We thought this was so cute and unique, we just couldn't resist sharing. It is as the headline says: a cable knitted rag rug draped over a tub that, while not exactly a garbage can, must be inspired by same. It actually looks like what we've seen people use recently as garden planters.
We imagine there must be a serious coating on the inside, to prevent rusting. The pic comes from a tutorial on cutting rags for rag knitting.
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It's a water tank for watering animals--available from farm and ranch supply stores. Galvanized steel and very sturdy.
-farm girl
anyone know where you could find a rug like that?? so pretty, and looks soft for feet. :)
If that rug is made out of yarn, it'll look terrible after a few days of use in the bathroom. The yarn will pull out of shape.
Wow, I love that rug. It reminds me of the homemade rugs my mom and grandma used to buy at church bazaar's. Those things are incredibly sturdy - she's had them for over 30 years and still uses them.
@pileofkittens--i'm sure the rug is knitted out of cotton, which does just fine with damp. you can knit dishcloths out of cotton too, and they last practically forever (which is a great way to avoid the whole disposable sponge issue, btw).
I've been looking for a tub like that through farm supply places for a while, but they've all been replaced by huge molded plastic troughs which last longer and are more resilient to being dragged from pasture to pasture.
If anyone has a clue as to where I can find one of these old tubs, I'd love to hear!
"hot-dipped steel" and "galvanized" are the terms that describe the electrostatic plating that makes these tubs (temporarily) rust-proof.
pileofkittens/sniplet: It's in the post. The rug is made from rags.
I like the look of the tub but there's nothing to lean back on. I imagine drowning in it.
@whytephoenix--"rags" doesn't describe the fiber content of the material, just that the fabric used previously had a different purpose. although, following the link, i do see that's it's made of, specifically, muslin rags. which means cotton.
We found our tubs like that at our local home supply store. It's just like home depot but independently owned and much cheaper. Our big tub was $125 and the one we have that's like the photo above was about $69. Then my husband drilled the bottoms for hose spigots to reuse as gray water.
Flora Grubb in SF has tubbs like that (horse troughs) but I bet they're expensive.
Domino did a feature on Chloe Sevigny about a year ago -- her designer rigged up a tub just like this in her kitchen while the bathroom was being remodeled.
Easyenough--I don't know where you're located, but here in oregon, I got my troughs at Coastal Farm & Home Supply.
haha, we totally have one of those in my back yard for the dog to drink out of and on hot days they just lounge in it to cool off. its really a great idea tho!
Well, let me tell you. Here I was searching left and right for one of these tubs and using every term from trough to tub, hot dipped to galvanized and finding nothing over 33 gallons. Guess what? Over 33 gallons it becomes a "tank."
The definition of a "tank" usually being closed, but not in this case. Thanks to brittanykate for coastal farm suggestion. No pictures, but that's where I got the "tank" idea from. woo hah!
Actually "galvanized stock tank" are all the key terms... and they go up to about 370 gallons - which is basically a small swimming pool.