I share the notion held by the narrator in The Bell Jar that "There must be quite a few things a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know many of them."
Yet, here I am, stuck with a very tiny stall shower. At this point I would be happy with pretty much any tub, but why not dream big? Seven-foot soaking pools, beautiful chevron wood flooring, extra furniture. For everyone who knows that a hot shower is nice but a poor substitute for a bath - or those of you who need convincing - I give you this roundup of enviable tubs.
TOP ROW
1. Going green in Marie Claire Italy (via Desire to Inspire)
2. Donna Karan's soaking pool in New York magazine (via Modern Urban Living)
3. Jenna Lyon's black, white, and brass bathroom in Domino
4. Swedish tub in Sköna Hem (via Apartment Therapy)
5. Cath Kidston-designed bathroom in Lonny
SECOND ROW
6. Nikole Heriott's bathroom on Design*Sponge
7. One of six tiled bathrooms at Dar es Saada, the guesthouse at Yves Saint Laurent’s Marrakech retreat, in Elle Decor
8. Hus & Hem (via Desire to Inspire)
9. Red claw foot tub (via Terramia)
10. The renovated bathroom in Sharon & Chris's Monochrome Wonder
(images as linked, 3. Melanie Acevedo)
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I feel your pain--I have nice shower, but have been without a tub for four years now.
I escape to hotels and spas whenever I can!
I used to live in an apartment with a clawfoot bathtub... I *loved* it. When I settle down somewhere more permanently, a nice deep tub is a definite must.
When I was very little, my grandparents had a clawfoot tub in their apt. To me, it was like a pool party in the bathroon every time I took a bath while visiting them. Some day before I die, I want to own a clawfoot tub. My pool party days may be over, but the thought of luxuriating in such a tub seems decadent after having lived with basic builders fiberglass tubs for too many years.
serious bath tub envy, i need one of these!!!!
how timely! we just bought a weekend cottage and the only thing we kept in the bathroom was the clawfoot tub, trying to decide if I should paint the underside a color and what to do with the feet, some nice ideas here.
We had a place in France without a bathtub. We would set up a portable bathtub, it was one my mom found and ordered from Sears. It was great. In winter we would bathe in front the fireplace. A lot of the neighbors borrowed it and so it would get carried around.
Perhaps you can get one of these...
http://www.tuvie.com/rubber-tub-portable-washing-up-bowl/
I too need a bath.
In places without a tub i have been known to bathe in all kinds of non traditional arrangements. A floorcloth, a nice rug, some candles and any room can be a bathroom. I have a tub now with plumbing but I have been looking with interest at these inflatable birthing tubs midwives set up in peoples living rooms.
I guess there are two kinds of people--bath people and shower people. I was trying to remember the last time I took a bath...maybe 25 years ago? On the other hand I adore a good hot shower and would not live in a place without a shower.
Am I the only one who is not crazy about claw-foot tubs?
I rarely take a bath, but after a few months in Iraq it was nice to come home to the states and relax with a drink in a tub of hot sudsy water.
I am so envious. The last three apartments I have lived in, over 7 years, have not had bathtubs. I miss baths terribly. We are moving soon and a bathtub is at the top of my list. At this point, though, I don't care what it looks like, as long as it's clean.
I LOVE CLAWFOOTS!!
When I was little and would go to Oklahoma for the summers, my cousin have a HUGE clawfoot that she and our other cousin would bath in together (yes all 3 of us). Finally only 2 would bath together, then it became one at a time.
I love the clawfoot for it's natural, old fashioned beauty and also for the sweet, childhood memories that it brings back.
I hope to have one of my own one day.
I love you clawfoot...