Thanks all! I will try to locate a Kolbe showroom, as well as a better Marvin display! LK, those windows certainly look good together--I would not complain about that! I just have one spot where there are two picture windows side-by-side (but in different rooms) that would have to be the same on the exterior. Many of the others are in locations where it won't matter and color matching is good enough. That mix of woods works really well in your space. Our space is, well, less dramatic. :) We can't get away with too many finishes in there. I don't know if it's possible to stain pine to match unstained cherry; the grains are very different if not masked by a little color. And of course cherry changes over time... Do you find the pine to be hard enough for doors in high traffic areas?

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I've seen his and her toilets facing each other in a bathroom. On platforms. I could never quite figure out whether they just wanted their very own and were never in the bathroom at the same time or whether there was something else going on. In any case, I never asked. I kind of see the point of something that is accessible on both sides, actually you would only need one of a number of things since it would be available to both bathrooms. I actually played with this idea briefly because the medicine cabinet in the hall bathroom is in the 6" deep by 20" wide stud cavity over the in-wall-tank toilet for the ensuite bathroom. So I did think...what if this was accessible from both sides? And in a house with no kids, I doubt anyone would use it to poke through into the other room or anything. And I have heard people in this house use the bathroom. I hear people using the bathroom at work. People go to the bathroom. Maybe you are going to hear it. I dunno. I try to be as quiet as possible, but I am not really fooling anyone about what's going on in there if they don't hear anything? Here is why I decided it would not work. When I put things in a shallow cabinet I tend to want to push them to the back so they don't fall out when I open the door the next time. Well in a double sided cabinet there is no back, you can't lean anything against the back, because it's the front in the opposite bathroom and it will fall out. So you would have to make sure everything was in the center. That's the big reason I passed.

kcarfioli - What do you feel are the pros and cons of a mirror vs a medicine cabinet? I am just curious? If you need more bathroom storage, a medicine cabinet is the way to go. Nowadays medicine cabinets don't look like medicine cabinets. Some brands offer customized sizes and configurations that can ganged together. .They can be recces or surface mounted. And some of these mirrored medicine cabinets have integrated LED lighting, which can also offer a nightlight with dinner function. So, you will not only have lighting from your main bathroom, but an additional light source So, the multi-functionality is a huge bonus. And standard mirrors are so simple to put up and easy to use. And if you have enough bathroom storage options, a medicine cabinet may be investment you don't need to make. So, there are pros there as well. .