Four bathtubs, here. 
Oh! I couldn’t live without a bath tub, really! There is nothing quite like a nice long hot bubble bath. 
At last someone who really appreciates a good bath!
I like Japanese baths because the whole room is waterproof. It’s more like an enormous shower stall with a tub in it, with no stpuid curtains or carpets around. You can also wash yourself before stepping into the tub so I think Kramer would have approved. If I ever get to build my own house I’m going to insist on one, preferably with a big window and a good view.
A few days ago I stayed at a hotel with a big shared bath on the 9th floor, with enormous windows looking out to the ocean. Awesome. Similar to this.
Where would I do crossword puzzles if I didn’t have a bathtub!
I shower during the week before work…in a hurry, ya know.
But on the weekend, nothing relaxes me more than a hot bath, my LA Times crossword puzzle and silence.
I do, however, appreciate those huge tiled showers…but I have to agree, if I were looking to buy another house, a HUGE tub would have to be a part of the package.
(BTW, despite my love of baths, I can’t stand jaccuzi/hot tubs outside. We had a pool built and could have had a jacuzzi addition for pennies, but I said no. The salesman was practically in shock that I didn’t want one.)
Well I could do without a bath, and not having the bath in the master bathroom wouldn’t really be a problem as long as there was a bath somewhere.
However, I wouldn’t want to go entirely without a bath, preferably a really large one (the type Goo describes sounds heavenly). Most of the time I don’t have a bath more than once every few weeks, but when I’m going through a particularily stressful period I often have several baths per week. It’s nice to just submerge completely under the water, forget about those tedious things like breathing and relax in the heat… Especially nice with bubble bath or essential oils. It’s a great way to relax.
Of course I first have to overcome the fact that I don’t trust the baths here, as I’m in a house shared with 30 other students…
My house has room for only one:
Clawfoot tub (already here)
Shower stall
Clawfoot tub with shower: Includes a metal loop, sew two shower curtains together at shower end, and just overlap the other end when you take a shower.
I’ve lived here for 29 years. First 20 years: tub only. Rinsed my hair with a Revereware saucepan.
Then, I put in the shower part. Not bad, but, dang, I don’t keep my house very warm, and having the parts of myself outside of the shower stream cold isn’t nice. (Sorry, I am previewing, but I can’t figure out how to rewrite this sentence.)
Last year: Back to tub only, because it looks so much nicer, but with a faucet that accommodates a shower head. Aaah, just right.
Jacuzzi baths? I think I’d like that, if I had room. But it would have to be a non-bathing bath – any soap makes the bubbles yecchy. I have a spa outside, and enjoy that when the weather’s right.
Dogs: FairyChatMom, you have a great plan, there. I am so jealous. A shower big enough to hold you and a dog, with walls you can spray down afterwards!
Sure, you can wash little dogs in a tub. But a 90 pound dog who is afraid of baths? Criminey, just try lifting him into the tub! And the clean-up job afterwards includes mopping the ceiling.
I lived in both an apartment with just a tub (and the arrangement was not conductive to rigging up some sort of shower mechanism), and an apartment with just a stall.
Long baths are nice, but I really missed being able to grab a quick shower. A quick shower in the morning rejuvenates me and gets me started. A “quick” bath seems to be impossible- a bath makes me want to linger and be late for work.
I hate shower stalls because if they’re not HUGE I can’t get away from the water; say, if I’m shaving my legs, and the soap gets rinsed away before I can get to it. Unfortunately, due to the wacky plumbing in this house, the downstairs bathroom (which we think was a later add-on) has a stall, and it’s the best shower in the house. The master bedroom has a crappy showerhead and my mom hasn’t gotten around to replacing it yet, while the upstairs hall bathroom shower just decided to not work again after being fixed about a month ago.
Tubs are very useful if you live in a hurricane-prone area and need to keep water on hand to flush toilets with. They used the tubs for that last year when those two tropical storms came through.
I’m a bath-only girl: I have a regular bathtub with a shower head on the wall, which I’ve pretty much only used on those rare occasions that I oversleep and have to get out the door in 20 minutes flat. I’ve got a bum ankle, and soaking it in hot water loosens up the muscles and soft tissues and helps me walk better. Plus the ankle doesn’t bend all the way, so I’m always nervous that I’ll slip in the shower and hurt myself.
I think bubble bath should be a tax-deductible medical expense.
Tub hints:
>If you keep the hot water in the tub after you use it, it can warm your house. Okay, so heating isn’t that expensive anymore.
>Put some shampoo or bubblebath in the tub when you use it, you wont get a bathtub ring.
I once made a bath out of a shower, but the water was only 4" deep.
These modern tubs are far too small. I once had an old fashioned iron tub with ornate lion’s feet. It was luxuriously long and deep. Most importantly, one could easily manipulate the controls with one’s toes.
My mom, who owns a real estate agency in Frederick, MD, designed her own master bedroom suite with - no tub. Just a shower stall big enough for two. (They’ve talked about getting a hot tub for the deck, but not for indoors.)
For those who assume that you wouldn’t need the room of a two-person stall, consider that it’s a lot easier to shower someone who’s disabled if you’re in there with them. (In fact, it’s a bit like bathing a big dog…:))So far, knock wood, this isn’t an issue yet for my folks, but why not plan that in when you’re doing new construction?
OK, I fibbed in my OP - when I was showering this morning, <pause for those who wish to consider me in the shower…> I did a rough measurement (counted tiles) - it’s actually about 4’X5’ - with the shower head centered on one of the 4’ walls and the door in a 5’ wall.
I also got to thinking - I seem to recall a realtor telling me that the VA and FHA won’t approve a house for a loan unless it has at least one tub. But there’s no requirement that each bathroom have a tub. In any event, we don’t intend to have a tub in the master bath. The shower area will be 5’X5’4", so there will be room for a tub if a future owner prefers one. But we’re not building for them - we’re building for us. And we’ll have a regular tub in the second bathroom, in case any of you tub-preferrers come visit us! 