How About A Clawfoot Tub?
Posted by admin | Clawfoot Tubs | Posted on November 10th, 2010
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In the bathroom many homeowners are thinking old to look new. They’re searching for antiques or near-authentic reproduction tubs, for retro styles or reinventions of classic designs.
Some enthusiasts will drive miles to scour salvage yards for vintage clawfoot items. Others visit online companies like Vintage Tub & Bath for reproductions and antiques. Even major manufacturers such as Kohler, Toto and American Standard offer retro collections (known as “suites”) of fittings, fixtures and accessories that seek to capture styles from the early 1900s through the 1950s.
Most new retro designs can cost about the same or just a little more than standard designs. High-end reproduction items like a polished nickel Phylrich International faucet for a clawfoot tub can start at $1,800. New old-fashioned pedestal sinks can cost $200 to $800, and pull-chain replica toilets range from $500 to $1,600. Of course, it pays to shop around. At a salvage yard, a cast-iron clawfoot tub could be priced from $300 to $900, depending on the size. Re-glazing the porcelain finish — if that’s necessary — could double the price. An acrylic reproduction clawfoot tub can run about $1,200.
Homeowners charmed by the vintage look now have a greater selection of fixtures and fittings to choose from. “It used to be very expensive to get a clawfoot model tub, but now the prices have come down,” says Alan Dick, who with his brother Norman owns Vintage Tub & Bath, an online supplier of reproduction items in Hazelton, Pa. “People who want to savor their home have more improved products and more selection.”
Clawfoot tubs, pedestal sinks, pull-chain toilets. They’re showing up by design. When it comes to bathrooms, the comforts of the past are back in style. It’s not that homeowners are trying to rough it in our high-tech society, but as far as bathroom appearances go, vintage is in vogue.
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