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Lighting above wall mounted medicine cabinet

16 years ago

I purchased a wall mounted medicine cabinet to go above our pedestal sink in our guest bathroom. The medicine cabinet can not be recessed since there is a vent pipe running in the wall directly behind it. The problem is that I purchased a medicine cabinet that has decorative molding along the top which protrudes 7" from the wall and the light fixture that I had bought only extends 6" from the wall. We can't have sconces since there is not enough room along one of the sides. Will it look stupid to place this light above the medicine cabinet or do I need to buy a more shallow medicine cabinet (something that I should have done in the first place but I had gotten a really good deal on the one which we have).

-Thanks,

DG

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