missliss, It looks like what you are looking for is what I am getting in my newly remodeled bathroom, in progress. It is the Jason, Forma collection... 5' x 32" 20.5" deep. It will have a tile flange on 3 sides for use in an alcove with a planned shower. The front will be tiled. Right now I am trying decide where to have the gab bars installed around the tub for getting in and out of it. I will have a few extra inches at the side of the tub that will be tiled and plan to sit down to get in & I guess out (?) Right now the bathroom is one empty room with wall studs only or I would post a photo. I should beable to in about a month! I should have come here sooner with questions. This has been a really trying time for me trying to decide what I wanted and what was practical. After a few weeks of making decisions and changing them, I am finally staying with my decisions. Especially because everything is ordered now. Good luck!

Skuba, there are other options in smaller tubs. Home Depot carries the ones I am going to talk about. First there is the one mentioned above, the Bootz Honolulu. It is only $139. It is 46.5" long, 27" wide, and 15 inches high. Porcelain over steel construction. For more room and presumably better quality, there is the Kohler Seaforth that is 54" long, 30.25" wide and 14" high. That extra six inches gives you your toilet wall and extra room. This tub is sold for $1148 in white. It is cast iron and porcelain. There is also the Kohler Greek soaker tub that is 48" x 32" in Acrylic. I think it is too big in the 32" dimension for your current layout. It is drop-in, so needs a structure and tile work around it. I wonder if it would fit in the alcove where your toilet is scheduled to go. Then the toilet could have a half-wall separating it from the vanity, over where the other end of the tub was going to be. I am currently planning for a bath remodel in the only full bathroom in our house. I am toying with the idea of putting a tiny tub in my half-bath before that construction. It would give us a place to shower during the renovation (going down to the studs or further, there is a lot of water damage to be repaired in the big bath and we won't have a shower while the work is being done). The half bath is only 69" x 52", so fitting a bathtub in there will be a miracle. The reason I am considering it is that the big bath will have a wheelchair accessible shower because I will need one in the future. I had considered just making the half bath into a wet room - a shower with a toilet and washbasin in it - but there is no way to maneuver a wheelchair into that room, so the shower has to be in the big bath. So if I can fit a tub in the half bath, parents could still bathe kids there. Lascatx mentioned the one long sink with two faucets. I am planning to do that in our big bath. DH insists that we have the ability to both get ready for the day at the same time. My solution is the get the Kohler Brockway Utility sink in the 36" length with two faucets. I will either set it into an old 42" dresser I just bought for $125 (with a 6" deep ledge running the whole length behind the sink to provide more counter space) or a 42" to 48" vanity base with drawers. Here is one picture I found. I love the backsplash!

Thank you everyone for all of your replies! Sorry for the absence...I have no internet here at the house yet. In response to questions/comments: kudzu9: There are areas of the grout that are missing, and the remainder has turned yellow. I would like to replace the missing grout and whiten the yellowed. We hope to rent out the home, so I don't trust tenants to wipe down painted walls. I'm hoping to find a complementary alternative. benjesbride: Unfortunately, the reason I have little budget now is that most of the original plumbing has to be redone. The drains are all old cast iron, and have degraded...there are lead pipes too. So, since they are replacing them, I figure that now would be the time to relocate. Thank you for your advice on "embracing the retro" and your link! nosoccermom: I cant really remove the shower head, as its the only bath in the home. I LOVE your idea of glass, and will research it. Have to figure out how to seal it from moisture and how to make area where it meets tile waterproof. Fori is not pleased: LOL!!!! I'm not pleased either! Thanks for the laugh and suggestion. I will def head over there once I have internet at the house, and am ready to make all the decorating decisions.polly929: I had considered having a company reglaze the tub & tile white, but the many opinions of keeping the original intact have made me reconsider. I am keeping the home, but am trying to fix it up to rent out for now. bpathome: Thanks for sharing your experience. I was considering adding 4x4 tile above the existing, but someone else said it wouldn't look good and hearing your experience too really gives me pause. I agree that the glass sounds like a cool possibility, but I need to research the installation issues. Would wallpaper hold up in a shower??? Yes, I absolutely need to redo the floor. Its a pier and beam home, so I am avoiding any real tile. However, I have looked at black & white LVT alternatives in both the hex and penny. jesshs: That is amazing! I cannot believe someone on here has actually had this tile! And its funny you mentioned grey....that is exactly the color I was thinking of going with on the walls! As far as paint on the shower walls, as I said above to kudzu9, we are planning to rent the home out and I worry about tenants taking the time to do that sort of maintenance. I want to go with something I don't have to worry about them taking care of. cpartist: Another retro vote! I'm coming around :) The grout is yellowed, and missing in a few areas. I'm hoping there is a way to bring it back to white. I agree with you, and everyone else, about the grab bars, as well as the shower head. And so glad to get another grey vote! I am absolutely redoing the floor. Just haven't decided what would go best. Again, THANK YOU everyone for your opinions and suggestions. Please, keep the ideas coming!

We have had the new tub in the living room for several months. The original plumber that broke the flanges will not return my calls. Not that I want him to install the newest tub since he broke the last one, but I am rather tired of paying twice for things. I have decided that I am going with Wedi board. Every tile "professional" I have talked to knows less than I do, and all I know is what I have read about in John Bridge's tile book, and the National tile book, and on Houzz. So, Wedi board will be used instead of concrete board because we will do it ourselves. The bathroom has been gutted for 12 months and we are tired of waiting. Here is my plan: 1. Put Wedi board on the back wall and on the interior pony wall. On the back wall, put the Wedi board so that it goes past the pony wall on the upper part. Put Wedi board on the shower head wall and pony wall where the skirt goes to the floor. Now, I still don't know for sure about where the tile will end. 2. I think the tile should go to the back side of the pony wall, where the Wedi ends and the drywall begins. A glass panel will go on the pony wall. I think I want to leave a ledge on the inside of the 6" wide pony wall, so the glass will not be centered. How far should the tile go past the vertical glass panel? 3. I think the ledge will need to slope slightly towards the tub. Maybe? 4. On the shower head wall that is 39" wide with a 32" tub width, that gives me 7" to play with. Should I take the tile to the corner or should I stop the tile at 37" or so? 5. Tile to the ceiling or not? The tile place that sold me the Wedi board said I didn't need Wedi on the ceiling, and they said tiling up to the ceiling or not was my choice. Thanks.