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Medicine cabinet help

6 years ago

My daughters bathroom is going to have a 36 inch vanity and then 30 inches for a toilet next to it - so 66" total of wall space.

Our original plan was to put in multiple medicine cabinets to maximize her storage across the wall. And the use mirrors on the ends to basically have a wall of mirror to make her smallish bathroom feel larger.

Three 18" cabinets with 6" mirrors on the end would work perfectly since a mirror would be centered on the vanity.

But what we thought would be simple seems anything but. Medicine cabinets all come in weird sizes that are either cm based or whatever, it is never clear if they can be mounted next to each other or need space for the hinge to work, they often don't have accompany side mirrors to fill in gaps, etc.

So is there a way to make this work at not a crazy price?

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Darzy
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
I think you'd be better off just putting a nice framed mirror above the vanity. Then, a cabinet or open shelving (with decorator baskets, etc) to store/hide the essentials.

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adawn5
6 years ago
I believe you should look for "gangable" medicine cabinets if you want multiple cabinets to work together. I'm planning to do 2 Robern PL series cabinets to make an approx 36" span of med cab above a 40"-ish long vanity in a small bathroom. This involves buying a robern 49.99 ganging kit to combine them (that's the list price, not the price actually paid on the ganging kit). That's the only gangable/modular Robern series I can fit into my budget (comes to $660 including ganging kit, not including tax).

Slightly cheaper option #2 was a Kohler Verdera 2 door, 34" one piece med cab (cost is $440).

I believe the Kohler Catalan line of med cabs are gangable, but too tall for my bathroom and would be pricey like the Roberns anyway.

My hall bathroom currently has a mirror that spans the width of the vanity but it's very impractical (for me) not to have the storage of the medicine cabinets there. I could live with just one medicine cabinet, but I prefer more mirror. But yeah, medicine cabinets can get pricey.
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Due to time constraints (unplanned bath remodel due to large water loss), we will be an installing 2 30” vanities with a 3” pullout between them. Estimate 1-1.5” filler on either side. So, it will be 65-66” with 2 sinks. There will be walls on either side of the vanity (the left will be a partial wall with glass as it is next to the shower). We are planning on 2 medicine cabinets. At this point, planning on Robern (want outlets inside, no lights on exterior) but are open to other brands if you have ideas. Ou preference is to recess them. The contractor has told us we can recess the 20” mirrors, but if we go with the 24” he would have to move pipes which would not be worth doing for us. So, I have a number of initial questions... Would you go with the recessed 19” or the wall hung 24”? Given the middle pullout, would you center the mirrors on the sinks or on the entire vanity cabinet? I’m concerned about the look - especially that it would leave a lot more space between the mirrors than on either side. We are planning on doing wall sconces on either side & between the mirrors. We like the tall, rectangular type of sconce similar to this: https://www.lampsplus.com/products/modern-forms-vogue-11-inch-high-chrome-led-wall-sconce__59a36.html?sourceid=EmailWishlist&cm_lm=323504051070553&src=triggered&mdm=email&cmp=EmailWishlist&trm=052819&cnt=click&cm_mmc=tra-em--lp--eTellAFriend-_-mproduct but could do smaller squares with a double in the middle if that would make a big difference. https://www.lampsplus.com/products/hudson-valley-milford-5-and-three-quarter-inch-high-chrome-wall-sconce__14390.html?sourceid=EmailWishlist&cm_lm=323504051070553&src=triggered&mdm=email&cmp=EmailWishlist&trm=052819&cnt=click&cm_mmc=tra-em--lp--eTellAFriend-_-mproduct Sorry. Having trouble embedding photos. Thanks
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sableincal
6 years ago
Our medicine cabinet is a triple width all in one piece, from Home Depot. It's about 40" across. You could have a custom cabinet made, though; my GC claims that custom work is not necessarily more expensive than ready-made.

I'd never be without a medicine cabinet in a bathroom! They are the tidiest way to store items constantly in use. Open shelves must be kept totally neat and dusted; otherwise, the room looks messy, and you surrender the privacy of keeping certain items out-of-sight, which a young girl might want to do.

Not suggesting that you have to use Home Depot or a similar big-box store; but you could pay a visit just to clarify what's available. They will have plenty of information as to what kinds of cabinets are available, and they actually talk to you in inches and feet!
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pattyl11
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
I'm assuming that with 66" of wall space for both the vanity and toilet, the vanity's end leg would be up against a side wall. You could either have a large framed mirror or have a mirror run the whole length of the space and put a recessed medicine cabinet in that side wall by the vanity. If you choose to do that, I would have the medicine cabinet the same height as the mirror. Sofia Medicine cabinets are available in 30", 36", and 40" tall.

http://sofiamedicinecabinets.com/
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Midwest (4b IA)
6 years ago
I have an upper cabinet recessed into the wall between the studs so I have a ton of storage in a small space. My mom has a long vanity and medicine cabinet with mirrored doors-she got them from a bed and bath store.
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