Is it a shower bath or only a bathtub? If a shower bath, and you'll use it mostly for showering I would do a niche instead. Even if a stand-alone bath, I don't like things that stick out. Just one more thing for you or a child to knock against. Also you will need to match your subway to it. Keep it if you love the retro look, but otherwise I would not.

You could also install the type of soap dish that is screwed into the wall through a hole you drill in the tile (or grout line).

Hi Sherrie, Try posting in the Bathrooms forum, you'll definitely get some responses. Lots of helpful people over there. Madeline :)

I know you may have already handled your project but I thought I would post the steps involved here. It's an older version of the Moenique model. Pry out the circular chrome cover on the knob. Unscrew the center screw. Remove the knob and pull off the chrome tube cover with squared/keyed ridge. Unscrew the retaining screw located beneath the knob on the square chrome inset that is against the wall and inside the handle/soapdish fixture. Pry out the chrome inset. Underneath, you will find 4 screws that are holding the rest of the handle/soapdish/faucet fixture. To remove the cartridge: Pull out the retaining pin, it's a brass horseshoe shaped cotter at the top of the pipe. Now the cartridge can be removed. In my case, only the core came out and I had to drill out the shell of the cartridge. It takes a 1225 Moen cartridge. its an older version of the Moenique design.