How To Turn A Mirror Into A Recessed Medicine Cabinet

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How to turn a mirror into a recessed medicine cabinet.

So working with just the mirror portion of my cabinet i started laying out my wood. You can see the scrapped base above it used 2 6 s to box in my mirror on 3 sides. On sep 14 2018. Another option would be to buy an inexpensive surface mount medicine cabinet x2 and afix the frame mirror to it.

A recessed medicine cabinet comes in a variety of sizes and shapes including thin round tall wide and oval shapes. Your cabinet frame can be larger or smaller than the frame mirror. One thing that screams 1990 s to me a recessed plastic storage compartment with a mirrored swinging door. Recessed or surface mount.

So while this post started as a medicine cabinet makeover it turned into turning a mirror into a medicine cabinet from scratch. Isn t that a good plan. I made a recessed medicine cabinet hidden behind a sliding mirror idea stolen from u zealotnic on r diy. Diy built medicine cabinet via diynetwork 10 of 11.

The oh but a medicine cabinet means you can t have a pretty mirror immediately popped into my head with the intro so i felt pleased to have guessed right on where the post was going also i m sorry about the folks that seem to be a bit personally offended by not prioritizing maximum storage function over form. Remove the mirror from the front of the. Diy recessed medicine cabinet via hertoolbelt 7 of 11. Diy medicine cabinet from a mirror via scavengerchic 8 of 11.

Today we re showing you how to turn an old medicine cabinet into open shelving. These are great for hiding what you don t want your guests to see but are impractical in a lot of senses. Add a quick and easy diy frame to a plain mirrored bathroom medicine cabinet. How can i convert a bathroom mirror into a medicine cabinet.

Is it glued to the wall. Diy first aid cabinet via look what i made. It would be great for a bathroom bedroom or anywhere you need a little extra organizational space. Purchase a standard recessed medicine cabinet one that s meant to be installed in the wall between studs.

Aka the medicine cabinet. So the building we just moved out of is about 10 years old and built by a condo developer which means that someone in an interior design office probably chose a lot of the standard features and fixtures mostly based on price. If you are looking for something that looks less like a cabinet and more like a mirror on the wall consider a size or shape that is nontraditional or includes a decorative frame. How big is mirror.

Eather ut a hole in the sheet rock and box it in or get a shadow box and attach to the wall then add the mirror with hinges.