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Look! Transparent Bathtub from Regia

32509cleartub1.jpgOkay, before you go nuts about how difficult it would be to clean a clear acrylic bathtub (that was our first thought, too), take a step back to admire how innovative this is. We’d never seen a transparent bathtub before, until we spotted this one on Bloomacious. The Jolie tub from Regia, an Italian bathroom fittings company, manages to be both incredibly sleek and refreshingly playful. See more colors after the jump…

 
 

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The Jolie is fashioned from a polyester and acrylic resin blend. Glass pigments are mixed into the resin to give the tub that brilliant bright color.

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The idea of a transparent tub is kind of sexy, but the shape of these seems less than comfortable. (There is a neck pad of some kind attached to the edge of the tub; still, we don’t see how you could really lounge in the Jolie.) What do you think? Could it work in your bathroom?

Visit the Regia site for more details.

(Via Bloomacious)

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I like it, but only if they curved the edges over so I could drape my arms over it. It looks to be pretty long which is my usual problem, and the faucet isn't on one end, so that helps comfort-wise.
I think it has to be in the right bathroom though. It could come across as modern, cool, or just plain slutty depending on the rest of the bathroom!

posted by Nolann on March 25th 2009 at 12:19pm
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A slutty bathtub? That sounds sorta fun. They look gorgeous, but I am the type that would fret over water marks...

posted by cal on March 25th 2009 at 12:24pm
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I prefer my tub to be opaque. And not use conspicuously large, unnecessary amounts of water (which this style might do -- it looks like it might be round, but can't tell for sure.)

posted by SherryBinNH on March 25th 2009 at 12:31pm
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I love these. Unfortunately for small apartment/condos...these won't fit as generally bathrooms are quite small and not so spacious as these.

posted by TrishM on March 25th 2009 at 12:47pm
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not so sure I'd want to walk in and see the bather's flesh squooshed up against the sides of this thing.

posted by 212gretchen on March 25th 2009 at 12:56pm
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I'm with 212gretchen. My first thought was how absolutely UNsexy bodies look when they're in the bathtub.

posted by bigwavejen on March 25th 2009 at 1:00pm
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yes, i think this one is more fun in theory than in real life ... :-D

posted by maike on March 25th 2009 at 1:31pm
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Reminds me of an early scene in "Caligula" - where the old Emperor is dying in the bathtub, bleeding to death...

I don't see the point of a tub that you can't comfortably recline in - and I prefer mine with jacuzzi jets, otherwise I might as well take a shower.

posted by bepsf on March 25th 2009 at 1:33pm
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Cleaning it would not be my first worry. Obviously you guys haven't tried dish detergent to clean your bathtub. (the machine stuff) I would love to have this tub!

posted by tifacola on March 25th 2009 at 1:33pm
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Nthing bigwavejen and 212gretchen. This would be like pressing your face to a window, but with your whole body. Not flattering, or sexy. (Not to mention that, yes, this looks incredibly uncomfortable.)

posted by Michela on March 25th 2009 at 1:53pm
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Not in love with the idea at all. It looks nice but as other readers said: it wont be flattering at all to look at some people who are not really good looking or sexy...

posted by kimmiller on March 25th 2009 at 2:46pm
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LOVE the colour! but it needs a backrest for lounging!

posted by rouquinne on March 25th 2009 at 5:31pm
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I think all three are beautiful. I prefer to bathe in privacy, so I am not concerned about the unflattering aspects of pressing flesh to glass. OK -- that's it. They're beautiful and they're DEEP.

I just discovered Kaldewei. Now there's Regia. I need a good Japanese source, so I can consider one of their famous soaking tubs.

posted by AustinSarah2 on March 25th 2009 at 10:53pm
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Clearly anyone bathing in a room full of floor-to-ceiling windows is already an exhibitionist, so why not a lovely brightly colored clear tub? They look good, but I wonder if they'd hold in the heat very well.

posted by Jezebella on March 25th 2009 at 11:24pm
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I'm very much in love with this! Nevermind squooshed bottoms or what have you, the whimsy of this is fantastic. We're surrounded by microrediculed body images I think this is a fun way to just let it all hang out and be absolutely proud of it!

posted by Cambra on March 25th 2009 at 11:45pm
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