| Bathtubs have enjoyed a lengthy history in one form | | | | run of popularity even for a number of years after |
| or another. We think of bathtubs as a fairly new | | | | showers first became easily available. |
| invention in relation to human history, but if you dig a | | | | But eventually the tide turned and bathtubs for the |
| little you can find many references to bathing in one | | | | most part fell from grace and showers were given |
| type of vessel or another back though thousands of | | | | priority in most homes. Much of this may have come |
| years. | | | | about when family life just seemed to get so busy, |
| It is true that bathing as it is enjoyed in these | | | | and certainly taking a shower can be quicker. |
| modern times is much different than in the past. At | | | | Many homeowners are again seeing the value of the |
| one time, when water had to be heated and added | | | | bathtub. Although most prefer to keep the shower |
| to a bath by hand, a bath was a real and infrequent | | | | for speed and convenience, they also want a bathtub |
| luxury. | | | | in their home. |
| In more recent history when bath water was heated | | | | The pendulum is swinging again and the bathtub is a |
| in a water tank heated by a cook stove, hot water | | | | symbol of relaxation and quiet time. Rather than just |
| was a sometimes thing, and a weekly bath was | | | | being thought of as a place to cleanse the body, the |
| considered quite sufficient. | | | | bathtub is a place to unwind from all the activities of |
| As bathrooms moved indoors and included furnishings | | | | the day. |
| for bathing as well as other bathroom needs things | | | | Today homeowners can enjoy the vintage look of a |
| began to move along, and eventually included water | | | | lovely claw foot tub or a copper tub along with the |
| heaters that did not have to be dependent on using | | | | convenience of an on demand hot water supply. |
| the cook stove to heat water. Hot water changed | | | | For those who are not fond of the vintage style, |
| from a sometime thing to being available on a | | | | there are deep soaking tubs, bathtubs with jets for |
| constant basis, and bathtubs became an expected | | | | further relaxation and even two person bathtubs. |
| furnishing in every home. | | | | Yes, the bathtub is back, and even better than in the |
| Bathtubs for many years were indeed considered a | | | | past. |
| prized possession and the bathtub had a good long | | | | |