I'm not sure of the answer to your question but I can tell you that for about three years I have had an ordinary designer discount store rectangular mirror attached to my medicine cabinet door. The frame is covered in a bronze leaf finish. The mirror itself has held up perfectly with no wear at all. The bronze leaf on the frame frame has worn slightly on the lower left corner where everyone grabs it to open the medicine cabinet. Other than that, it looks as good as the day I bought it. This is our only bathroom in a household of five. So I think the answer is give it a try. The steam hasn't affected mine at all- only the paws grabbing at it multiple times a day.

ThatÂs what I was afraid of. I didnÂt want to put ideas in peopleÂs headsÂbut that is the reservation I have. I think having to use it on one side of the wall, asymmetrically, doesnÂt work. I was SO sure it would look great, and be really like the finishing touch in this room. Darn! The thickness, bulkiness, of it bothers me too, in that place. Too much mass. I thought, before I tried it, that it would balance the weight of the solid looking vanity. Instead it just makes it look like too much weight on the left side of the room and nothing on the right. Having to one side bothers me with the light fixture too, and I love that light. It doesnÂt show well in the photos, but is a stained glass repro I ordered from a craftsman lighting company, in a custom size. The mirror is discontinued, so I canÂt get another to balance it better. It doesnÂt look right centered on the big mirror either. Too odd when you are standing in front of the vanity. Sigh. I love this mirror. Buying this one when it went on clearance was what made me decide to have a craftsman bathroom in the first place! (Well, that and it opens off a craftsman family room.) I have one open wall on that room, where I used to have a framed picture. IÂll try propping it up there. The craftsman family room already has a mirror.

Framed or beveled frameless, either will look fine. Actually since you don't have a light fixture, framed might be better. That was my first inclination but I thought it might be too much dark wood because of the medicine cabinet. I'd use a plain frame about 2 1/2" wide. I would still raise it above the back splash to let several inches of paint show.

Hi Sammy, thank you! I love what you posted above. The only thing is that I think I will use that makeup area to dry my hair, rather than where it's wet by the sink. And to put my heated irons, curlers, etc. So I think--despite the lack of light--that I will use the mirror over there to do my hair. So that's why I picked a mirror that is also sort of pretty for that area. So...if I'm sort of stuck on the idea of putting a mirror there...what would you do over the vanity? Thank you so much.