{"product_id":"bath-time","title":"Bath Time","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBefore it held a conversation, this piece held water, and before that, it held the weight of someone's daily life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt its core is a genuine antique cast iron bathtub, its original enamel interior darkened and worn into a surface of deep, mottled bronze and black that no finish could produce and no time could rush. The tub has been cut cleanly across its length, removing the functional end to open the form into a seat,  a transformation so deliberate and so minimal that the bathtub's essential character is entirely preserved. Its curved walls become the sofa's back and arms; its original drain hole, visible on the left side, remains exactly as found, a quiet signature of the object's first life, left in place because nothing about this piece pretends to be other than what it is.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFour fabricated steel legs, tapered, angled outward, and finished in the same dark iron tone as the tub, lift the piece off the floor with the confidence of furniture designed to be sat in rather than looked at, while a single custom red leather cushion running the full length of the seat introduces the only new material in the composition: a deliberate, vivid contrast between the tub's deep, aged darkness and the warmth and immediacy of red. The cushion does not soften the piece, it sharpens it, the red pulling the eye to the seat and making the dark iron surrounding it appear even richer by contrast.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is industrial salvage at its most direct: one object, one transformation, one new purpose, the bathtub given legs, a cushion, and a room worth sitting in.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs with every piece in this collection, the antique bathtub at its core is singular. This sofa was built once. One exists.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDetails:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of a kind\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — this exact tub will never be reproduced\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGenuine antique cast iron bathtub\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — original enamel interior and exterior patina fully preserved\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCut and opened to sofa form\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — back, arms, and original drain hole intact\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFour fabricated tapered steel legs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — dark iron finish, angled outward\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" aria-level=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCustom full-length red leather seat cushion — \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewith space for 2 people\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA bathtub that was given legs, a cushion, and an entirely new reason to exist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Summer Never Ends","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52657413751071,"sku":"IF1001","price":3500.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0964\/7056\/5151\/files\/ChatGPT_Image_Aug_15_2026_at_12_32_59_PM.png?v=1786768417","url":"https:\/\/summerneverends.au\/products\/bath-time","provider":"Summer Never Ends","version":"1.0","type":"link"}