Robern makes three levels of med cabs; PLM and M are the middle and high end, I don't remember the lowest price point model "name." We have PLM series med cabs in two bathrooms, and an M series in the MB (we didn't get any of the add-on's but wanted 6" depth and that's only available in the M series). I don't know how affordable or not the lowest price series is, but can vouch for the quality of the other two.

In my house, when someone cuts themself, we rummage around in the junk drawer, through the piles of decaying rubber bands, leaking batteries, Medusa's nest of cables to iThis and iThat, decorative bottle openers tarnished with the blood of prior guests (they never visit twice), Lego bits, moldy cookies, and small stones. Eventually we unearth a darkly grubby, crumpled-up spongy thing with a faded purple dinosaur on it. Pick the crumbling backing from the gooey adhesive. Advance on the terrified guest who is cowering in the corner, clutching her dripping pinkie. Apply the formerly-known-as-bandaid, like a medieval leech, and mutter "I said it was sharp". We don't get many complaints, but these process servers have been hanging about lately.

Mclarke, See? that was (and still is) my thinking too --- or at least how my mind's eye saw it should/shouldn't be. But taking into account all the replies (and they were all so right-on about it), I realized I was focusing too much on 'the look' and not what would be the best function for us. My plan when doing this bathroom: I'm not leaving this house without a toe-tag so I wanted everything as perfect for me as I could get it, for the long-term. This same height cab and wall is going to be very hard for this slightly (ha!) anal person to get used to! LOL Annie1971, Oh shoot---had I known, I would have saved all zillion white with pink speckled tiles for you! *g* Before joining this board, all those years with the pink tiles, I was brought up to 'match', to coordinate. So, all those years I went with a pink or mauve or burgundy bathroom. After joining this forum I learned how I could have worked 'with' that tile. I wish I had known about this forum years ago--would have saved me years of bathroom color boredom! And Mclark, I DO have very old, very pretty amber colored glass bottles. They remind me of pharmacy glass bottles. I'll dig them out of storage sometime this week and hopefully they will fit on the top shelf of the med cab. With the new, bigger window the light will reflect on the pretty amber color of the bottles. Great Idea - Thank you! You all were so helpful in making me focus on the function and other little points I hadn't thought about I figured I'll stick some pics in here to show you what we've done. As much as I'd like the cab to stay where it's at (held up with 2 screws so we could get the books out of there/out of the way so we could work on other things), function would be wrong so it's going up a couple inches. During the med. cab height dilemma, we also found the rounded front of the plywood countertop hindered me from getting close to the mirror. Countertop shape has been changed and I'm very pleased with that part. Again, all of you -- Thank you so very much!

This one is 13.5 inches wide. It has a polished edge instead of a metal banded edge, though. The inside is plastic, with plastic shelves. It has a 17.5 inch high cabinet, so you will have to make your hole smaller. It is also only 3" deep. http://www.cabinetsmedicine.com/product/broan-nutone-b7233-focus-single-door-recessed-medicine-cabinet-2-shelves I would suggest that if you really want to replace the one you have with an actual medicine cabinet instead of using the methods others have suggested, you take it out and feel along the edges to see if you can easily widen your hole. Most cabinets are at least 14" wide. That half inch opens up a whole world of small cabinets to you. If the previous hole is not boxed with wood, you might be able to easily widen and lengthen it to suit a different cabinet.