolie named Oliver. The bathroom is only 5 feet by 5 feet, but it has a sink, composting toilet, shower, and a portable bathtub made from an old wine barrel.

The walls and floors are covered with several layers of sealed concrete. Acacia tiles were added for aesthetics and functionality since concrete is slippery when wet. Copper fixtures add warmth to the “cozy grotto-like spa.”

Tiny Bath, Big Amenities

Paula and Liam O'Neill’s 235-square-foot tiny house on wheels features a bright, airy bathroom. The room includes a spacious turquoise tiled shower, composting toilet, heated towel rail, and beechwood flooring with a matching vanity top. It was built by Shaye's Tiny Homes, and cabinetry was made by Variant Spaces in New Zealand. A big window lets in light while the mirror and glass shower door make the space seem much bigger.

A Rolling Rainforest

Craig Gordnier and Katelyn LeTourneau’s skoolie, named Blue Bird, has an open-floor bathroom design with a 20-foot raised roof a glass skylight that connects to nature, and a shower enveloped in blue glass subway tile. A 3/8-inch-thick piece of tempered and laminated glass divides the bathroom from the rest of the house. Amenities include a 14-inch rainfall shower head, Carrera marble draped in green ivy, and a large 54-inch by 34-inch residential shower pan.

The entire bathroom cost under $1,700 and took roughly two weeks to complete. “My advice to anyone wanting to recreate this bathroom is to have fun, play with colors and textures, and push the limits,” Gordnier says.

A Modern, Minimalist Shower

Mariah Hoffman designed and self-built her mobile studio atop a 20-foot-by-8-foot trailer. Her small bathroom design was informed by the triangular shape of the existing trailer frame hitch and the desire for the feeling of an indoor/outdoor shower. The conventional fiberglass wall paneling is a great move for an affordable tiny home, while the matte-black fixtures are cohesive with her modern tiny home design. The custom-built skylight brings in tons of light to make the tiny 2-foot-by-2-foot space. The stained, sealed wood floor adds to the spa-like feel. 

Her advice for tiny home DIYers: work with the existing frame, make sure your shower products fit the space, and hire a professional to install a properly waterproofed skylight.

An Earthy Orange Burst

Matt Rogne and Emilie Herbert’s bus conversion, ClaySanaBus, was inspired by the earth, sun, and air—they wanted their bathroom to have lots of airflow. It features a horse trough from a farm supply store used as a tub and surrounded by orange ceramic tiles. They used RedGard for waterproofing, Schluter tile trim, and finished with a Nebia water-saving showerhead and composting toilet.

Tile Paradise in a Bus

Nicole and Charlie Jones’ bathroom is a beautiful compromise of all of the things that were important for them to have in their custom bus conversion: a vanity sink, privacy for the toilet, and a large functional shower. The bathroom fits in an L-shape design and features a skylight, fully-tiled floors, natural tones, and matte black fixtures. All ceramic tiles were set with flexible grout and the cedar ceiling was sealed to stay waterproof. 

The bathroom took about one month to complete and cost about $5,000. Their advice: plan the layout, plumbing, and electric lines first. “Be patient because things take longer than expected, especially if it's a DIY," they said.

Built-in Privacy

When it came to their van conversion, Megan and Chris of ActiVan Conversions wanted a private indoor shower that could be used in all seasons and locations. Their build features a stand-up shower with a shower door for privacy.

“We showered in a Yosemite Valley parking lot after a long hike and no one had any idea,” they said.

Little Luxuries for a Large Family

Glaucio and Morgan Araujo designed their bathroom to accommodate their family of six in a converted 40-foot school bus. A skylight and ample storage make the space practical, while the white penny and marble hexagonal tiles, cedar wood accents, and navy blue shiplap bring an elegant touch.

They custom-built their composting toilet to fit the space and installed an instant hot-water heater above it. It took about one month to complete and cost approximately $2,300.

A Pocket Farmhouse Bathroom

Carole Robin designed this fresh white farm-style bathroom for her tiny house. Every detail fits the style, including the stock tank tub, custom built-in shelving, and distressed barn board and wall panels. The total estimate of her bathroom, including appliances, was approximately $3,200.

Modern, Moody, and Rustic

Amber and Tyler Woodruff’s tiny modern, rustic, and Nordic bathroom design features a two-person shower and is made with all local lumber. Iron handles and hooks, live edge wood, wood tile, black metal, and glass create a moody color palette. The bathroom took about a month and cost about $4,000. Their biggest tip: “Hire out the shower,” Amber says. “It's worth the money to hire a professional to get it done right."

An Aqua Oasis

Brother-and-sister team Ellie K Madsen and Dan Madsen of Paradise Tiny Homes, LLC, design tiny homes with beautiful bathrooms, like this Oasis model home in Hawaii. It features a skylight, built-in shelves, and textured aqua subway tile.

The shower head was plumbed to come out of the center of the wall opening, and a standard curved corner shower pan was used with a sliding curved glass shower door to let natural light pass through. Plants on the shower ledge create an outdoor shower feel. It bumps out over the trailer tongue and adds space to the entire bathroom.

A Bath That's Just So Fresh

The bathroom in Talia and Andy Kingston’s self-converted bus is an homage to Atlanta, one of their favorite cities: “There is no Atlanta without OutKast, hence the ‘so fresh and so clean clean' tiled floor," Talia says. They used black-and-white hexagon penny tiles for the floors and 4-inch by 4-inch black-and-white tiles throughout the room.

The handcrafted vanity is topped by a full-size sink from Concretti Designs. They installed a low-flow showerhead from Nebia and built a skylight for amazing nighttime views. The total cost was $3,000 and their advice to DIYers? Hire a professional so you don't waste time fixing your own errors.