do you have another idea of what to do for more storage? My husband puts all his shaving cream and wash on the back wall ground ledge and it drives me insane!

A corner shower bench with a storage shelf might work.

If the tiles are 12x12, I'd think you could drill into the sides of the niche, put in some stainless pins (like for cabinet shelves) and then an acrylic / nonbreakable shelf in a "frosted" type finish. that would be useable space, IMO.

oh, i hate things that are inconsequential but still drive me nuts. i like the suggestion of the teak bench/stand.

I know this doesn’t help you in your situation, but for those who are contemplating shower niches, I have a suggestion. During our master bath remodel, our designer asked us if we wanted two separate niches instead of only one. I hesitated in deciding, but I am so glad we went with two. It looks good and provides extra storage for both my husband and me.

It might be possible to hang a glass shelf in there, if what you want is a bar of soap. If you need room for a whole second layer of bottles, then you might not have enough height to subdivide. Maybe you can retrofit a marble shelf or some kind of organizer.

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These look pretty nice!

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Are you sure you want a shelf? Think about what will be stored in there and how tall it is. As a costco regular I wouldn't want a shelf as the shampoo bottle would be too tall. Test it out with your products before you get too worried.

so glad I caught that before they started tiling. Got a taller niche with three surfaces for storage. one being tall enough for all our bottles.

Shower looks to small for the teak bench but if there is room for it that is an affordable idea.

Do you have a placement for a second shelf? If so it can be accomplished. I have done this and it works great. You will need a 3/8" tempered glass shelf with a polished edge on the front. It will be sized to the existing depth x the width plus 1/8". Form a 1/16" dado on the sidewalls using a dremel with a diamond lapidary bit. Mount in place with clear silicone sealant.

That niche looks like it would be unuseable to me with a 2nd shelf, much too small.......................

Nice shower. I would definitely try to split that niche into two, even if one compartment was shorter (before planning where to split it, I would make sure that my tallest bottles would fit). I have a niche where one part is tall for bottles and the other is shorter (for soap, rasor, and other accessories). It works.

Not only does the perfect shower require two large niche for those extra large bottles, it also requires a small ledge or corner bench to use as a balance prop for shaving legs. Guys never think of that, but when I encounter one in a shower, I am so very grateful. It's the little things that make such a big difference.

have the tile installer come back and install the same one to the right if the original one and add a glass shelf 1/4 the way down

DD had the same issue and the tile guy easily added a glass shelf. With your size I wouldn't split it is half, but add one about 2/3 or 3/4 up for soap, razors, etc.

We have a stainless freestanding ( smaller size) shelf in our shower for small items ( razor, loofahs, etc) . We use the taller niche for body wash, shampoo, conditioner storage.

I love this...no bottles in my shower! It has a spot for a shaver on the side too.

You can’t add in another niche after the fact. You compromise the waterproofing layer. Who would even suggest that? What kind of waterproofing system do you use?

It has to be planned from the beginning.

"have the tile installer come back and install the same one to the right if the original one and add a glass shelf 1/4 the way down"

See Sophies explanation above for this "solution" as well....................

millworkman. Easier said than done. This is a wet wall not gypsum partition wall.

I am saying it cannot be done easily as it will compromise said waterproofing fixer687.

That bonehead comment belongs to One Source Construction, LLC and not millworkman. He was quoting.

Couldn't hurt to quote it, it would be all tile work (and easily done for them). Very doable.
I have a huge shower niche right now (12x20" with shelf) that we still fill up with crap. Wife takes over my shelf. Plan for next house is to frame that spot with 2x6 for extra deep niches, and to do two of what we have now lol

When we realized the same thing many years ago, we had the tile guy add corner shelves in - good for costco bottles. The niches generally aren't deep enough for large shampoo bottles. The corner shelves were like $20 and marble I think.

I wouldn't. Too much to risk. And too costly. Probably not a good ROI.

My mom has a free-standing organizer in her walk-in shower. It's a little taller than your knee, I'd guess. A perfect answer? No, but it would be super easy to put in the corner.

adding another one is defiantly possible , there is a difference between designers /handy man and actual qualified tile installer , good luck with what ever you do (remember you can do anything ,just depends on the cost you want to spend)

Care to explain how you would do that and not compromise the waterproofing behind the tile? Again, what waterproofing system do you use?

take out some tile around the area larger than the new recessed shelf ,scrape the cement and light sand with out compromising the membrane , make opening , install shelf , re water proof and the shelf and on the open area then tile . think out side the BOX. anything can be done

And you’d be willing to guarantee that questionable method for the next 30 years? Do you own a TCNA handbook? You also didn’t answer the question about which waterproofing method you use.

Try calling your tile installer if you dont think it will work, I thinks its possible.

Good luck with what ever process you decide

Easy fix. Have a solid surface fabricator make some rounded front corner shelves held in place with discrete matching blocking and 100% silicone. Plenty strong enough to hold shampoo bottles, pitched to evacuate water, won't penetrate your waterproofing, and are completely reversible if you change your mind. Make a little one about 2' off the floor for a leg-shaving toe hold. My wife loved hers.

Giving solutions are what we are about

You “thinks” it will work. SMH. Giving non workable solutions as “solutions”?

So the paper GC doesn’t actually know what waterproofing system the hands on tile professional uses on your jobs, or why your suggestion is not a workable one. (Which probably means that no one is waterproofing your jobs.) Yet you want to interject that the virtually impossible is possible?

Buy a TCNA Handbook and read up. Heck, watch some YouTube. All of the major manufacturers have channels these days. You’d do better to educate yourself so you won’t make boneheaded suggestions again. Your subcontractors will be much happier with you not promising pie in the sky.

David Cary. Not a fan of placing anything that projects out into the shower area. I find shelfs a hazard.

Perhaps in a small shower. We lived there 8 years and never once considered it hazardous.

David Cary. Until it happens.