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Sleeping Bee Alice has a little pink tub in her gorgeous house, of course.
Happy New Year Pam! I’ve attached a photo of my pink little lady’s tub…it’s very cute and quite the conversation piece!
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Best regards, Alice
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That tub is entirely too cool! I want to get right in it and read Peyton Place, stat!
Sarah – yes, me, too! Why in THE WORLD don’t they have these today is beyond me. All that shelfy space. And a rest to shave your legs!
THAT is a Groovy Tub! I’m not much into pink but that tub might change my mind! Looks to be in really good condition too.
I saw one shaped like that the other year while I was apartment hunting in Grottaglie Italy (spent the better part of a year there on business) but it was a modern whirlpool type tub. I couldn’t take the apartment though, because it was on the ground floor and I needed a rooftop terrace so I could let my kitties roam yet not get lost.