Need Size Advice - Round Mirror / Medicine Cabinet
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My vanity will be 36 inches wide. I'm purchasing a black round mirror/medicine cabinet combo to go over the vanity. What size is best? 24? 30?. Attached is the current (before pics) of the space which is being demolished in a couple of weeks to begin for the remodel and a pic of a round mirror.
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PROlast monthCan you provide a picture that is head-on view?
You'll have to change the light above.The smaller the mirror, the higher it has to be mounted above the sink so your full face and shoulders are in the mirror.
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Comments (18)Zaca Spacecab makes a nice single door 36" high medicine cabinet. Robern also makes a 15 x 36" single door cabinet, with mirror door inside and out. Kohler I believe has a 36" single door 15" wide medicine cabinet in its Catalan line (which is offered online only at Home Depot's website). These mfrs. almost expect you to line these up, i.e., recessing three 15" wide single door cabinets side to side would give you a storage area of 45" x 36," Or you could put one either side of a 30" mirror and above a 60 inch vanity with a single sink. As you might already know Kohler purchased Robern a few years ago so there's a lot more Kohler branded cabinets on offer at most places out there. Kohler's Verdera Collection has an adjustable magnifying mirror that sits in the cabinet interior. Robern also offers this mirror in some of its cabinets and also again, as an add-on option for certain other cabinets. After way too much research that just led to long, drawn-out periods of indecision I finally bit the bullet and ordered for my friend's bathroom the Kohler Verdera 90001-N/A 15" x 30" cabinet, found at Amazon.com and purchased from build.com (paid via Amazon prime, with free shipping). I went with the 30 inch cabinet, which comes with three glass shelves, because very few people could easily reach the top row of the taller 36 inch cabinet (although at 6'4" my friend certainly could but this house is his first foray into rental property and considered as part of the decision was his current tenant, who is a single woman who is lucky if she's 5'2" and 100 lbs.dripping wet). Another consideration in our installation is the existing cutout's location, which is 18" above the countertop. So that would have put the top of the 36" cabinet six inches from the ceiling! OR: 36" + 18" + 36" = 90" in a bathroom with 96" ceilings. Instead the installation will be: 36" + 18" + 30" = 84" or 12 inches from the ceiling. Oh, this is a side wall install and the sale rep says the cabinet will be very close to flush though NOT flush but apparently no mfr. offers a flush install. Still at 7/8 inch it is 7/8" more than I wanted or preferred....See MoreReplace medicine cabinet with mirror? Advice please!
Comments (4)It's really a no-brainer to install a surface-mounted medicine cabinet. Have the contractor install the vanity, faucets, etc. and then have someone hold the cabinet up to the wall to see if you have the clearance you need. If not, install the mirror....See MoreWant to make a medicine cabinet with old mirror
Comments (3)This would look really pretty with an old mirror, I think. However, I don't think you necessarily need to do anything tricky, unless your old mirrors have some cool edge detail, or I'm totally missing your point (always a possibility!). Your husband could just make the cabinet as usual, then make the door with an open frame, routed on the inside so the mirror sits inside (like the glass sits inside a picture frame). Then, set the mirror inside and "mount" it with mirror clips (sold at any hardware store, wherever they stock cabinet hardware). Alternately he could build the cabinet and you could order a door "prepped for glass" from Cimino's or Decore-ative Accents or someplace like that. Here is a link that might be useful: Here are some mirror clips you could use...See Moreneed advice tonight about medicine cabinet
Comments (4)Thanks Skilz— I hadn’t thought of any of that- The current medicine cabinets insets have a 15 1/2” box width. The mirror width on these new ones is 22 1/2”, so I think even that white inset is larger than what would fit between studs. It looks from photo like 18”. The wall is non load bearing, and on second story with non floored attic above. There is currently a sconce above the mirror but that will change to side sconces. I think that wiring will drop down from the attic like the closet light in the next room over but i don’t know. There is no plumbing in that part of the wall. So it sounds like I will need framing for the medicine cabinet that is an inset, so is it possible to Recess the brown cabinet that was meant to be wall mount? Thank you in advance!...See MoreRelated Professionals
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last monthEverything in the before photo is being demolished. I plan on using a light bar fixture above the round mirror/medicine cabinet. The door is oversized and will be replaced, so taking a head-on photo is difficult. Here's another angle. Thank you.
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Everything in the before photo is being demolished. I plan on using a light bar fixture above the round mirror/medicine cabinet. The door is oversized and will be replaced, so taking a head-on photo is difficult. Here's another angle. Thank you.
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