Alicia, we (I mean DH) built our own MC in the last house, and will do so again with this remodel. No particular trick to it (easy for me to say). Basically a box with holes drilled in the sides to support glass shelves. Have to frame around studs- cuz I assume your MC will be wider than 16". Now I do know the electrical box has to be attached to the side of a stud for support, so am assuming they need to be located near an edge- either side or bottom or top. Obviously, everything has to be wired to a GFI (ground fault interrupter). My DH is an electrical engineer and fully qualified to do complicated wiring etc. If you need to ask how to build a medicine cabinet- maybe it would be best to buy one if you want the electrical outlet inside? Here is a link that might be useful: Robern installation instructions- electrical page 7

You can recess most cabinets. There might be a few things to consider. What kind of hinges does the cabinet have? If they are the "European" style like a Blum hinge, you should be ok. External hinges could pose a clearance problem. The hinge mechanism on most Blum hinge pop out a little bit to insure clearance. You can find trim or molding in myriad styles at any big box store. There are a few more important things to consider. Are you dealing with the "wet" wall? There may be many little gremlins hiding, like copper plumbing to an additional bathroom, Romex, or even the vent plumbing. You state that it is 5" deep. Most wet walls will handle that with no problem as they are thicker to allow for said plumbing, but another wall might not be that deep. Another concern is that you state that it is 23" wide. If your studs are 16" apart, you are going to have to remove a stud, put in a header, and other fun things. Remember the stud you will be removing is surely attached the the wall on the other side. Unless you have a pencil video camera, or X-ray vision, the only thing I know of doing is to put a nice sized hole in the wall & see what you are up against. Well, do you feel lucky? Hope that helps. I went through a similar exercise a few months back and had not one iota of luck. Everything had to be moved. It is an interesting DIY, not overly difficult or expensive. It is, however, a PITA to do. repurr

Our medicine cabinets don't rust because they are simple wooden frames built into the wall, In the picture below, the middle mirror is fixed and the other two mirrors are the doors for the two cabinets. The doors are cabinet grade plywood with Blum hinges, and the each mirror sits on a nearly invisible piece of stainless steel trim and is held in place with mirror adhesive. Inside, the sides of the boxes are drilled so that adjustable plexiglas shelves can be set on pegs with whatever spacing is desired. This installation is 15 years old and is like new still. .

I’d like to limit how far our new kholer medicine cabinets open to about 90. i just discovered hinge restrictors but i have no idea how to fit and purchase. Does anyone know?