With a tub I think a curtain is easier. Shower curtain can always get tossed in the wash

Thank you! Are shower curtains still in style? I’m spending a lot on my bathroom and don’t want it to look cheap.

I'm remodeling my bathroom and putting up a curtain. Buy a good curtain. Fabrics from target & BBB are not the greatest. Pottery Barn has some nice ones

I will take a nice shower curtain over glass any day. So much easier to clean. I have a Restoration Hardware shower curtain made in Italy. If you buy a good quality shower curtain it will not look cheap. A lot of it also depends on what you use to hang it and the size. If you hang it high to the ceiling and low to the floor with good quality hardware, it will look a lot nicer than if you skimp on short shower curtain with cheap hardware.

Of course shower curtains are in style. When you need a change in bathroom decor: just change your shower curtain!!

This isn't a matter of style -- it's a question of what will look best in your space.

Personally, I lean towards shower curtains; I don't enjoy cleaning glass, and I do like the softness, texture and pattern that a shower curtain can bring in.

I agree with those who say, "Get a good quality shower curtain", and I'll add two points: Use the hooks that can hold the "real curtain" on one side and a liner on the other side (so you can pull off the liner without bothering the curtain. And, as other people said, get a good curtain.

Curtain.

I can agree that while a shower curtain can add color and interest, I never enjoy a shower behind a curtain.

In small bathrooms, a curtain makes the room seem smaller.

We helped youngest renovated her bathroom in an art decor building.

There is a window in the shower.

Custom, but worth every penny, for all the light that fills the room.

My personal opinion it hammer works better than a squeegee. Get a shower curtain.

It's really your choice. A curtain is a lot less $$$ and definitely easier to clean. The glass doors are more expensive, but can make the room look larger. But they need to be cleaned regularly to look good. Curtains need liners and can be annoying when showering. Plusses and minuses to both. Make an informed decision as to what works best for you, don't worry about what is "dated."

"Curtains need liners"

I must be doing something wrong?

"Curtains need liners"

I must be doing something wrong?

Using a plastic shower curtain, maybe? material needs a plastic backing = liner.

As for using a glass door, I wouldn't do it if it's the only tub in the house -- trying to bathe a kid while leaning on a metal track is a nightmare!

On the style front, here are just a few stylish bathrooms with shower curtains:

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Yes, Mark, yes you are.

I think I have violated shower curtain etiquette.

I like shower curtains hung as high as possible. Invest in a custom shower curtain to make the length work.

Yes, Mark, yes you have. Be very careful.

Okay, what am I doing wrong? I have a fabric shower curtain in my walk-in shower, no liner. When it gets dirty, I either wash it or or replace it. I have a squeegee in the garage for cleaning car windows I never use.

I like shower curtains they can really enhance the space. But please people, look at some of the professional photos where it's obvious the curtain was unpackaged and hung up with all the wrinkles on full display. For pete's sake iron the thing.....lol

Is the tile in the tub a show stopper? If it is, show it off with glass doors! If your tub/shower are well used AND the space is not privately used I would go with a curtain to hide the working parts. It's about FUNCTION first!!! And NO NO NO shower curtains do not NEED a liner. DH's bathroom is basically a 'wet room' and his cloth curtain keeps the water where we want it 100% of the time.

Glass. If I am spending hours of my time picking a stunning tile and thousands of dollars to have it as the focal point of my room, I want to see it. A shower curtain closes off part of the room, making the bathroom visually smaller. Glass allows more light into the shower so shaving your legs is easier. Water doesn’t come out on the sides as it does with a shower curtain if it is not completely closed. Honestly, it doesn’t take a minute to squeegee.

@Mark Bischak, JK, you're not doing anything wrong. Whatever works for you. I use a liner so that I can throw it away when it gets gross, and I don't have to keep washing the fabric curtain. So mea culpa, I take back my comment that you NEED a liner.

If you have a tub and you want the curtain to be on the outside of the tub, then yes you absolutely need a liner. The curtain that contains the water has to be on the inside of the tub, as it won't contain the water otherwise. That's why people have a liner and a decorative curtain. Liner on the inside, pretty curtain on the outside.

I love glass shower screens the one I usually use for clients is this one. I provides a bit more coverage and allows easy access to the faucet

People are using shower curtains without liners? I dont get it. I use a cloth liner. It is a very tight weave, light weight fabric that has two tiny suction cups on the vertical edges. I keep the back one attached to the wall so there is a good seal. I think it is called a hotel shower curtain, from BBB. This liner stays inside the tub so all the water rolls down inside the tub and the decorative curtain stays prisotne. I toss it in the wash once every three weeks. No plactic liners ever!

mdln - Why oh why did you have to post photos of double curtains!!! I love that look, plus being able to step out the middle instead of on one side of the curtain! I recently purchased an expensive long and thick shower curtain (and a fabric liner) for the one bathroom we will have with a wall to wall tub. Now I have to go out a purchase another set! 🙃

Like others have mentioned, we did not want a glass enclosure for that tub. Hard enough to step over a tub ledge. Adding in a shower door is even more complicated. And as mentioned, much harder to bathe a child with a shower door.

I wish my sewing machine was not packed up or I would go ahead and add a fabric boarder to the curtain, as well. We move into our new house in a little over a week!

How will you use this bathtub? Mostly tub baths, or showers?

I salvaged a whirlpool tub when we did a teardown and put it in a guest room bath. I added a shower head. I hung a pair of curtains to make showering possible, yet leave the area open when using the tub/whirlpool. It's a small bathroom and doesn't get drafty for the tub bather; no need to enclose the tub.

I've never seen a shower curtain that didn't a decorative curtain hanging outside the tub with a clear liner to go into the tub and be replaced as it grew dirty/moldy. Use hangers with inside and outside hooks. A curved rod can provide more elbow room when showering. I hope you'll provide firm footing for shower taker -- and a grab bar or two for dual use.

Not that hotels are paragons of fashionable design, but I like their single shower curtains that dry quickly and are easy to wash: unsnap the bottom ¾, leaving kind of a valance, wash, dry, snap back on. You don't have to mess with the rings. You put the curtain inside to shower, hang it outside afterwards.

In a shower, I don't like all glass on one side, I like a bit of wall. I feel too exposed lol! So that's another reason I like a curtain for a tub-shower combo. Besides that it's easier to clean the tub, and a bather who needs help.