Bathroom medicine cabinet style?
I love this medicine cabinet from restoration hardware. With apologies to Hee Haw my problem is that if it weren't for bad taste I'd have no taste at all. We are trying to downgrade our guest (my) bathroom from its 70's remodel to an style more appropriate to the home's 1920's construction. I'm considering this to be used with a console style sink similar to that pictured below. My wife fears it's too modern and would prefer a run of the mill 1920 style. I respect her opinion but I LOVE this cabinet. I'm tiling the floor in a matte white porcelain mosaic that will have a matte back boarder around the perimeter. Hopefully a Greek key motif if the local tile place can find it. What do folks with actual good taste say about this mixture?
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schoolhouse_gwagain
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoI really like that medicine cabinet. Is it expensive? I ended up getting one at a Habitat for Humanity retail store for $11. Has the glass shelves as well. But the one from RH is very lovely.
My bathroom remodel in 2013.
mike72903
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Comments (6)I would call your $/sf very pricey. In Des Moines Iowa, its around $133/sf, I believe according to a quick look on the internet. National average is $175/sf. Anyway, I have marble in my bathroom and have been happy with it. Its not subjected to intense chemicals. No nail polish. Just toothpaste, hairspray, and soap. I love the marble. I have it honed. I also have a medicine cabinet that I think is terrific. Though I don't use it as much as I thought I would. I have drawers in the vanity for most things. I do love the large mirror. The history of my medicine cabinet is that I aquired the mirror for free back in the early 90's, before I knew what I had. I thought it was a lower cabinet door for a fancy home bar. So when I was redoing my one bathroom 4 years ago, I noticed mirrors in the show room that reminded me of the mirror I had stored in the basement. It was a Robern fairly large mirrored medicine cabinet mirror. So I had my wonderful carpenter make me a cabinet to go with the trim and cabinetry in the bathroom. I love it, and I think it's pretty....See MoreBathroom Mirrors, wall lights, and medicine cabinet Help!
Comments (2)Mirrored medicine cabinets are a great storage option that does not necessarily look outdated if you find an adaptable design with functionality. And some have customization size options. For example, you can also get customized sizing where cabinets can be ganged together. For example, two 12 inch cabinets ganged together or two 15" ganged together would work where you can add lighting as an option and have interchangeable left or right open doors. It gives you alot of storage over your vanity. 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. I hope this helps....See MoreHelp! Incorrect rough-in: bathroom medicine cabinet
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Comments (6)I actually think it might look better without them both being in black frames. I have recently been recess medicine cabinet shopping. Don't know your size but Sofia has one with a black frame in a ton of sizes. You have to scroll allll the way down the page to see their taller ones, the size list is long. They are made in NY and every high end fixtures store in Manhattan carries them with the narrow black frame. They are not cheap but not as expensive as Robern. Prices are listed in the link. https://sofiamedicinecabinets.com/metalika-narrow-collections/...See Moreschoolhouse_gwagain
4 years ago
Nancy in Mich
4 years agoto me, this cabinet looks like something that could have been in a home of the vintage of yours - certainly more than one with beveled glass and no frame would! The little knob does it.
I have two of this exact med cab and we love it. It is so tall that we can put the first shelf above the Oral B toothbrush handle in its charger and still have lots of storage space. We have the large one.
mike72903 thanked Nancy in Michmike72903
4 years ago
PROSIDLER®
3 years ago
pirula1