Rub a DUB DUB

Take a closer look at the freestanding bathtub, a classic for the farmhouse bathroom.

The freestanding bathtub dates back to the oldest method of taking baths. For most of history, people have either bathed in a natural water source, like a lake or river, or in a freestanding bathtub. But since they didn’t have indoor plumbing, they had to cart buckets of water from the nearest well and dump them into the tub one at a time. If they wanted hot water, they had to boil pots of it. It’s little wonder that people back then bathed less than we do today. The freestanding tub continues to be at the heart of the classic farmhouse look because it’s reminiscent of homesteaders in the 1800s and their simple farmhouses that inspired our favorite style today.