I'm trying to decide on a medicine cabinet, and there seem to be a very large selection of widths and heights. I'm re-doing a very small full bathroom. I'm using a 24"-wide pedestal sink, with a curved front, that does not look massive: http://www.homeannex.com/prodView.asp?idProduct=163933&utm_source=SiteCha&utm_medium=Search&utm_term=Kallista%20Hampstead&utm_campaign=SLI&Sku=P72018&Title=Kallista-Hampstead-24"-Pedestal I'm thinking of either a framed polished nickel cabinet from Restoration Hardware or a frameless mirrored cabinet from Robern. I'd prefer sconces on either side of the cabinet rather than a fixture over the cabinet. Right now, the center of the existing medicine cabinet is 16" from the corner, and I am not going to be able to place the sink much further from the wall than that. The current medicine cabinet is 16" wide, leaving 8" for a sconce. How much wider could I make the medicine cabinet and still have room for sconces, and not have it look too wide for the sink? And how tall should I make it? The ceilings are 9' high. There will also be a glass shelf above the sink and below the medicine cabinet.

I know the Robern medicine cabinets in our guest bathroom and in our hall bathroom are from the mid-range line, not the lower-end line. They are great. The sides and bottom are dark (brown-black). In our MB we used the high-end line, with silver colored walls and floor, in a 6" deep model. We recessed the cabinet into the bedroom closet, behind the bathroom wall. I needed to store enough of my "stuff" in there! LOL

I did a complete remodel of my bathroom 15 years ago and Splurged on a Robern medicine cabinet thinking it was a quality product. Almost immediately I noticed that the edges of the mirror were turning black. I called Robern and they would not take any responsibility for this and insinuated we did something to it. The mirror on this cabinet continued to get worse and worse and after 15 years looks horrible. Even the side mirrors that nobody ever touches turned black. No cleaning products are used on this cabinet it’s very clear it can’t tolerate a moist environment. I would never buy an expensive Robern medicine cabinet again.

@Patricia Colwell we are in the middle of a renovation so there is nothing there at the moment; just down to the studs. I have a mirror in mind and we were just going to put it over a typical recessed medicine cabinet but I would really like to have the tech, just hidden behind something more appropriate looking for the rest of the room. Do you think this is possible?