Santa Rosa, California: Bathing beauty
This bathtub is in the garden
A relaxing morning soak in a large bathtub filled with steaming hot water is a great way to start the day. Or so thought designers and homeowners Anne-Marie and Jeff Allen.
But their soaking tub is not indoors like most: It’s outdoors–surrounded by a beautiful garden.
The tub has humble origins: It once served as a place to clean tools and keep drinks cold during parties before the Allens spruced it up to use as a bath. Hot and cold running water leads to a newly enameled green tub set on a thick stone slab. Surrounding the slab is a flagstone patio with Japanese black pebbles in the cracks.
