We just had a master bath installed in a new addition. It was supposed to come with doors (per the office manager in an email) but the useless contractor said that we have to hire a different company to put doors on. So I had a shower curtain Rod installed. I don’t think it looks the best, but whatever.

We have a shower curtain in our upstairs master bath and a door in our downstairs bathroom. I prefer the shower curtain. Sure, there are cheap shower curtains, especially liners, that make it look reallly cheap and gym-like. But, there are also a lot of other great options - you can even get custom printed ones. I have to replace the inner curtain/liner every couple of years, when washing it no longer gets the mildew out of the bottom. But, for a $10-15$ liner, it's no biggie. It's so much better than having to squeegie a door and better than having to clean it when kids/DH/guests don't do it.

I don't have any problems with it staying in place. If it starts to blow in while I'm showering, I just open it a little at opposite end from the shower head.

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First, I think you should do what you want - it's your home. But in light of the comments about looking cheap or like a hospital, I did some googling to see what I thought. I think it depends on your overall design of the room and the color of the curtain, and also I liked the look of the ones with the rod hung very high better than the rod at 6-7 feet.

Anonymous wrote:i have shower curtains and like the look of it for my bath tub but you have to clean them religiously (monthly bleach) because of mold... I think in a shower, dragging on the floor it will look terrible and cheap and dirty

one caveat to my own post as i read through the others: if you have a good lip (like 5 inches) at bottom of shower it could work because then the curtain can stay outside and not drag all the way to floor. My MIL has that. It looks a bit old fashioned but looks ok

i have shower curtains and like the look of it for my bath tub but you have to clean them religiously (monthly bleach) because of mold... I think in a shower, dragging on the floor it will look terrible and cheap and dirty

Feels like a hospital shower.

Also not good bc when you turn the water on the curtain gets sucked into the shower

Looks very cheap IMO.

I also like this because the curtain can be left open when not in use, the glass doors make the space feel more closed in.

But I'm sure DH will make us get glass doors....

We have two showers with glass doors. Love them and they are the best set up for those showers, but I hate having to squeegee after every shower. Plus we also had issues with leaking with one of them. When we added a bathroom on the main level, we opted for curtains for the walk in shower, and it's been working beautifully.

I hate shower curtains, but yes, you can do this - my parents have curtains on all of their walk-in showers.

If you are building the shower, go for a taller lip and slightly inclined floor so the water stays away from the edge of the shower.

If space is tight it works a lot better.

I had one bathroom where the glass door leaked, couldn't make it stop. It was bad enough that the ceiling below was stained. Ripped out the door and put in a shower curtain, no problems after that.

We had this for years (bought house this way) and just tore out all the floors due to mold. In fairness the original floor wasn’t done appropriately.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen this op, curious to see responses. I feel like water might leak out the bottom of our walk in shower if it just had a curtain since it’s not like a bath that has the large lip

I’ve had them in rentals. Honestly it feels cheap. If it’s a basement guest bath, I think it’s passable, but I wouldn’t have it in a master.

I generally prefer shower curtains. They're prettier and you don't have to clean them religiously like glass.

But we're putting in a new walk in shower and I'm wondering if a shower curtain just won't be as suitable (as a tub/shower combo). Any experience?